They want to make an Independence Day 2...

Not content with destroying the world the first time around, director Roland Emmerich as said that he is definitely up for making a sequel to the 1996 movie, just as long as Fox can come up with a deal for him, producer Dean Devlin and some actor named Will Smith.

The helmer was out promoting his new disaster film 2012, and had this to say to the folks at Latino Review.

"Dean Devlin and I are still set to make a sequel likely because we've found some sort of idea and we approached FOX and FOX has not quite figured out how to incorporate Dean's and my deal, and Will's (Smith) deal. Will wants to do it in some sort of a package they can live with. So it's just been in negations now since forever, and naturally FOX says "Why don't you do it without Will Smith?" I said Will is essential for us, for this movie and actually for the audience too. And, so, it's in limbo and lately the studios are fighting. Like gross players, and Will is a gross player and is probably the only gross player right now who's worth his gross. So we'll see what happens. I would love to do it. "