Roland Emmerich knows how to make epic science fiction. The director behind Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow might not have a perfect track record, but even his less successful movies are still star-studded blockbuster spectacles with original stories — exactly the kind of thing we all wish Hollywood would do more of right now. So it comes as a disappointment to hear that one of his most ambitious (and most underrated) sci-fi movies won’t be getting a sequel despite the fact that it ended on a wild cliffhanger clearly designed to launch a new franchise.
