Oct 12 2009Why Is Fox Depriving Us of Happiness?
We're just sitting on an Independence Day 2 (ID8?) story and doing nothing with it??? YES.
In an interview with Latin Review, director Roland Emmerich revealed he has a story and the desire to put Bill Pullman back in the White House, but Fox doesn't want to pay Will Smith to say, "Welcome back to Earth":
Dean Devlin and I are still set to make a sequel likely because we’ve found some sort of idea and we approached FOX and FOX has not quite figured out how to incorporate Dean’s and my deal, and Will’s (Smith) deal. Will wants to do it in some sort of a package they can live with. So it's just been in negations now since forever, and naturally FOX says “Why don’t you do it without Will Smith?” I said Will is essential for us, for this movie and actually for the audience too. And, so, it's in limbo and lately the studios are fighting. Like gross players, and Will is a gross player and is probably the only gross player right now who’s worth his gross. So we’ll see what happens. I would love to do it.There’s a story. There’s a very really good great story, a very cool one.
As a kid, I remember my dad telling me how we could have made an electric car years ago, but the big gas companies suppressed the research. It's a shame I'll have to one day have that same conversation with my child about Independence Day 2.
Reader Comments
1. Beastman AIDS - October 12, 2009 3:44 PM
I thaught the first Independance Day was pretty good for it's time.
No doubt they'll cast a bunch of c-grade 90210 actors and rape any good memories we had of the first installment with this new one.
2. jimby - October 12, 2009 3:54 PM
well that sucks
3. Kiaya - October 12, 2009 4:03 PM
Hmm.. I bet once the trailer for this comes out, it will look like the fake Ben Stiller action movie in front of Tropic Thunder...
"Will Smith is back to save the world from oblivion... for a second time!"
4. chaz - October 12, 2009 4:45 PM
I believe you mean: "Welcome back to Earf".
5. Zach - October 12, 2009 5:18 PM
I love very really good great stories!
6. royaltee - October 12, 2009 5:55 PM
But Bad Boys 4 is on track, right? For the love of God, it better be.
7. The F'n Jem'Hadar - October 12, 2009 6:34 PM
Everyone realizes that the remake of Independence Day will come out before the sequel to the original, right?
8. 3Cent - October 12, 2009 6:55 PM
Oh well, I guess all my work writing the prequel, B4ID4, is going down the drain. Maybe I can still complete the series with a third installment, ID4L8R.
9. boxerthehorse - October 12, 2009 7:14 PM
ID42: Second-String City Destruction
Why not just drop the rights, and call it "July 4th Alien Blow-up day" and make C. Thomas Howell the Lead/picture on the straight to dvd box.?
10. pilgrim - October 12, 2009 8:55 PM
Memorial Day, only better than real memorial day
11. Fors - October 13, 2009 9:58 AM
Why wouldn't they want to pay Will Smith? Even if they put out a lot of cash just for him they would still make a ton of money.
Hollywood makes no sense to me.
12. Remegy - October 13, 2009 6:34 PM
I hate FOX...
there... i said it.
You'd think that they'd already be too busy canceling their shows for no good reason (poor Futurama...) or raping the shows they DO air (Poor Simpsons...)
13. hollywood_hillbilly - October 13, 2009 8:20 PM
So, do it without Smith, say he died from the Hep C he got from his stripper wife. Do it without Pullman too, how the F is the guy supposed to still be president?
14. squeehunter - October 14, 2009 12:37 AM
1) Hell yeah they need a sequel. What, the aliens got blown up and then decided to leave earth alone?
2) I'm not seeing it without Will Smith.
3) I get emotional at the Pullman's speech near the end.