It's a Wrap! 'Independence Day 2' Finishes Filming

That's a wrap! Director Roland Emmerich has announced via Twitter that Independence Day: Resurgence has finished filming.

The sequel to the 20th Century Fox's hit 1996 movie started filming in April, filming in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On Location Casting was constantly looking for Area 51 scientists, soldiers, and alien fighters.

and that's a wrap on @IDResurgance. Thank you Albuquerque, New Mexico, you've been amazing. @NewMexicoFilm @Newmexico pic.twitter.com/baqa44sJeu

— Roland Emmerich (@rolandemmerich) August 22, 2015

The first ‘Independence Day’ movie featured Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Vivica A. Fox, and Harry Connick, Jr.The film focused on a disparate group of people who converge in the Nevada desert in the aftermath of a destructive alien attack and, along with the rest of the human population, participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4, the same date as the Independence Day holiday in the United States. The screenplay was written by Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin.