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Usher for Independence Day 2, Sullivan for new Europacorp actioner

Jessie Usher, of “Survivor’s Remorse”, has been cast in “Independence Day 2”. The actor will play the son of Will Smith’s character, says THR.

Director Roland Emmerich is helming the film, due July 2016.

Meantime, Sullivan Stapleton (“300 : Rise of an Empire”, “Cut Snake”) will star in “The Lake,” a Euroacorp (“The Transporter”, “Taken”) action-thriller written by seasoned action vet Luc Besson and Richard Wenk (“The Equalizer”).

Steven Quale (“Into the Storm”) directs the pic, which focuses on a group of Navy SEALs attempting to solve a long-forgotten mystery while uncovering an immense treasure hidden in a lake in war-torn Serbia, says Variety.

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