Following word this week of an official July 3, 2015 release date for 20th Century Fox’s Independence Day 2, director Roland Emmerich has dropped a few hints about what to expect from the much-anticipated sequel.

”Will Smith cannot come back because he’s too expensive,” Emmerich told NY Daily News while promoting his latest, White House Down, “but he’d also be too much of a marquee name. It would be too much.”

I smell a box office bomb in the making… why do they do this? WHY? If you can’t get the band back together, go make something new! Blurgh.

Well, I suppose there is…

Honestly, I don’t know how to style the text anymore. First it used to be jOBS, then it was JOBS, now I’m seeing it as Jobs. Well whatever, despite how messy the marketing is (and the capitols in the text styling), I’m looking forward to seeing this film, and this trailer has only made me want to see it that much more. Regardless of how you feel about Apple and/or Steve Jobs, there is no doubt that he changed the face of computers, smartphones, even electronics in general forever. And in many ways for the better (even I as a hardcore Apple fan would argue that in some smaller ways things…

What are you waiting for! Go watch it! I’ve owned it via iTunes since the first day it was available, but if you’ve been waiting for something like this, then now is your lucky chance! I named the film my favorite from 2012 and I wrote a review of it, and of course Joe and I talked about it on episode 11 of The MovieByte Podcast. For a trip back into the far reaching depths of 2012, check out those resources before (or after) you watch The Avengers on Netflix.

But surely you aren’t still reading this as you’ve already queued up The Avengers on Netflix and sat down to watch with your big…

The box office this week is brought to you straight from Krypton since ‘Man of Steel’ took the number one spot. Laremy Legel thinks Spielberg and Lucas are wrong about the upcoming film industry implosion. ‘Man of Steel’ will “reboot” the Batman universe and will not tie in to Nolan’s batman world. Joss Whedon says Loki is not in ‘Avengers 2’. Netflix and Dreamworks have reached an agreement to produce original content. J.J. and George Lucas have not spoken about ‘Star Wars VII’. This may be a good thing. TJ reviewed ‘Man of Steel’ this past week and talked about it on The MovieByte Podcast. He as not pleased or amused, and he most certainly did not like the film. HBO Go and ESPN are now available on the Apple TV. Robert Downey Jr. has signed on for two more ‘Avengers’ films. Helena Bonham Carter has been cast as Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother. And of course, TJ gives the run down as to what you might like to see this weekend.

I have a sad. I still don’t get to see Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing. It’s infuriating, but it’s not playing anywhere around the Nashville area. I even opened up Fandango’s search parameters to within 100 miles. Nothing. I want to see it! This sort of thing makes it hard for me to know whether I should include it on my what to see list. I’ll just say that if it’s playing in your area you may want to see it.

Of course, with Monsters University and World War Z opening this weekend, it’s not like we lack anything to watch anyway, so carry on.

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