Roland Emmerich returns to direct ‘Stargate’ reboot

Everything old is new again! According to Variety, Roland Emmerich will direct a reboot of his 1994 picture Stargate, intended as the first entry in a new trilogy. Emmerich’s frequent collaborator Dean Devlin is also back to produce. Stargate grossed more than $200 million worldwide, but the franchise is probably better known today for its TV spin-offs, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis. Independence Day 2 and […]

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Will Smith turns down ‘Independence Day 2’ (for real this time)

Will Smith has declined the opportunity to star in Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day sequel, Deadline reports. When the project was first announced, Smith was adamant about not appearing in it. Then, After Earth flopped, and suddenly he was open to the possibility of revisiting his very first hit film. Now, some time has passed, and Smith has decided to […]

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Michael B. Jordan wanted for Independence Day sequel

Michael B. Jordan, formerly of Friday Night Lights and The Wire, is one of the year’s biggest breakout stars, thanks to his acclaimed performance in the indie hit Fruitvale Station. The studios are now eager to scoop him up, particularly 20th Century Fox. According to The Wrap, Jordan has met with Roland Emmerich for a […]

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Will Smith might return for Independence Day 2 after all

Following the monumental flopping of his passion project, After Earth, Will Smith is suddenly interested in maybe coming back for that Independence Day sequel. Director Roland Emmerich, speaking to Digital Spy, confirmed that he and Smith will soon meet to discuss the project, despite Smith having previously shunned the prospect of a sequel. Emmerich had […]

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Poster and Trailer Debut: White House Down

Our first look at White House Down (aka: Die Hard in the White House), gives us the requisite amount of explosive images of America’s presidential palace burning. King of disaster films Roland Emmerich is the director behind this blockbuster and from 2012 to Independence Day it seems he definitely has a knack for destroying the […]

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Godzilla 3D hits cinemas May 2014

That new Godzilla movie you’ve been feverishly anticipating (right?) has been given an official release date: May 16, 2014. According to Deadline, it will also be in 3D. There is still little information available about the pic, though we know it’s being directed by Gareth Edwards (of low-budget Monsters fame), and has been written by David Callaham, David S. Goyer, […]

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Channing Tatum to save the White House

Channing Tatum is in talks to star in White House Down, the action drama set to be directed by Roland Emmerich. According to Deadline, Tatum would star as a secret service agent who defends the President – and indeed, democracy itself – during a paramilitary takeover of the iconic American building. Sony Pictures paid screenwriter James Vanderbilt […]

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Roland Emmerich returns to the White House

Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) looks set to wreak havoc on the White House again when he next directs White House Down, an action drama about a paramilitary takeover. According to Deadline, Sony Pictures paid $3 million for the spec script, and describe the film, written by James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man, the Total Recall remake), […]

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What’s in a name? – Anonymous review

Anonymous – Starring Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave and Rafe Spall. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Roland Emmerich is the doyen of historically inaccurate disasterpieces, the pre-eminent cinematic misinterpreter of scientific theories, and the gullible go-to-guy when it comes to half-baked conspiracy thrillers. Therefore, his Anonymous is as close as he’s ever […]

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Independence Day 2 and 3 going ahead, with or without Will Smith

Director Roland Emmerich and screenwriter Dean Devlin are finalising their scripts for Independence Day 2 and 3, almost fifteen years after the first flick broke box-office records and made Will Smith the biggest action star in the world. According to Vulture, 20th Century Fox is keen to shoot ID2 and ID3 back-to-back, and soon, even […]

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Trailer Debut: Anonymous

The trailer for Roland Emmerich‘s Elizabethan thriller Anonymous has debuted online. The film suggests (as has long been rumoured) that the works of William Shakespeare were in actuality penned by Banksy, I mean, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Now, Emmerich is not the first director you think of as prime candidate to bring […]

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Emmerich’s low budget disaster film … destroyed!

Roland Emmerich‘s low-budget alien invasion movie The Zone has been shut down a mere week before cameras were to begin rolling. According to THR, rehearsals had already begun on the Cloverfield-esque found-footage movie. The director’s people released this brief statement on the project’s status: “This is not a project (Emmerich) is pursuing at this time.” […]

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Roland Emmerich to destroy world again … but with smaller budget

Roland Emmerich (2012, Independence Day) is jumping on the found-footage bandwagon and gearing up to direct a low-budget alien invasion movie entitled The Zone. Emmerich is no stranger to filming the evisceration of our beloved planet, but The Zone will mark his first time working with a budget smaller than the GDP of the Falkland […]

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Will 2012 be the ultimate disaster film?

source: traileraddict.com Director Roland Emmerich certainly hopes so. The full length trailer for his end-of-the-world flick 2012 has debuted online, featuring the meteoric destruction of the planet, as well as a couple of devastating floods. Yeah, like that one. The film looks at the American Government’s reaction to the end of the world, as predicted […]

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