Friday, November 13
Talking to MTV, 2012 director Roland Emmerich offered up a few more tantalizing tidbits about his concept for a sequel to his 1996 vision of the end the world, Independence Day. Whether it will actually ever be produced still seems to hinge on whether he can get Will Smith on board, but if it does, the master of disaster is, as usual, thinking big:
What we want to do in the next – it's actually two movies – we want to do a bigger arc.
As for the plot, he explains, there is no script yet, but:
The idea is just to continue the story and actually I don't know how many years ago this was — twelve, thirteen, fourteen years ago — and just continue where it ended ... the story will stay firmly on the planet. It's always about earth and that earth gets invaded.
He's even toyed around with a title for the project: ID4-ever parts I and II.
Posted 11/13/2009 by Bill
Related: Roland Emmerich | Will Smith | Independence Day | Independence Day 2
Tuesday, October 13
He may end the world with the 2012 apocalypse, but Roland Emmerich sure seems to have a lot of ideas for what he might be doing afterwards. Just the other day, he was talking up his ideas for filming Isaac Asimov's sci-fi classic Foundation, not to mention the who-really-wrote-Shakespeare's-plays mystery he still has in the the works. Now, despite a pledge to stop destroying the world, he's mentioning the possibility of a sequel to the most successful of his disaster flicks, Independence Day.
The real question, though, is why the studio didn't greenlight a follow-up right after the 1996 original scored such a serious hit at the box office. After all, it's not as if the studios are actually shy about making sequels. Emmerich told the Latino Review he has the idea for a follow up, but the sticking point, apparently the whole time, has been Will Smith:
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.
He goes on to emphasize that they already have a "really good great story, a very cool one" thought up, if only the financial end of things could be worked out.
Posted 10/13/2009 by Bill
Related: Roland Emmerich | Will Smith | Independence Day | Independence Day 2
Thursday, October 16
The election is less than three weeks away and Americans must make their final decision.
While "Decision 2008" may be bringing about some firsts for the political establishment, it's got nothing on Hollywood.
From action heroes to stand-up comedians and even a former porn star and professional wrestler, the movies have given us some of the most unique presidents in (fictional) history.
We've narrowed our list down to the Five Movie Presidents Who Deserve Their Shot at the White House.
Posted 10/16/2008 by reelz
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