It’s clear from the first trailer that Will Smith will not appear in Independence Day: Resurgence ... Hiller died in an accident while testing alien technology on the first alien hybrid fighter.

Directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Margaret Colin, and Randy Quaid, Independence Day focuses on an alien ...