{"id":56305,"date":"2014-02-08T16:55:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T16:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=56305"},"modified":"2014-02-10T09:26:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T09:26:31","slug":"independence-day-2-is-doomed-without-will-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/independence-day-2-is-doomed-without-will-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day 2 is doomed without Will Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Will Smith as Captain Steven Hiller in 1996’s Independence Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Deadline<\/em><\/a>, Men In Black<\/em><\/strong><\/a> star and former Fresh Prince Will Smith has officially opted out of the proposed sequel to Roland Emmerich’s 1996 disasterpiece Independence Day<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This isn’t automatically bad news for the production, as Emmerich and co-writer\/producer Dean Devin originally wrote two drafts of the script, one for Smith’s return and one without. These were being developed further by\u00a0The Amazing Spider-Man<\/strong><\/em><\/a> writer James Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n

However, given Smith’s quality control hasn’t been at its highest recently \u2013 hello\u00a0After Earth<\/strong><\/em><\/a> \u2013 what does it say about Independence Day 2<\/strong><\/em> that he wants out?<\/p>\n

Independence Day 2<\/em>\u00a0has been set for a 3 July 2015 release date. You can\u00a0buy\u00a0Independence Day<\/em>\u00a0on Blu-ray for \u00a35.<\/a><\/strong>
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