Will Smith Back for 'Independence Day 2' July 2015? Jeff Goldblum & Bill Pullman Signed onto Cast for Sequel (VIDEO)

Will Smith back in talks for Independence Day 2? Well just when we thought the Men in Black star was out of the running, he might be back in the mix. 

Since Indepdence Day sequel rumors started heating up in the last few months and with a initial release date published, the word was that Smith was 'too expensive' and that 

Director Roland Emmerich, who recently direced White House Down, spoke with Digital Spy about his upcoming meeting with Will Smith and renewed hope that he might still take on the lead role for the new movie. 

"I sometimes say no, Will Smith will not be in it because he didn't want to do it at first. Now we have a meeting planned, we want to talk about it again. Anything can happen," Emmerich shared. 

Check out full interview with Director Roland Emmerich here. 

Independence Day opened in the summer of 1996 and was the smash hit of the summer grossing over $800 million dollars. 

While the return of Will Smith to the cast for the Independence Day sequel, Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum are locked in for the sequel in 2015.