They’re coming back! A brand newIndependence Day: ResurgenceTV spot dropped duringThe Walking Dead Season 6finale last night, and it offers some exciting new footage of the aliens as they send a distress call into outer space. After twenty years, the mother ship is coming back, and it’s ready to destroy everything that’s been rebuilt! This latest sneak peek introducesMaika Monroeas President Whitmore’s daughter Patricia. And we get a first look at the return ofBrent Spineras Dr. Brackish Okun.
From directorRoland Emmerichand producerDean Devlin, 1996’sIndependence Dayshattered opening weekend and totalbox officerecords, becoming the year’s top-grossing film. It also became the first movie in history to gross over $500 million internationally. ButIndependence Daywas just the beginning. We always knew they were coming back.
After that film redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter in theIndependence Dayuniverse delivers a global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens' advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
OriginalIndependence DaystarsJeff Goldblum,Bill Pullman,Judd Hirsch,Vivica A. FoxandBrent Spinerall return from the original 1996 blockbuster. New additions to the cast forIndependence Day: ResurgenceincludeLiam Hemsworth,Angelababy,Maika Monroe,Sela WardandJessie Usher. This highly-anticipated sequel will make summer 2016 one to remember when it explodes onto screens worldwide June 24.
Production wrapped onIndependence Day: Resurgenceback in August, and this sequel will go up against Sony’s horror-thrillerThe Shallows. Do you thinkIndependence Day: Resurgencecould be just as successful as the original blockbusterIndependence Day, 20 years after its debut? Check out the all-newIndependence Day: ResurgenceTV spot that aired last night. This is going to be one cruel summer for the entire planet.