Plus Joey King also joins upAdding to the roster of stars returning from the original Independence Day, Brent Spiner has just signed on for the sequel. He'll once more don the frightwig belonging to eccentric scientist Dr. Brackish Okun. This just in… @JoeyKingActress and @BrentSpiner officially signed for #IndependenceDay – Welcome aboard!— Roland Emmerich (@rolandemmerich) April 9, 2015Never release me. https://t.co/I3ims9itVz— Brent Spiner (@BrentSpiner) April 10, 2015Spiner was five years out of Star Trek: The Next Generation when he turned out for Roland Emmerich's sci-fi spectacular in 1996. Having played the buttoned up Lieutenant Commander Data for seven seasons, he clearly relished cutting loose a bit for the more chaotic Dr. Okun, whose attempt at an alien autopsy didn't go terribly … Read entire story.

Source: Empire News