Happy New Year, everyone! Just thought I'd point out that 2026 marks three decades since Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin's sci-fi megahit Independence Day (ID4) invaded movie theaters nationwide.
Will 20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox) and Disney—which has owned Fox's entire film library since 2019—re-release ID4 on the big screen this year? I surely hope so.
I saw ID4 again on the big screen back in June of 2016...when it was shown in a doubleheader with the newly-released sequel Independence Day: Resurgence. I was just as blown away by ID4's Oscar-winning visual effects in 2016 as I was on opening night in 1996, and would surely like to be blown away (like the White House, Empire State Building and U.S. Bank Tower were in the film) again in 2026!
So if Disney CEO Bob Iger stumbles upon this blog entry, please bring Independence Day back into multiplexes soon! A film made 30 years ago would be among my most anticipated movies to see this year if Iger greenlits the re-release. Happy Holidays!
