With there being a two-decade gap between the original movie and the sequel, we can’t quite give up hope entirely, though we also won’t be holding our breath on concluding the trilogy. Roland Emmerich's Independence Day franchise was planned as a trilogy, but in fact Independence Day 3 never got into full production. Here's why and how the full story might one day still be told. Independence Day Resurgence left the door open for a third movie. | © 20th Century Fox. Director Roland Emmerich hopes to revive the franchise with Independence Day 3 on Disney+. Still, to this day, there's been no confirmation of Independence Day 3, but the streaming era holds promise for a potential sequel or series to revive the franchise sometime in the future. Roland Emmerich, The director of the Independence Day movies, has given an update on the third movie and is still very interested in getting it made. As of right now, there are no plans for a third Independence Day film, but there might still be hope. That might not be all Emmerich also talked to ComicBook.com, in 2021, about the future of Director Roland Emmerich offered an update to The Direct about Independence Day 3 during San Diego Comic-Con 2024. Independence Day (starring the likes of Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum) debuted in theaters in 1996, to be followed by a sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, 20 years later. The Independence Day 3 news has been slowly coming in, as director Roland Emmerich wants to make another sequel, but the studio has been tight-lipped about the possibility. Part of the reason for the delays is that Independence Day: Resurgence was a box office disappointment in 2016. The movie only made $103 million domestically on a $165 million production budget. While it did hit $384 The poor response to the sequel and Smith's character being dead suggests a third film in the franchise shouldn't move forward. Independence Day franchise director Roland Emmerich addresses the chances of Independence Day 3 with Will Smith happening. A third movie was planned when the second one was released, but its reception could be why the third was canceled. After Disney bought 20th Century Fox in 2019, the movie’s rights found a new home. Learn about the challenges facing the production of 'Independence Day 3', including Will Smith's absence, the sequel's box office disappointment, and director Roland Emmerich's ambitious plans. Despite setbacks, there is still a glimmer of hope for the franchise's future. Independence Day 3: With Matthew Broderick, Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich, William Fichtner. After 20 years since the original blockbuster film, Fox Studio's announced a planned trilogy of films to follow the first, however after the disaster of Independence Day Resurgence, the planned 3rd film hangs in uncertainty now in the hands of The Walt Disney Company. Independence Day: Resurgence expanded the universe with a new, larger alien invasion threat but fell short at the box office. A potential third film would have focused on an intergalactic alliance No, Independence Day 3 won’t happen for a very straightforward reason: the story has already been told. On top of that, producer and writer Dean Devlin reportedly has no plans to work on another sequel. Independence Day 3 was a planned third film in the Independence Day series and wasn't known to have an official title. It was announced by Roland Emmerich shortly after Independence Day: Resurgence was released in theaters. Director Roland Emmerich hopes to revive the franchise with Independence Day 3 on Disney+. Still, to this day, there's been no confirmation of Independence Day 3, but the streaming era holds promise for a potential sequel or series to revive the franchise sometime in the future. Director Roland Emmerich offered an update to The Direct about Independence Day 3 during San Diego Comic-Con 2024. Independence Day (starring the likes of Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum) debuted in theaters in 1996, to be followed by a sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, 20 years later. Emmerich wrote and directed both films in the sci-fi series, which followed the events of an alien invasion Independence Day (also known as ID and ID4) is a franchise of American science fiction action films that started with Independence Day in 1996, which was followed by the sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence in 2016. Producer Dean Devlin reveals he currently has no plans to make Independence Day 3 happen. In the twenty years separating the two ‘Independence Day’ films, the world changed, clearly, and seemed to move on from the absolute alien invasion crowd pleaser that the first one was. ‘Independence Day’, when looked at in retrospect, holds the same kind of rep as far as box office histories and landmarks are concerned, as [] Launching an outright assault on movie theaters in the summer of 1996, Roland Emmerich's "Independence Day" obliterated the box office en route to becoming a Hollywood classic. The film stars Will
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