London, Mar 31 (IANS): Actor Will Smith, who was last seen in "Seven Pounds", is all set to play Captain Steve Hiller Will in the sequels to hit sci-fi film "Independence Day".
Contactmusic.com reports the two sequels will be shot back-to-back in 2011 and director Roland Emmerich and writer Dean Devlin already have a story for the first sequel.
Fox co-chairman Tom Rothman has previously confirmed he wants to make a sequel to the sci-fi movie, which grossed over $800 million at the box office when it was released in 1996.
Smith recently completed "The Karate Kid", which stars his son Jaden Smith, 11.