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Is Will Smith already set to strap back into the cockpit of his F/A-18 to pwn some more aliens? According to IESB , that certainly appears to be the case, as they are reporting that a set of sequels to the 1996 summer blockbuster, Independence Day are indeed moving along. When rumors mills began to churn last fall about the possibility of getting not one, but two sequels to the epic alien-fighting extravaganza, it seemed to be motivated by 20th Century Fox’s then recent success with the disaster genre with 2012 . However, one of the biggest obstacles with moving forward was the hefty price tag that would come with reacquiring Will Smith. Since the first film, Smith has become one of the biggest stars on the planet. Besides that, there appeared to be plenty of other behind the scenes issues that needed to be resolved and the the project seemed like it was returning to the back-burner. Suddenly, a funny thing happened for the studio: Avatar . When such a film makes 2 bajillion-point-625 dollars (a rough figure) it tends to leave a studio with a lot of money to spend. ” IESB has received a tip that Will Smith is now locked for not only Independence Day 2 , but also a third installment. The plan would be to shoot both films back-to-back. Whether the studio opts to go the Matrix route and release the two films six months apart or do like the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels and split them by a year remains to be seen. According to our sources, if all goes according to plan, the sequel(s) could shoot as early as 2011.” The set of sequels discussed briefly by director Roland Emmerich last fall, were rumored to be called ID4 Ever (Parts 1 & 2, presumably.) Emmerich revealed some small bits of details about the direction of the sequels in that interview: “What we want to do in the next – it’s actually two movies – we want to do a bigger arc. Independence Day