Fox is still serious about moving forward with their INDEPENDENCE DAY sequel as recently it was announced that they have tapped Carter Blanchard to work on the script--a relatively unknown screenwriter with nothing significant produced. However, Blanchard has been a busy scribe churning out an adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kindergarten Heroes for Fox and and a draft of  SPYHUNTER at Warners. Blanchard broke onto the seen a few years ago when he sold his spec GLIMMER to DreamWorks-- finalized by a personal call from none other than Steven Spielberg himself. Drafts for the sequel were previously written by James Vanderbilt, Roland​ Emmerich and Dean Devlin. Emmerich  is still attached to to direct for a  potential July 1, 2016, release and is producing along with Devlin and Harald Kloser. No word on whether Will Smith is set to reprise his role. (Source)