MOVIE NEWS ... INDEPENDENCE DAY 2?

MOVIE NEWS ... INDEPENDENCE DAY 2?

Last time we heard about plans for a second Independence Day movie, Fox was balking at putting up the money for Will Smith to be part of the film. At a press day for 2012, Roland Emmerich was asked about the status of the funding and his reason for wanting to make the movie to begin with. "In Independence Day, it was about a king who leads his country into a fight against an outside invader. I didn't want to make that movie during the Bush years. It was not thought that George W. Bush would have made a great king. Now with Obama, it's another story." He also confirmed that, as in the first film, the plot of Independence Day 2 would focus on the President and his efforts to lead the country. We know that Emmerich cast Danny Glover as the President in 2012 as a nod to Obama, but who knew the real President was the inspiration to bring Bill Pullman back as well? Emmerich says plainly "I will not make the movie without Will Smith." Sounds like things are still at loggerheads in actually getting the movie going, but despite Emmerich's promise that 2012 will be his last disaster movie, we can probably count on Independence Day 2 coming along at some point.