Last year at this time, 20th Century Fox decided to set a
July 1st, 2015 release date for
Independence Day 2. At the time, it seemed a bit optimistic seeing as though the sequel's script was still being being worked on by screenwriter
James Vanderbilt ("The Amazing Spider-Man 2"). He was actually working on two scripts, one that included Will Smith's character and one that did not. We would later find out that Will Smith officially passed on the sequel. At least the original director, Roland Emmerich, and his producing partner, Dean Devlin, are back, and it sounds like Jeff Goldblum ("The Fly") we'll be back as tech savvy and irritating environmentalist 'David Levinson.'
TIME: It seems like there’s been a lot going around in the last few months about potential sequels for Jurassic Park and Independence Day, so I was wondering whether those were things that you’d given any thought to or might be involved with?
JEFF GOLDBLUM: Well, people like that Jurassic Park thing, and I think they’re making another which I tell them, I’ll be first in line for, but am not in. And then Independence Day, I had a meeting and have been talking over the last several months or year with Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, the producer, and they’ve been cooking up and say they have a part for me in what they hope will be a plan to make another one pretty soon.
TIME: Right. When I looked into it a bit, I saw something from a year ago saying, “Oh, maybe some people are working on it, but maybe not Will Smith,” but all of that always seems so nebulous until it actually happens.
J.G.: I think you’ve put your finger on it. “Nebulous until actually” is what that file is under, but yeah, they’re still talking about it and I’ve heard recent rumblings here and there about it, and “Oh, there’s a scripting coming in” — maybe last weekend there was a script handed in, so it’s brewing.
I'm just glad the fat lady has sung on 'David Levinson' and
Independence Day 2. I know,
I should forget the fat lady. I'm obsessed with fat lady. I'll just let you get out of here!
Independence Day (1996) - One of the biggest box office hits of all time delivers the ultimate encounter when mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race. The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determinded band of survivors, uniting for one last strike against the invaders - before it's the end of all mankind.