Pre-Comic-Con pop culture roundup

Deep breath.

• Sony will settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from the massive 2011 data breach for $15 million.
• The Amazing Spider-Man 3 isn’t scrubbed, and will now come out in 2018 — two years later than previously planned. The Sinister Six will drop in 2016. Newsarama
• The Guardians of the Galaxy are coming to Disney Infinity 2.0. (Duh.) Comic Book Resources
• Marvel Studios’ stranglehold on the motion picture release calendar tightens. Comic Book Resources
• The fifth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has an official release date. EW
• Smaug the Magnificent faces off with Bard the Bowman in the first official poster for The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies. TheOneRing.net
• Erebor is getting on official LEGO set. TheOneRing.net
• There’s a new cut for the Doctor Who Series 8 trailer that’s a little different. Nerdvana

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