Twenty years after the War of 1996 , the United Nations has founded the Earth Space Defense (ESD), a global defense advanced research … See more

Development
The possibility of a sequel to Independence Day (1996) had been discussed as early … See more

Box office
Independence Day: Resurgence was unable to replicate the success of its predecessor, which … See more

• Liam Hemsworth as Jake Morrison, a pilot of the Earth Space Defense and Patricia Whitmore's fiancé, who lost his parents when the aliens first attacked.
• Jeff Goldblum as David Levinson, the director of the Earth Space Defense and the United States … See more

Titan Books published several tie-in books for the film, including novels and comics. The first, an omnibus of Stephen Molstad's three Independence … See more

Theatrical
Independence Day: Resurgence premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on June 20, 2016. The film was originally going … See more

In June 2016, during an interview with Empire magazine, Emmerich stated that a third film could be made, depending on the success of the second one. He also said that audiences … See more