Roland Emmerich News

May 13, 2013
Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin Want a Whole New Independence Day Series
"When you get a bigger mythology going, I think then you have the chance to do not only one or two or three but you can create a series. That's what we want to do." More...

March 26, 2013
Roland Emmerich Offers Independence Day Sequel Details
"The humans knew that one day the aliens would come back." More...

April 3, 2012
Roland Emmerich Is Up for White House Down
He's in talks to helm the action thriller from "Amazing Spider-Man" screenwriter James Vanderbilt. More...

June 8, 2011
Will Roland Emmerich Direct Asteroids?
Rumor has it that Universal has offered him the arcade game adaptation. More...

February 14, 2011
Roland Emmerich Says Independence Day Sequel Won't Happen Soon
He insists it'll happen someday, but in a new interview with Empire Magazine, Roland Emmerich says the rumored "Independence Day" sequel is "nowhere." More...

November 9, 2010
Roland Emmerich No Longer in The Zone
Mere days after word of the project first surfaced, it appears that Roland Emmerich's "found footage" alien invasion movie, "The Zone," is no more. More...

November 1, 2010
Roland Emmerich Gets in The Zone
Roland Emmerich is returning to the alien invasion genre with a "found footage" project, titled "The Zone," that's being compared to "Cloverfield." More...

February 26, 2010
Roland Emmerich Talks Anonymous
Roland Emmerich's Shakespearean drama is coming together, with a title ("Anonymous") and a cast (Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, and Rhys Ifans) to go with its plot speculating on the true authorship of the Bard's classic works. More...

February 11, 2010
Roland Emmerich Will Build on Asimov's Foundation
Saying "It has to be done all CG because I would not know how to shoot this thing in real," Roland Emmerich has announced plans to turn Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" trilogy into a 3-D motion-capture epic. More...

November 16, 2009
Emmerich Talks Independence Day Sequels
All these years later, Roland Emmerich is thinking about returning to "Independence Day" -- and not with just one sequel, either. How does "ID4-Ever" sound to you? More...

November 13, 2009
Roland Emmerich Talks 2012 DVD/Blu-ray, Shakespeare Project, and More
Roland Emmerich is poised to destroy the world -- and rule the box office -- one more time with this weekend's release of "2012." What's next for Emmerich? Shakespeare. More...

November 5, 2009
Emmerich Plans 2012: The TV Series
Could Roland Emmerich bring his brand of big-budget post-apocalyptic magic to television? That's the plan behind a proposed "2012" TV series. More...

November 2, 2009
12 Facts About 2012
Did the Mayans really predict, all those centuries ago, that Earth would be visited by planetary apocalypse three years from now? It's open to interpretation -- Roland Emmerich has a gargantuan disaster movie to sell and even he admits the whole 2012 theory is just, "a nice hook for the audience." John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Woody Harrelson and Danny Glover are a few of the stars swept up in Emmerich's latest cataclysmic shocker. Rotten Tomatoes meets the cast and director in Cancun, Mexico - close to the once-throbbing heart of Mayan civilisation -- for a 2012 fact-finding mission. More...

October 12, 2009
Roland Emmerich Turns to Shakespeare, Asimov for Inspiration
With "2012" finished and on its way to theaters, Roland Emmerich is free to discuss his next projects: a revisionist Shakesperean drama and an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's "The Foundation." More...

January 19, 2009
Emmerich Lays Asimov's Foundation for Columbia
Columbia won the rights to Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" last week, and the studio has already attached Roland Emmerich to direct the adaptation. More...

November 13, 2008
(Teaser) Trailer Bulletin: 2012
What do you get when you cross awesome special effects, a healthy dose of government paranoia, and one unfortunate monk? The first teaser for Roland Emmerich's "2012," now up at Moviefone. More...

August 11, 2008
20 CGI Classics - From T2 to Batman Begins to WALL-E
We showcase 20 films which have employed Pixar's pioneering software RenderMan to create some of the last two decades' most visually-impressive movies. More...

July 15, 2008
Woody Harrelson Counts to 2012
Woody Harrelson has joined the cast of Roland Emmerich's 2012, the big-budget apocalyptic thriller that stars John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and Danny Glover. More...

June 25, 2008
Story Details for Emmerich's 2012 Surface
Curious as to what exactly Roland Emmerich's next blockbuster epic, 2012, is about? You'll want to read Latino Review's lengthy rundown of the script. Beware -- "massive spoilers" ahead! More...

June 2, 2008
Emmerich's 2012 Adding Glover, Newton, Platt?
Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, and Oliver Platt are in negotiations to join John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor in the cast of Roland Emmerich's next big-budget epic, 2012. More...

May 19, 2008
John Cusack Counts to 2012 for Roland Emmerich
John Cusack has signed on to star in Roland Emmerich's 2012, an apocalyptic thriller about "an academic researcher who opens a portal into a parallel universe and makes contact with his double in order to prevent an apocalypse predicted by the ancient Mayans." More...

March 6, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Ancient Action Arrives Again
For its third chart-topper of the year, Warner Bros. is going back in time with its ancient adventure 10,000 BC which aims to revitalize a box office on the verge of extinction. More...

February 28, 2008
Justice League of America Back on the Fast Track
Not long ago, George Miller's Justice League of America was rumored to be locked in development deep-freeze, a casualty of the writers' strike -- but now that Hollywood's scribes are back to work, Warner Bros. has JLA back on track. More...

February 22, 2008
Weekly Ketchup: Smurfs First Look Online, Wolverine Gets More Mutants
This week's Ketchup brings us a sneak peek at CGI Smurfs, lots of casting news about Wolverine, competing Alice in Wonderland projects, and news that Leo DiCaprio will be producing a live-action adaptation of Akira More...

February 21, 2008
For Roland Emmerich, 2012 Is Now
Roland Emmerich's 10,000 B.C. won't arrive in theaters until March 7, but the big-budget-lovin' director already has studios lining up to pay for his next project. More...

December 13, 2007
Trailer Bulletin: 10,000 B.C.
Got a hankering for some big-budget woolly mammoth action? Here comes Roland Emmerich's 10,000 B.C. to the rescue! More...

September 27, 2007
Roland Emmerich Slams James Cameron's Fantastic Voyage Script
Roland Emmerich is gearing up to direct his long-planned Fantastic Voyage remake, and even though its screen debut is still in the distance, he recently discussed the project with Empire. More...

September 4, 2007
Stiller Sequel, Emmerich Remake, Live-Action Dragonball Z to Film in Montreal
Looking for a job in the movie industry? It might not be a bad idea to move to Montreal, where -- as The Montreal Gazette reports -- three big-budget projects are scheduled to start filming in the next nine months. More...

August 16, 2007
Emmerich to Go On Fantastic Voyage
Now here's something trippy for you. This item not only concerns a movie remake, but is itself a remake of news from ten years ago: According to Variety, Roland Emmerich has decided to direct a new version of 1966's cult sci-fi classic Fantastic Voyage. More...

July 12, 2007
"10,000 B.C.," 1 Teaser Trailer
As many of the folks who turned out for the opening day of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" could tell you, the teaser trailer for director Roland Emmerich's upcoming "10,000 B.C." has been released. If you've got a weakness for loincloths and woolly mammoths, this will be your news item of the day. More...

July 21, 2006
Who's Ready for "Stargate 2" (and Maybe "Stargate 3")?
Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin don't seem to work together anymore, but now that MGM is apparently interested in re-starting the "Stargate" movie franchise, the old partners might just be back in business. And Devlin seems pretty confident about getting James Spader and Kurt Russell back for a pair of sequels. More...

May 19, 2006
Devlin to Start "Ghosting"
Longtime producer Dean Devlin looks poised to make his directorial debut some time soon, and his project of choice will be a thriller called "Ghosting." More...

May 11, 2006
Roland Emmerich's "10,000 B.C." Begins!
Big-budget spectacle-maker Roland Emmerich just began production on his "10,000 B.C." for Warner Bros. The large-scale old-school period piece will shoot mainly in South Africa and New Zealand. More...

February 27, 2006
Emmerich Enlists a Few Youths for "B.C." Duty
Flashy director Roland Emmerich has begun casting his next epic, the ancient history action tale entitled "10,000 B.C." The first actors aboard will be Steven Strait and Camilla Belle, a pair of up & comers last seen in "Sky High" and "When a Stranger Calls," respectively. More...

January 31, 2006
WB Sends Emmerich Back to "B.C."
Variety reports that Roland Emmerich's "10,000 B.C." was no quicker dropped by Sony than picked up (in "turnaround") by WB, the studio that hopes it make it one of their Summer '07 tentpole releases. (Roland Emmerich is the man who gave you "Stargate," "Independence Day," and "The Day After Tomorrow." More...

October 5, 2005
Roland Emmerich's Next Goes Back to "10,000 B.C."
The director of "Godzilla," "The Day After Tomorrow," and "Stargate" will be heading back to prehistory for his next big-budget epic, says Variety. From filmmaker Roland Emmerich comes "10,000 B.C"! More...

April 7, 2005
Michael Bay Contemplates a Transforming Career Move
Ever since Steven Spielberg climbed aboard as executive producer on the Paramount / DreamWorks project "The Transformers," fans have been wondering who the director will be. Buzz earlier this week stated that it was going to be a toss-up between Michael Bay ("Armageddon") and Roland Emmerich ("The Day After Tomorrow"), but Variety reports that the gig may be Bay's ... if he wants it. Based on the extremely popular cartoon and toy characters of the 1980's, this big-screen "Transformers" adaptation is presently scheduled to begin shooting in the fall, and the studios have pegged November '06 for its release. More...

February 17, 2005
Emmerich Taps Kreuzpaintner to Direct "Girls Next Door"
Roland Emmerich has selected German director Marco Kreuzpaintner to direct "Girls Next Door" for his German production house, Reelmachine, Variety reports. The movie is based on a New York Times Magazine story about the international sex slave industry. More...