With great big aliens comes great big responsibility: something that Independence Day: Resurgence director Roland Emmerich knows all about. 20 years after Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum sent that extraterrestrial ship to kingdom come, the pesky life-suckers are back – and this time, they’ve brought their friends. As you can tell from these exclusive stills (click 'em to embiggen), things are about to get pretty hairy…
Smith’s Captain Steven Hiller may not be returning (rumour is he’s snuffed it), but Goldblum’s David Levinson is very much back in action. So much so, in fact, that he’s the star of our July issue’s cover.
Joining the old guard are Liam Hemsworth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joey King and Maika Monroe as Patricia Whitmore, daughter of President Thomas J. Whitmore (a returning Bill Pullman).
Independence Day: Resurgence hits UK cinemas on June 23, and America the next day. Our alien-centric issue will be available in all good and evil newsagents on Thursday May 26. As for our exclusive subscribers’ cover? Watch this space...
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