HERE are some of the high-profile films set to scorch the screen in the summer months. The opening dates are subject to change and will vary by city:
“Just My Luck” (May 12): Lindsay Lohan, remember, is more than a partying provider of tabloid fodder. She also has a day job. Here she plays an extremely lucky girl who swaps fortunes with an unlucky fella.
“Poseidon” (May 12): If you’re gonna sail on an ocean liner that’s doomed to capsize, better hope Josh Lucas is on board so he can save your soggy bottom. Maybe he picked up some tips from “The Poseidon Adventure,” although he was barely a year old when it was released in 1972.
“The Da Vinci Code” (May 19): There’s this little book you may have heard about. Sold a few copies, and they’ve made a movie of it. Tom Hanks takes top billing with weird, greasy hair and Audrey Tautou is along for the ride.
“Over the Hedge” (May 19): Sarcastic, computer-animated animals do what they always do — get involved in madcap adventures. Bruce Willis lends his voice and sheds his dignity.
“X-Men: The Last Stand” (May 26): Is this really only the third “X-Men” flick? And does “The Last Stand” mean there won’t be any more? The only certainties are that there will be several explosions, and if Halle Berry’s performance as Storm merits awards consideration, it will be for a Razzie rather than an Oscar.
“The Break-up” (June 2): In this romantic comedy, Jennifer Aniston’s man is swiped by Angelina Jolie. Wait, that was real life, and it wasn’t romantic or funny. In the flick she undergoes a contentious breakup with a man played by Vince Vaughn.
“The Omen” (June 6): If this horror remake about a youthful Antichrist hits big, look for the name Damien to plummet on the list of most popular baby names.
“Cars” (June 9): The great, infallible Pixar — so far, at least — unleashes yet another dynamo, this one about talking automobiles. No word yet if K.I.T.T. from “Knight Rider” snagged a cameo.
“The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” (June 16): The fast cars in this franchise usually upstage the actors, and with the biggest name in the film being diminutive rapper/actor Bow Wow, expect it to happen again.
“The Lake House” (June 16): Reteaming for the first time since “Speed,” Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock play pen-pal lovers who realize they’re living two years apart. In a possible late-film twist, both characters realize that the lake house is actually a bus taken over by a crazy-eyed terrorist.
“Nacho Libre” (June 16): Writer/director Jared Hess (“Napoleon Dynamite”) attempts to strike quirky comic gold once again with this offbeat comedy. Jack Black stars as the title character, a Mexican priest and wrestler.
“Click” (June 23): Adam Sandler plays a family man who gets a fancy remote control that can manipulate everyday life.
“Garfield’s A Tale of Two Kitties” (June 23): Since the first “Garfield” was about as appealing as week-old cat litter, it’s tough to imagine the sequel being any better. Bill Murray again voices the feline fatty.
“The Devil Wears Prada” (June 30): Adapted from the popular Lauren Weisberger novel, a young woman (Anne Hathaway) works for a firebreathing, if well-dressed, magazine exec (Meryl Streep).
“Superman Returns” (June 30): The Kryptonian hero returns to the silver screen for a superhero adventure. Bryan Singer, helmer of the first two “X-Men” films, directs a cast that includes Brandon Routh as the hero, Kevin Spacey as archvillain Lex Luthor and Kate Bosworth as kidnap-prone reporter Lois Lane.
“Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest” (July 7): Avast, mateys. Is that a sequel I see on yonder shore?! Johnny Depp takes another ride.
“Pathfinder” (July 14): A Viking boy is left behind by his people, and raised by American Indians, whom he leads to fight against Viking invaders.
“Pulse” (July 14): Hollywood is remaking Asian horror flicks — this one is about haunted computers and whatnot — like they’re going out of style. Starlet Kristen Bell hopes that’s not the case.
“You, Me and Dupree” (July 14): A best man moves in with newlyweds who wish he’d leave. Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Michael Douglas and Matt Dillon light up the comedy marquee.
“Lady in the Water” (July 21): So it appears they’re still letting M. Night Shyamalan make movies after the crime against humanity that was “The Village.” Hopefully he’ll redeem himself in this tale about a storybook character stuck in the real world.
“My Super Ex-Girlfriend” (July 21): When you’re breaking up with a girl, make sure she isn’t a hero with a secret identity who is not above using her powers to exact revenge. That’s what a Luke Wilson character learns when he disses superpowered Uma Thurman.
“Barnyard” (July 28): Kevin James voices a cow in this musical animated comedy set on a farm.
“I Could Never Be Your Woman” (July 28): Michelle Pfeiffer plays a middle-aged mother who falls in love with a younger man (Paul Rudd).
“Miami Vice” (July 28): Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx join director Michael Mann for an adaptation of the popular 1980s TV show about a pair of tough detectives.
“The Ant Bully” (Aug. 4): Hoping people forget the animated family films “Antz” and “A Bug’s Life,” Warner Bros. cranks out a kid flick set in an ant colony. Nicolas Cage does time here.
“The Night Listener” (Aug. 4): Recalling his turn in “Good Morning, Vietnam,” Robin Williams again plays a radio host. This time he does so in a thriller that starts with a conversation he has with a boy.
“Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” (Aug. 4): This car-racing satire features funnyman Will Ferrell as a wily driver. Sounds like NASCAR is getting the “Anchorman” treatment here.
“World Trade Center” (Aug. 9): The always-interesting Oliver Stone delivers his take on Sept. 11. Questions abound, such as what political spin the director will include, whether Nicolas Cage will deliver a stud performance and why Stone went with such a bland title.
“The Reaping” (Aug. 11): Evil spirits should know not to mess with Hilary Swank, the two-time Oscar-winner slumming here in a horror story involving biblical plagues haunting a small town.
“Zoom” (Aug. 11): Tim Allen, always game to star in a silly comedy, plays a retired superhero who recruits a gang of youngsters to train at his academy.
“Clerks II” (Aug. 18): Stinging from the disappointment of “Jersey Girl,” writer/director Kevin Smith follows up his 1994 indie smash with a sequel, catching up with a pair of ne’er-do-wells as they toil at minimum-wage jobs in their 30s.
“Snakes on a Plane” (Aug. 18): An over-the-top action flick starring Samuel L. Jackson as a guy stuck on a plane with, you guessed it, snakes.
“DOA: Dead or Alive” (Aug. 25): Fans of the videogame franchise on which this hand-to-hand-combat flick is based are hoping “DOA” doesn’t end up standing for “Dead on Arrival.” Cory Yuen (“The Transporter”) directs.
“Idlewild” (Aug. 25): Andre 3000 and Big Boi, who make up hip-hop’s OutKast, star in a musical drama involving intrigue at a 1930s Southern speakeasy.