Independence Day director Roland Emmerich keen for New Zealand returnDAVID WALKER/Fairfax NZ Entertainment reporter James Croot talks with director Roland Emmerich about Independence Day: Resurgence, and the challenges he faced with new technologies in film-making. Supplied Roland Emmerich is back in cinemas this week with another potential blockbuster - Independence Day: Resurgence. Supplied Independence Day: Resurgence sees Jeff Goldblum's David Levinson having to save the planet from another alien attack. Emmerich says it was the opportunity to make an Independence Day movie with more advanced computer technology that persuaded him to return to the franchise. Independence Day: Resurgence (M) opens in New Zealand cinemas on June 23.

Source: Stuff June 19, 2016 22:19 UTC