51ºÚÁÏ

Here’s The Associated Press’ guide to help make sense of the many, many options in theaters.

May 16

• “Final Destination:

Bloodlines� (Warner Bros., theaters):

May 23

(Disney, theaters): This live-action reimagining of the 2002 classic about orphaned Hawaiian sisters who unknowingly adopt an alien was directed by “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On� filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp.

• Impossible – The Final Reckoningâ€� (Paramount, theaters): Nothing ever really ends in the land of franchise filmmaking, but the “finalâ€� in the title suggests this could actually be Tom Cruise’s last ride as Ethan Hunt. Even if it isn’t, audiences can trust it’ll be full of death-defying spectacles worthy of the big screen.
• (Sony Pictures Classics, theaters): A Parisian bookseller gets invited to the Jane Austen writers’ residency in this contemporary Austen-inspired romantic comedy written and directed by Laura Piani.
• (Angel Studios, theaters): Neal McDonough plays a retired cowboy who decides to return to the ring in a bid to pay his son’s medical bills.

May 30

• “Karate Kid:

June 6

(Lionsgate, theaters): Ana de Armas leads this “John Wick� spinoff about a deadly (and classically trained)

June 13

(Universal, theaters): Unlike most live adaptations of animated movies, filmmaker Dean DeBlois is behind both. DeBlois said their goal was to make the film “really immersive,� to dial up the sense of urgency and peril and “to just pull the audience in and make them feel like these dragons are real, that you could own one, you could fly on the back of one.�

June 20

(Sony Pictures, theaters): The original team behind “28 Days Later,� including director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland, return with a new entry featuring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes.

June 27

(Warner Bros./Apple, theaters): Brad Pitt plays “the best that never was,� F1 driver Sonny Hayes, who’s recruited to mentor a young up-and-comer (Damson Idris) in this high-octane film from “Top Gun: Maverick� filmmaker Joseph Kosinski.

July 2

(Universal, theaters): Filmmaker Gareth Edwards (a “Jurassic Park� superfan and the director of “The Creator�) is ushering in a new era of “Jurassic� movies and harkening back to the Steven Spielberg originals in this film with Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey. Much about the film is being kept top secret, but Edwards said David Koepp’s script read like a love letter to Spielberg’s early work.

July 11

(Warner Bros., theaters): 51ºÚÁÏ native James Gunn is ushering in a new era of Superman, with a fresh face in David Corenswet and the promise that he’s a different Superman than what audiences have seen before. Gunn told the AP that this is “a Superman that’s both more grounded in his own personality and his relationship, which is much more complex than has been in the past. And then also the big magic world of Superman being in the world of the DCU with flying dogs and robots and giant monsters.â€� There’s romance with Rachel Brosnahan’s Lois Lane, and a “pretty scaryâ€� Lex Luthor in Nicholas Hoult.

July 18

(Sony Pictures, theaters): Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. reprise their roles from the 1997 slasher in this new installment featuring an eerily similar situation and a cast of pretty young up-and-comers including Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King and Tyriq Withers.

July 25

(Disney, theaters): Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach unite to play “Marvel’s first family� in this retro-futuristic world set in 1960s New York. Director Matt Shakman (“WandaVision,� “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia�) said they are the only superheroes in their world and are the leading lights of their age. While the scale and world building were on another level, Shakman said, “it’s also no different from all of the great comedies and dramas that I’ve done — in the end, it comes down to character, to relationships and to heart and humor.�

July 30

(Neon, theaters): Real life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie play a frighteningly codependent couple in this inventive body horror that had Sundance crowds raving.

Aug. 1

(Universal, theaters): Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Awkwafina and Anthony Ramos return for another animated heist, but this time they’re teaming up with a new squad called the Bad Girls (voiced by Danielle Brooks, Maria Bakalova and Natasha Lyonne).

Aug. 6

(Angel Studios, theaters): This horror comedy about a girl’s drawings that come to life stars Tony Hale and D’Arcy Carden.

Aug. 8

(Warner Bros., theaters): Children are disappearing in filmmaker Zach Cregger’s eerie follow-up to “Barbarian,� starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner and Alden Ehrenreich.

Aug. 15

• “Nobody 2â€� (Universal Pictures, theaters): Bob Odenkirk’s former assassin Hutch Mansell can’t catch a break. This time, Keanu Reeves joins the bloody fun.
• “Clikaâ€� (Sony Pictures, theaters): A small-town musician (Jay Dee) goes viral in this drama set in the world of Mexican American music. It’s the debut feature of Rancho Humilde CEO Jimmy Humilde’s production company.
• “East of Wallâ€� (Sony Pictures Classics, theaters): Kate Beecroft’s debut film about a young horse trainer grappling with financial insecurity and grief in the South Dakota Badlands won the audience award in the NEXT section at the Sundance Film Festival.
• “Eli Roth Presents: Jimmy and Stiggsâ€� (Iconic Events, theaters): A low budget “splatter festâ€� for horror devotees, Joe Begos wrote, directed and stars.
• “Witchboardâ€� (Atlas, theaters): “Stranger Things’â€� Jamie Campbell Bower stars in this supernatural horror set in New Orleans (a remake of a 1986 cult classic).

Aug. 22

• “Lurkerâ€� (MUBI, theaters): Another Sundance gem, this paranoid thriller is the feature debut of “The Bearâ€� and “Beefâ€� writer Alex Russell, about celebrity, fandom and being very online, featuring a buzzy young cast led by TheÌ�odore Pellerin and Archie Madekwe.
• “HONEY DON’T!â€� (Focus Features, theaters): Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Billy Eichner and Chris Evans star in this dark comedy from Ethan Coen about a small-town private investigator and a string of mysterious deaths.
• “Americanaâ€� (Lionsgate, theaters): This Sydney Sweeney-led crime thriller, a revisionist Western set in South Dakota, debuted at South by Southwest in 2023 and concerns the theft of a valuable artifact.
• “Edenâ€� (Vertical, theaters): Ron Howard directs Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby and Sydney Sweeney in this survival thriller set in the Galapagos after the first World War.
• “Relayâ€� (Bleecker Street, theaters): Riz Ahmed plays a corporate fixer in this contemporary riff on the paranoid thriller from “Hell or High Waterâ€� filmmaker David Mackenzie.
• “Grand Prix of Europeâ€� (Viva Pictures, theaters): “F1â€� for the preschool set? This animated film is also set in the world of car racing.

Aug. 29

• “Caught Stealingâ€� (Sony Pictures, theaters): Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky’s film is written by and based on the Charlie Huston books about an ex-baseball player (Austin Butler) who gets tangled up in New York’s criminal underworld in the 1990s. Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Liev Schreiber, Matt Smith and Bad Bunny also star.
• (Searchlight Pictures, theaters): The modern reimagining of “The War of the Rosesâ€� stars Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch as the feuding couple. It was written by Tony McNamara, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of “Poor Thingsâ€� and creator of “The Great,â€� and directed by Jay Roach.
• “The Toxic Avengerâ€� (Cineverse and Iconic Events Releasing, theaters): Peter Dinklage stars as the titular superhero in this supremely gory and graphic film, which sat on the shelf for a few years in search of a distributor. Elijah Wood, Jacob Tremblay, Kevin Bacon and Taylour Paige also star.