A GLOBAL crisis looms over Southampton.

A giant alien ship hovers menacingly over the city, causing panic among residents.

This is how film-makers think the city would look in the next big cinema release, Independence Day: Resurgence.

Mayflower Park, the Isle of Wight Ferry and P&O's cruise ship Azura are all in danger of being swallowed up by alien forces in a mock-up of a scene from the 20th Century Fox film, which is due for release next week and set to be one of the biggest movies of the summer.

Town Quay, restaurants, bars and apartments could be in big trouble too if the trailer for the upcoming sci-fi action/thriller is anything to go by. A preview shows catastrophic damage being wrought upon what appears to be London as the aliens make a return to earth.

Twenty years after Independence Day, the 1996 blockbuster that launched the career of Will Smith, director Roland Emmerich is back with Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman, but without his A list star of the original.

Resurgence picks up 20 years after the first movie and stars man of the moment Liam Hensworth, who impressed audiences and critics in The Hunger Games.

Fearing future attacks, Earth's scientists have harvested the best of the technologies left behind by the aliens during their first invasion. But the worst fears of the scientists come true when an alien group, led by a female leader, plans a major assault against Earth.

Independence Day: Resurgence descends into cinemas on Friday June 24.