Independence Day 2 News, Cast Rumors: Vivica Fox Confirmed to Return

By Dondi Tiples, Christian Post Contributor Friday, March 27, 2015

American actress Vivica Fox has signed up to reprise her role in the sequels to 1996's "Independence Day."

20th Century Fox has confirmed Vivica Fox will be making a return run as exotic dancer, Jasmine Dubrow for the June 24, 2016 "Independence Day" sequels.

Director Roland Emmerich himself, who directed the first highly popular film, posted news of Fox's casting on Twitter. She is joining the other original members of the cast returning to the film, including Jeff Goldblum's MIT science geek character, David Levinson, and Bill Pullman's President Thomas Whitmore.

Fox will be reprising her role as Will Smith's character, Captain Steven Miller's girlfriend, who becomes his wife in the first movie. Smith himself has not signed on to do the sequels after Fox refused to pay his $50 million asking fee.

The two-part sequels, to be titled "ID Forever Part 1" and "ID Forever Part II" is set 20 years after the events of the original film, and details a plotline where alien reinforcements of the ones killed off two decades before return to earth following a distress call.

A new cast of characters has also been announced for the sequels, including Liam Hemsworth, who will be playing the son-in-law of Bill Pullman's former President Whitmore character, Jessie Usher, as the son of Vivica Fox and Will Smith's characters, and Charlotte Gainsbourg in an as yet unannounced role.

With the original film grossing over $817 million in the box office, the film's sequels will be facing a tough uphill battle attempting to duplicate that financial feat, particularly without Smith's rebellious insouciance that was partly responsible for making the first film a blockbuster.

Screenplay for the fantasy sci-fi action sequel will be written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin.