Will Smith In For Independence Day 2 & 3

bowman9991 writes "If one isn't enough, there are reports that two sequels to Roland Emmerich's 1996 alien invasion blockbuster Independence Day are in the works. Will Smith is back too. Apparently he delayed a sequel earlier by asking for too much money." Other rumors include using an iPad to destroy the alien space ships this time, and letting Obama fly a biplane. Data will have a 5-minute monologue about what it means to be human.

Re:Oh dear lord.

[eldavojohn]

The huddled masses of special effects lovers will pay their last drop of blood to see it too. You don't even need a storyline.

Of course, why do you think they've announced Men in Black 3 [ugo.com], Hancock 2 [hancock2.net] and (*shudder*) I, Robot 2 [nytimes.com]?

And keep in mind that these are just sequels that Will Smith is involved with. Rarely I go to the theater but one of the big detractors is when every single goddamn preview before the feature film is about a sequel. It started happening frequently a couple years ago and now is just completely out of hand.

I imagine the 3D effect is going to exacerbate this situation. "Yeah, we done did Watchmen but now we need an excuse to capitalize off of Watchmen in 3D so we'll hack together a script for Watchmen 2: Who Watches Those Who Are Watching the Watchmen? Do you smell boatloads of money?"

One last hope!

[ThePangolino]

Rumors have recently been denied by a guy named Will Smith. http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1926356/ [imdb.com]

Re:Will Smith asking for too much money?

[lee1]

Watch Six Degrees of Separation, from about 1993. I think this movie shows that he's actually a very talented actor who's been used as an action hero by some bad directors in movies with execrable scripts. If you think of Independence Day when you think if Will Smith, then this film (actually a filmed play, with a single set, if I recall correctly) will be a big surprise.

Re:Stop the xkcd karma whoring

[L4t3r4lu5]

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Re:Crap

[Maxo-Texas]

The "1st"?

You speak as if there were Matrix sequels.

Re:Crap

[bjl1960]

that movie was f*cking hilarious...