Arguably one of the most ridiculous, but nonetheless most enjoyable alien invasion movies of all time, Independence Day holds a special place in our hearts.
But we're in two mind about the news that a sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, which starred Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman, will hit cinemas in 2015.
Fox confirmed plans for the Roland Emmerich project as well as a threequel. The director has completed the script for two sequels to the 1996 sci-fi - tentatively titled ID Forever Part I and ID Forever Part II - with co-writer Dean Devlin.
Speaking about the overall plot of the sequels, he told Entertainment Weekly earlier this year: "The humans knew that one day the aliens would come back. And they know that the only way you can really travel in space is through wormholes. So for the aliens, it could take two or three weeks, but for us that's 20 or 25 years."
He continued: "It's a changed world. It's like parallel history. [Humans] have harnessed all this alien technology. We don't know how to duplicate it because it's organically-grown technology, but we know how to take an anti-gravity device and put it in a human airplane."
Emmerich added that the first part would end on a cliffhanger to set up the third instalment, and that it would mainly feature new characters. He said: "It's still some of the same characters, but also new younger characters; it's a little bit like the sons take over."
Pullman is expected to reprise the role of President Thomas Whitmore, though Smith and Goldblum have yet to sign up.
Further schedule changes were announced by the studio, including amended release dates for both X-Men: Days of Future Past and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
The two movies will swap places in the release schedule, with X-Men: Days of Future Past moving forward to May 23, 2014 and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes switching to July 18, 2014.
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