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Independence Day 2 aka ID Forever
20th Century Fox has claimed the 2015 Fourth of July weekend as the launch date for Independence Day 2, but during an interview with Empire, Emmerich echoed the words of Sam Mendes and said that the scheduled premiere date has little connection to where his big-budget extravaganza is actually at in pre-production.
White House Down screenwriter James Vanderbilt and Emmerich’s longtime collaborator Dean Devlin will put their finishing touches on the current script draft for the Independence Day sequel, before they hand it over to Emmerich for additional revisions. However, although he paints a rosier picture of the situation in the Empire interview, earlier this month Emmerich admitted that he thinks a 2016 release date might be more realistic, given the current pace at which the project is moving forward.
Finally, Emmerich reiterated to Empire what he’s said in the past: that Independence Day 2 takes place in an alternate present-day where humanity has cultivated the invading extraterrestrials’ technology. In addition, the sequel will provide more background details on the not-so-friendly visitors from another planet:
“It’s a parallel history. Humans rebuild whatever they have – bigger, newer, shinier – and then they forget. Maybe, 20 years later, [the aliens are] never coming back…
“We’ve created a mythology around these aliens, which is really cool. You have to create a mythology because people want to see a bigger picture.”
The returning cast members include Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum and possibly Will Smith.
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