Director Roland Emmerich is experiencing a lot of deja vu these days. Not only is he preparing for a 2016 release of the first of two sequels to his 1996 film Independence Day (titled ID Forever Part I and ID [...]
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Will Smith Turns Down INDEPENDENCE DAY 2
We reported in June that both Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum had signed on to reprise their roles for Independence Day 2 as confirmed by director Roland Emmerich. We knew, even back then, that Will Smith's role in the sequel [...]
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Returning Cast News for INDEPENDENCE DAY 2
Whenever Independence Day is on, we watch it. It's a favorite in this house, so hearing that not only is a sequel in the works but that it will have some of the cast returning is great news for us. [...]
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PIXELS Gets a Release Date; SINGULARITY Does the Release Date Shuffle
Last year, Sony Pictures and Happy Madison Productions picked up writer/director Patrick Jean's animated short film Pixels and hired Tim Herlihy to pen a feature-length adaptation of the short. Now, Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced that the big-screen version of [...]
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Roland Emmerich Runs Into a Glitch In His SINGULARITY
Back in September, we brought you the news when Sony Pictures acquired the distribution rights to director Roland Emmerich's sci-fi project, entitled Singularity and scheduled a May 17th, 2013 release date for the film. Now, Variety reports that Sony Pictures has [...]
Read moreFox May Move Forward On INDEPENDENCE DAY Sequels With or Without WIll Smith
Over the last few years, director Roland Emmerich has spoke a lot about a potential sequel (or two) to his 1996 box office hit, Independence Day. Back in early 2010 it was reported that Emmerich had signed on for two [...]
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Asimov’s FOUNDATION Trilogy: Sony Taps “All You Need Is Kill” Scribe to Adapt the Classic
Last year, we reported to you that Sony Pictures is adapting Isaac Asimov’s classic Foundation trilogy for the big screen with Roland Emmerich (2012, The Day After Tomorrow) at the helm. The big news then on this project was Emmerich’s [...]
Read moreRoland Emmerich Passes ASTEROIDS and Heads Towards a SINGULARITY
Two years ago, we brought you the news when Universal Pictures won a four studio bidding war for the rights to the classic Atari video game Asteroids. At that time, Matthew Lopez (The Race to Witch Mountain) was set to [...]
Read moreSingularity: Sony Picks Up Roland Emmerich’s New Sci-Fi Project and Schedules Release Date
Earlier this month, we brought you the news about director Roland Emmerich (Anonymous) being courted by Universal Pictures to helm the big-screen adaptation of the old school video game, Asteroids. I guess that project may have to wait, because [...]
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Universal Wants Roland Emmerich to Direct ASTEROIDS
Two years ago, we brought you the news when Universal Pictures won a four studio bidding war for the rights to the classic Atari video game Asteroids. At that time, Matthew Lopez (The Race to Witch Mountain) was set to [...]
Read moreIndependence Day Sequels: Will Smith 4 President?
Last November we brought you the report that director Roland Emmerich (2012) was planning two back-to-back sequels to his 1996 box office hit, Independence Day. Actor Will Smith (Men in Black III) reportedly signed on for Independence Day 2 and [...]
Read moreHow Roland Emmerich’s 2012 Should Have Ended
The artiste's over at How It Should Have Ended, who have tackled classics such as Lord of the Rings, Star Trek and Avatar (to name a few), have made Roland Emmerich's most recent disasterpalooza, 2012 their latest target. Check it [...]
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