Independence Day 2 Casts Sela Ward as POTUS and Yes That Is a Future We Can Get Behind

Forget all that alien technology. Women presidents are the way to go.

Dan Van Winkle

Published: May 4, 2015 04:37 pm

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As we edge ever closer to making such a thing happen in the real world, the Independence Day sequel has just elected its own female president with CSI: NY and Gone Girl‘s Sela Ward.

Dammit, ID Forever. We were trying to be mad at you for not letting Mae Whitman take up her role again despite everyone else in the movie aside from Will Smith doing it, and now you had to lure us back in with Sela Ward. Now I’m torn! Free me from your web of tangled emotions!

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Deadline reports that although previous commander-in-alien-asskicking Bill Pullman will return, the President of the United States will be Ward’s President Lanford when our spacefaring foes return for round two. Look out, aliens.

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Dan Van Winkle

Dan Van Winkle (he) is an editor and manager who has been working in digital media since 2013, first at now-defunct Geekosystem (RIP), and then at The Mary Sue starting in 2014, specializing in gaming, science, and technology. Outside of his professional experience, he has been active in video game modding and development as a hobby for many years. He lives in North Carolina with Lisa Brown (his wife) and Liz Lemon (their dog), both of whom are the best, and you will regret challenging him at Smash Bros.