Ale Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Brent Spiner will return for Independence Day 2So we guess Dr. Brackish Okun survived Independence Day after all?It certainly seems that way, with director Roland Emmerich announcing on Twitter that Brent Spiner will return in the upcoming Independence Day 2. Emmerich also announced the addition of Fargo actress Joey King to the cast, which already includes Vivica A. Fox, Jessie Usher, Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, and Charlotte Gainsbourg.Carter Blanchard is writing the script for the sequel, which is reportedly set for a June 24, 2016 release. http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/10/brent-spiner-will-return-independence-day-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Hero1 Posted April 12, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 I'm starting to think this might not be too bad.. I love that Jeff goldblum is back.. and brent spiner too and liam hemsworth was a good get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) 'Independence Day 2′ Brings Back Bill Pullman and Judd Hirschhttp://www.cinemablend.com/new/Independence-Day-Confirms-2-More-Returning-Actors-70948.html-----Man, they are bringing them all back! It will so weird to see this movie without Will.. Edited April 17, 2015 by Ale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Hero1 Posted April 18, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Oh Wow.. this is awesome.. Will should at least make a cameo in this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpinJack AJ Posted April 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 It's cool that a lot of the cast is returning, but it doesn't justify returning to a world and trying to come up with a new story for it when the first is a stand-alone film in every way. It'll be interesting to see if I'll eat my own words in the future, but I see this whole thing as fueled by greed. There's no art to it, just a chance to monopolize off something people already spent a lot of money to see back in 1996. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFly Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 It's cool that a lot of the cast is returning, but it doesn't justify returning to a world and trying to come up with a new story for it when the first is a stand-alone film in every way. It'll be interesting to see if I'll eat my own words in the future, but I see this whole thing as fueled by greed. There's no art to it, just a chance to monopolize off something people already spent a lot of money to see back in 1996.I don't think I can agree, AJ. ID4 ended in a manner that left room for a lot of stories to be told. Will and Jeff destroyed the mother ship and subsequently incapacitated all of the sub-ships, but it is inevitable that aliens survived and have quite a bit of tech... at least enough to pose a major threat for surviving humans. Moreover, most of the major cities of the world have been destroyed, governments have been toppled, and order is scarce. Disease is likely rampant, people who lived in and escaped the cities are living in refugee camps in cities and towns that don't have the resources to support them and humans (both good and bad) now have access to very powerful and dangerous alien technology. There are a lot of stories here and it always felt weird to me to leave the aftermath up in the air.I also don't think this is greed. 1 sequel in 20 years when there are great, unforced stories that can be told isn't really greed. We all... well, many of us... enjoyed ID4 and want it to remain untouched, but it seems worth it to revisit that universe and see what the aftermath could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Hero1 Posted April 20, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 The thing is most hollywood blockbusters are superhero movies these days.. An independence day movie/a disaster movie/which harkens back to the past would actually be quite different to avengers or iron man 4 at this point so I am more interested in this than I was maybe 5 or 10 years ago. Getting the original cast back was a good move, and then getting a young star like Hemsworth means this could be big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 'It Follows' Star Maika Monroe Joins 'Independence Day 2′http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/27/it-follows-star-maika-monroe-signs-on-to-independence-day-sequel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Sela Ward Set To Play POTUS In ‘Independence Day 2′http://deadline.com/2015/05/sela-ward-independence-day-2-president-1201420428/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Producer Dean Devlin with Jeff Goldblum on the set of 'Independence Day 2'https://instagram.com/p/3KRIYuqhKf/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 William Fichtner Gets Rank Of General In ‘Independence Day’ Sequelhttp://deadline.com/2015/05/william-fichtner-independence-day-sequel-1201434450/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 SynopsisWe always knew they were coming back. After Independence Day redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global catastrophe on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens' advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.First Posterhttp://images-cdn.moviepilot.com/images/c_fill,h_748,w_640/t_mp_quality/jy3iowqbspy7hvijxmfh/independence-day-2-first-poster-and-synopsis-447065.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigted Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 you might as well as name the movie something else if will ain't a part of it 'cause he's a major reason why the original id4 was such a classic! at this point i could respect will wanting to go a different direction with his filmmaking.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 But, as an artist I'm in a very different place in my life. I'm 46 years old and I am impelled to push aggressively toward new places, new challenges and ideas. You will see in my next few films that I am taking HUGE artistic gambles. I am WAY out of my comfort zone. I want this period of my career to be the least Safe I've ever been.Yeah, but still we're hearing he's gonna do another 'Bad Boys' movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Hero1 Posted June 11, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 yeah doesn't sound like a huge artistic gamble to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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