It may have had a positive review from us here at Flickering Myth, but the domestic performance of Roland Emmerich’s big budget sci-fi sequel Independence Day: Resurgence is nothing to boast about. Opening on over 4,000 screens, Independece Day: Resurgence earned an estimated $41.6 million, placing it second behind the animated behemoth Finding Dory. With a […]
Director Roland Emmerich says Independence Day 3 would be “an intergalactic journey”
Be warned. The following post contains spoilers for Independence Day: Resurgence… After a disappointing weekend at the US box office, a sequel to Independence Day: Resurgence is already looking unlikely, but, if the international numbers come in stronger than expected, all hope is not lost yet. At the very least, one person is preparing for that scenario, as […]
Second Opinion – Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, William Fichtner, Jessie T. Usher, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Brent Spiner, Judd Hirsch and Deobia Oparei. SYNOPSIS: Twenty years after launching a devastating attack on Earth, alien invaders return to destroy the planet and only survivors from the War of […]
The aliens are back as Independence Day: Resurgence opens across the UK
After twenty years of waiting, the aliens have finally returned, as 20th Century Fox unleashes Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi sequel Independence Day: Resurgence, the hotly-anticipated follow-up to the 1996 blockbuster. To celebrate the release, Vue Entertainment has been conducting research into the British public’s thoughts on extraterrestrial life, with one in three respondents believing in the […]
Comic Book Review – Independence Day #1-5
Tony Black reviews Independence Day #1-5… On the eve of Independence Day: Resurgence, a blockbuster sequel two decades in the making, Titan Comics have jumped on the prequel bandwagon to deliver this limited-run, five issue story set just after the original Independence Day film, from writer Victor Gischler & artist Tazio Bettin. The hook is […]
Exclusive Interview: Jessie Usher talks Independence Day: Resurgence
With mere hours to go until the two decade wait is finally over, Flickering Myth has been getting ready for the new alien invasion by speaking to the cast and filmmakers behind Independence Day: Resurgence. Scott J. Davis got to chat to new recruit Jessie Usher about the film, his memories of the first film […]
Roland Emmerich shares unused plot for Independence Day sequel
It’s taken director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin two decades to get their Independence Day sequel off the ground, and with the release of Independence Day: Resurgence fast approaching, Emmerich has shared an unused plot for the follow-up during an interview with Empire. “It was after 9/11 and Dean and I wanted to make […]
Why does Independence Day: Resurgence look so boring?
Anghus Houvouras on Independence Day: Resurgence and why it looks so boring… I unapologetically love Independence Day, the 1996 masterpiece of popcorn movie making. It’s one of the best blockbusters ever made. An absolute piece of cinematic perfection when it comes to delivering thrills, chills, and trite melodrama. 20 years later and it’s still a […]
Roland Emmerich on Will Smith’s absence from Independence Day: Resurgence
Despite the fact that Independence Day: Resurgence is bringing back several cast members from the original movie, there is one name absent from the roster of the 1996 blockbuster, with Will Smith opting against a return to the franchise. Speaking to Comic Book, director Roland Emmerich has revealed that Smith was originally set to return, […]
Roland Emmerich on the 20 year wait for an Independence Day sequel
Despite whispers of a sequel ever since the release of the first movie, it’s taken twenty years for the follow-up to the blockbuster alien invasion flick Independence Day to become a reality, and during an anniversary screening of the film, director Roland Emmerich has been talking to Entertainment Weekly about why we’ve waited so long […]
