I've always wondered why a big box office success like 1996's Independence Day never received a sequel. Granted the aliens (spoiler alert!) are vanquished at the end of the film, however when has a little thing like fact ever stopped a Hollywood studio from making money? Well 16 years after the release of the first film, audiences may soon be getting a second dose of alien destruction.
According to "The Hollywood Reporter," Dean Devlin who wrote and produced ID4, and director Roland Emmerich are re-teaming to try and make a sequel happen. However, Devlin does hedge his bets a little telling "The Hollywood Reporter," "Whether or not we can make this happen, if we can get all the pieces to come together, that's gonna be challenging. But creatively, for the very first time since we did the original, I feel we have a worthy concept, a worthy path to go."
ID4 was huge catapult for both Devlin and Emmerich's careers. Devlin went on to develop the successful show "Leverage" and Emmerich of course has gone the big budget route with films like The Day After Tomorrow and 2012. Obviously this is a passion project for both men and something they feel very strongly about.
While I loved ID4 when it came out it doesn't hold up very well a decade and a half later. Furthermore is anyone really clamouring for a sequel at this point?* Next summer might prove to be a good litmus test however. Fox recently announced that they will be re-releasing ID4 on July 3rd in 3D. (Natch!) Audience response might determine if a sequel actually gets greenlit.
*There's no way a sequel is going to work without the original cast I might add.
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