Dean [Devlin, Emmerich's partner on "Independence Day"] and I always said that we'd only do it when we had a really good story that excites us both, and we have the story written. And we've had it for a year and a half, two years. So we've been ready.
![Dean [Devlin, Emmerich's partner on Independence Day] and I always said that we'd only do it when we had a really good story that excites us both, and we have the story written. And we've had it for a year and a half,](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/roland-emmerich/dean-devlin-emmerichs-partner-on-independence-day-and-i-always-said-that-wed-only-do-it-when-we-had-a.jpg)