Director Roland Emmerich admits that making his critically panned sequel “Independence Day: Resurgence” was a mistake, according to a new interview. Currently doing press for his World War II film “Midway,” Emmerich revealed that he “should have stopped” his production of the 2016 sequel to the 1996 classic “Independence Day” when star Will Smith dropped out to film “Suicide Squad.”Of course, that film was plagued by troubled production and also got a poor reception. PRODUCTION ON MARVEL'S 'ETERNALS' MOVIE HALTED IN SPAIN FOLLOWING DISCOVERY OF UNIDENTIFIED ITEM ON SET“I just wanted to make a movie exactly like the first,” Emmerich explained to Yahoo Movies UK in a piece published Friday. After I had to, really fast, cobble another script together. 'CHARLIE'S ANGELS' STAR JACLYN SMITH SAYS SHE 'NEVER FELT EXPLOITED' OVER HER SEXY IMAGEThis article originally appeared in Page Six

Source: Fox News November 06, 2019 00:00 UTC