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Correction Appended: May 10, 2013

Now You See Me

May 31

A band of magicians acts like Robin Hood, pulling off heists and giving the money away. Clash of the Titans’ Louis Leterrier directs a smart cast, including veterans of Zombieland (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson) and the Dark Knight movies (Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman).

Fast and Furious 6

May 24

Luke Evans joins Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson for the all-American sports of crashing cars and pummeling rivals. (The 2011 Fast Five unaccountably made one 10-best list: TIME’s.)

The Hangover Part III

May 24

Melissa McCarthy joins the infernal trio (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis) for a third episode, whose existence is compelled by the $1 billion-plus worldwide box office of the first two. Time for an AA intervention?

Epic

May 24

Animation director Chris Wedge takes a break from the Ice Age series for this world war of forest folk (“leaf men,” to be specific) that sounds like J.R.R. Tolkien meets Hayao Miyazaki. Among the voice cast are Colin Farrell, Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson and Christoph Waltz.

After Earth

May 31

I Am Legend plus WALL-E: a man and his son (Will and Jaden Smith) crash-land on Earth a thousand years after the apocalypse. The director is M. Night Shyamalan, who made good movies in the last millennium; the co-writer is The Book of Eli’s Gary Whitta.

The Internship

June 7

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson play two unemployed salesmen who land an internship at Google and try adapting to the digital age. Is the plot a metaphor for the plight of these comedy stalwarts, neither of whom has had a mainstream hit in years?

Man of Steel

June 14

The Superman saga gets its latest reboot, with Henry Cavill as the Kryptonian muscleman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane and Russell Crowe as Jor-El. Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon and Laurence Fishburne grace the slick supporting cast.

The Bling Ring

June 14

Sofia Coppola’s clothes-obsessed Marie Antoinette had nothing on the gang of klepto-cuties who stole frocks and jewels from the homes of L.A.’s glitterati. Coppola’s highly caffeinated film version, based on a Vanity Fair article, stars Emma Watson, a long way from Hogwarts.

Monsters University

June 21

Monsters, Inc. creatures Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) go back to their college years, under the severe tutelage of dean Helen Mirren. A Pixar Harry Potter–and Hagrid?

World War Z

June 21

Z as in zombies! Brad Pitt stars as a U.N. troubleshooter trying to save humanity from a terrorist conspiracy of the walking dead. Pitt also produced this expensive, problem-strewn adaptation of the novel by Max Brooks (Mel’s son).

White House Down

June 28

The President’s residence takes another hit in this fantasy drama from doomsday-dependent Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012); the rogue hero is Channing Tatum.

The Heat

June 28

It’s a cop comedy, with girls: FBI agent Sandra Bullock and Boston policewoman Melissa McCarthy find that opposites distract as they chase a drug lord. The man behind the camera is Paul Feig, who directed McCarthy to an Oscar nomination in Bridesmaids.

Despicable Me 2

July 3

The Minions are back: in this follow-up to the 2010 animated smash, the naughty-nice Gru (Steve Carrell) faces a new world-dominator wannabe voiced by Benjamin Bratt.

The Lone Ranger

July 3

If Johnny Depp could play a sagebrush lizard in the animated Rango, can Tonto be beyond his skill set? Rango’s Gore Verbinski directs this origin story of John Reid (Armie Hammer); two of Depp’s abettors on the Pirates movies helped write the script.

Pacific Rim

July 12

It’s robots vs. aliens in this worlds-collide action epic. Directed by Mexican master Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy), it could turn out to be Transformers with a higher IQ.

R.I.P.D.

July 19

Or: zombie cops! Late policeman Ryan Reynolds joins the Rest In Peace Department of undead vigilantes to find his murderer; the cast of veteran overachievers includes Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon and Mary-Louise Parker.

The Wolverine

July 26

The Clawed One (a fearsomely ripped Hugh Jackman) faces the Silver Samurai (Will Yun Lee) in a Marvel smackdown directed by Walk the Line’s James Mangold.

Blue Jasmine

July 26

The plot synopsis (“the story of the final stages of an acute crisis and a life of a fashionable New York housewife”) hints at Woody Allen’s return to murky ’80s psychodramas starring Mia Farrow, but this time Cate Blanchett heads the writer-director’s usual sterling cast, which includes Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Sally Hawkins and Louis CK.

2 Guns

Aug. 2

Just two is never enough in a Hollywood action picture, especially with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg holding the firearms as a pair of federal officers double-crossed by the mob ring they’ve been stealing from.

Elysium

Aug. 9

In the future, rich humans luxuriate on an Edenic space station called Elysium, while the 99% are stuck on Earth. The director is South African auteur Neill Blomkamp, who made his revelatory debut with District 9, and the star is Matt Damon, Bourne again as a proletarian rebel.

We’re the Millers

Aug. 9

In Japan, a pot dealer (Jason Sudeikis) must quickly assemble a fake family (Jennifer Aniston, Will Poulter and Emma Roberts) to help smuggle a drug cache into the U.S. across the Mexican border. Americans have voted to legalize medical marijuana in 18 states; will they elect We’re the Millers as a breakout August comedy?

Kick-Ass 2

Aug. 16

Really? The 2010 original–about teenagers with superhero aspirations but no special superpowers–was smart fun that attracted only modest box-office crowds; the sequel offers hope that a small gem might grow into a franchise.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Aug. 23

Based on Cassandra Clare’s novels about a Manhattan girl discovering her inner powers, this is an urban-contemporary Twilight Saga crossed with the Underworld movies, aiming for teen-franchise gold. Lily Collins (Snow White in Mirror Mirror) is Clary, the half-angel, all-warrior heroine.

The original version of this article incorrectly listed Al Pacino as the voice behind the ‘world-dominator wannabe’ in Despicable Me 2.