20th Century Fox announced earlier today that the highly anticipated sequel to German director Roland Emmerich's mega-blockbuster
Independence Day will arrive in U.S. theaters on July 3, 2015. Director Emmerich will once again be behind the camera, but at the moment it is unclear whether any members of the original cast will be back.
The first film, which was released in 1996, was based on a script by Dean Devlin and director Emmerich. Its cast included Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, Vivica A. Fox, and Adam Baldwin.
Independence Day is already out on Blu-ray courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. See our listing and review of this release
here.