Independence Day 2

Posted on March 31, 2010
Filed Under Actors, Directors, Rumors, Sequel

Just got this fresh from IESB.net. There have been endless discussions and rumors over the years. Well, more or less since “Independence Day” (1996) first came out. But now it seems as if it’s finally going to happen. “Independence Day 2.” Or “ID4 2.” Sexy name… Anyway, Fox have made no qualms about wanting an ID4 sequel. The problem is various nails in the road have stopped that from happening. For one, producers/writers Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich cooked up a story but at the time decided they weren’t ready to return to that world just yet.

More recent, Emmerich told Latino Review Fox just wasn’t willing to cut their teeth over the list price for one Will Smith. Being the only movie-star in the world (an actor who guarantees asses in seats), Smith gets $20 million up front plus first dollar gross. That alone has stopped the studio cold from moving forward. Until now it seems.

IESB has received a tip that Will Smith is now locked for not only “Independence Day 2,” but also a third installment. The plan would be to shoot both films back-to-back. Whether the studio opts to go the “Matrix” route and release the two films six months apart or do like the “Pirates of the Caribbean” sequels and split them by a year remains to be seen. According to our sources, if all goes according to plan, the sequel(s) could shoot as early as 2011.

Still, this is all unconfirmed facts and until Fox verifies it… it’s speculations and rumors. IESB claims to have gotten this from an reliable source so hopefully it’s just a matter of time before we can move this from the rumors cabinet to the facts archive.

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