X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Oscar host/hoofer Hugh Jackman trades his tuxedo and taps for muscle tees and claws. In this mutant-movie prequel, the hirsute antihero avenges his girlfriend's death and enters the Weapon X program. The Sexiest Man Alive brings sexy backup Ryan Reynolds.
Opens May 1
Star Trek
Beam us up! James T. Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), and the rest of the Enterprise crew take their first space mission together. An outta-this-galaxy cast, but can J.J. Abrams' reboot boldly go where no Trek movie or series has gone before?
Opens May 8
Angels & Demons
Vatican, start your protests! Tom Hanks returns as Robert Langdon (with better hair, thank heaven) in this unholy Da Vinci Code sequel, which promises to be faster, creepier and bloodier. Expect more puzzle-solving and religious theorizing.
Opens May 15
Terminator Salvation
Nothing says summer fun like the annihilation of all mankind! This fourth in the franchise finds young John Connor (Christian Bale) leading the human resistance against robot overlords in a postapocalyptic world. (Psst…see it, or Bale will go off!)
Opens May 21
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Hold onto your sodas! Because director Michael Bay blows the lid off action pics with this juiced-up follow-up to his bash-'em-up blockbuster. Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox return to save the universe from more mighty-morphin' robots. Should be epic! Or at least very, very loud.
Opens June 24
Public Enemies
Turning from pirate booty to bank robbery, Johnny Depp plays real-life, Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger, who's targeted by the FBI and top agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale). We'll hand over our cash to Depp anytime. With Marion Cotillard.
Opens July 1
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Muggles, rejoice! In this long-awaited sequel, the boy wizard (Daniel Radcliffe) enters his sixth year at Hogwarts and learns dark secrets about Voldemort's past. Like what happened to the dude's nose?
Opens July 15
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Not your dad's toy soldier. Hasbro's plastic action figure gets a full-blown CGI makeover, as the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity (get it?) battles evil org Cobra. Grab Barbie and go! With Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum.
Opens August 7
Inglourious Basterds
Hate Nazis? Who doesn't?! So march into line for this über-violent Brad Pitt pic, directed by Quentin Tarantino, about a band of Jewish-American soldiers who scalp and slaughter Third Reich troops. No more springtime for Hitler!
Opens August 21