We are still two years away from the sequel for Independence Day, and this weekend we got some news about the upcoming blockbuster. Director Roland Emmerich told The NY Daily News that Will Smith will NOT be in it. He said, “Will Smith can not come back because he’s too expensive, but he’d also be too much of a marquee name.” Then he added, “We have like maybe half of the people that you know would know from the first film (in the script) and the other half people who are new.” So who is guaranteed to come back? Here’s who he said would be returning, “I think some aliens will be back.”
Now back to Smith, when he did the first movie he was an eager actor who was on the rise. But then after a few huge movies, his ego took over and his movies went to sh!t. So when I read that he would not be in this sequel, I was excited because the movie that launched his film career has a good chance of doing as well as the original if not better. Well that is if it has a good script behind it. I mean a movie that is almost 2 decades in the making, has to be has good as the original just like the sequels to Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Indiana Jones 4. Right?
