{"id":7719,"date":"2010-03-30T07:15:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T12:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=7719"},"modified":"2010-03-30T07:15:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T12:15:21","slug":"independence-day-sequels-looking-more-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/30\/independence-day-sequels-looking-more-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"INDEPENDENCE DAY Sequels Looking More Possible"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Although Twentieth Century Fox has been keen on having a sequel or two to their 1996 hit Independence Day<\/strong>, one thing has always been a formidable bump in the road- the price tag for the acting services of one Will Smith. But now that Fox has some cash burning a hole in its corporate pockets thanks to a little film called Avatar<\/strong>, they may just be willing to pay that price.<\/p>\n

IESB<\/a> is reporting that an unnamed source is telling them that Fox has locked Smith into a deal for a second and third Independence Day film, possibly set to film back-to-back. But don’t start making plans to camp out at your local cineplex waiting for this to open. Independence Day<\/strong> director Dean Devlin is first committed to the thriller Anonymous, while Smith’s next project will either be a third Men In Black<\/strong> installment or the fantasy The City That Sailed<\/strong>. Even with everything else is in place at the completion of those two projects, the earliest that cameras could roll would be 2011.<\/p>\n

Of course, given that the original Independence Day<\/strong> grossed just north of a billion dollars worldwide in 1996, one has to ask the question why Fox didn’t feel like meeting Smith’s quote, which was probably a bit less than the reported $20 million and a percentage of gross profits he commands now, then.<\/p>\n

Remember, Fox has not officially confirmed the story and IESB is quick to point out that they have not been able to verify things through a second source, so take it all with the requisite pinch of salt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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