Roland Emmerich to Develop New Alien Invasion Film EMERGENCE

Independence Day director Roland Emmerich has acquired the rights to a new sci-fi alien invasion project called Emergence. The pitch for the movie comes from Nic Kelman, and Emmerich is looking to direct it. 

There's no information on what the film will be about but, according to Deadline, it is a large scale idea that is a "new take on an alien invasion story containing hot-button science elements." 

They say it's a new take on an alien invasion story, but I can't help but think it's just going to be a rehash of everything that has already been done, but we'll see. Maybe it will surprise me. 

The best film Emmerich has made was Independence Day, and his next film White House Down looks like it could be fun. But for the most part I'm not a big fan of his work. Maybe this will be a solid project for him to take on.