8. Independence Day Forever
Independence Day was released in 1996, and became the second-highest grossing film of all time after grossing $817 million. Since then, it's dropped from #2 to #38, but is still considered a monumental success. Naturally, the possibility of a sequel has been long discussed, and director Roland Emmerich is gearing up production for two of them as we speak. They will not only be sequels to the first film, but will usher the blockbuster in to a new generation by focusing on the stepson of Will Smith's character. Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum have signed on to reprise their roles, and though Emmerich claims that Will Smith has become "too expensive," he's currently under negotiations to return. I don't mean to beat a dead horse here, but do we really
need another Independence Day film? ID4 was a fun popcorn flick that offered some revolutionary effects for its time. But any follow-up, nearly twenty years after release, shows that Emmerich is running out of ideas and is simply trying to piggyback off of the success of his most successful movie (though, can you really blame the guy after releasing several flops?). Plus, films like this don't feel like "events" anymore, since we've seen widespread planetary destruction again and again since 1996.