Roland Emmerich explains Will Smith's absence from ResurgenceDAVID 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. Roland Emmerich insists he is not trying to top the first Independence Day with his "story continuation" Independence Day: Resurgence. Supplied Roland Emmerich is back behind the camera for the action sci-fi blockbuster Independence Day: Resurgence. Independence Day: Resurgence (M) opens in New Zealand cinemas on June 23. Supplied Roland Emmerich has specialised in "disaster movies" in the past two decades, including 2004's The Day After Tomorrow.

Source: Stuff June 20, 2016 05:31 UTC