Caffeinated Clint
Even though it’s not exactly setting the Earth on fire, Fox’s “Independence Day” sequel will ultimately make enough money back to probably a) keep Roland Emmerich in work (too bad) and b) greenlight a second sequel to the once gob-smacking “ID4” brand.
In fact, Emmerich’s already toying with one particular idea for the next instalment of ‘aliens blowing up famous landmarks’.
“The next one will be an intergalactic journey”, the filmmaker tells Empire . “It’ll be [set] maybe a year or two later, not 20 years [on]. I want to maintain this group of people, especially the young characters, and Jeff [Goldblum] and Brent [Spiner] will take part in it. It’ll be fun to keep that group together. I imagine them now going in one of these ships they’ve rebuilt into a wormhole. I think it’ll be the classic of going into space but it has to be about Earth, and we have a really good idea for that.”
Really no surprise that Emmerich has an idea already for the next chapter because at one stage he was aiming to shoot two “Independence Day” sequels back-to-back, so this “Part 3” idea is likely the same part 3 idea he’s had all along.
Watch those “young characters” try and wiggle out of their sequel contracts.
