‘The Patriot’ at 25: Mel Gibson Brought His ‘Braveheart’ Bravado to U.S. Shores for Independence Day ...

Bill Pullman's famous speech in 'Independence Day' has an unexpected history to it, including William Shakespeare and ...

The speech stuck with the audience. In 2021, Budweiser even repurposed it for a pandemic-era ad, remixing Pullman’s words ...

There's no shortage of films that glorify America for the Fourth of July. For instance, two of director Roland Emmerich's ...

‘Moonfall’ Director Roland Emmerich Breaks Down His Favorite Action Movie Moments (Video) The filmmaker ran down his favorite scenes from “Independence Day,” “2012” and more for TheWrap ...

Roland Emmerich: It was a very special time because I had just done my first own Hollywood movie, which was called “Stargate,” which was a sleeper hit, to the surprise of everybody.

ROLAND EMMERICH: As an independent movie it wasn’t easy to overcome $5-6M at least in Covid costs. That’s a big hole. We had to find a bank to finance us.

Roland Emmerich poses for a portrait to promote “Those About to Die” during Comic-Con International on July 25, 2024, in San Diego. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP ...

Exclusive: Roland Emmerich reflects how much harder it is to make an original disaster movie—or anything else—in the age of Marvel, DC, and Star Wars movies. Skip to main content area.