Due for release in theatres nearly twenty years after the first movie Independence Day Resurgence began filming in Albuquerque, New Mexico this May. Though most of the cast from the 1996 cult classic original have returned for the sequel, Hollywood star Will Smith has not returned, instead choosing to appear in DC and Warner Bros. Suicide Squad as villain Deadshot. IDR promises to show mankind once again face off against the alien "locusts" from the first movie, this time however we have salvaged their technology and adapted it to our own.
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
Director Roland Emmerich tweeted this weekend to announce that the movie had finished principal photography, with a rare image of a double rainbow (see above). Expect a teaser over the next few months.
About the Independence Day: Resurgence movie
Independence Day: Resurgence June 24th, 2016
After Independence Day redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global catastrophe on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
Directed by Roland Emmerich, Independence Day: Resurgence's release date is June 24th, 2016.
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