Highlights of Hollywood's summer film slate. Release dates are tentative, and some films play in limited release.

Late April

AKEELAH AND THE BEE: A precocious inner-city girl (Keke Palmer) earns a shot in a national spelling bee. With Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett.

AMERICAN DREAMZ: All-American satire: Paul Weitz (American Pie) spoofs the Bush White House and American Idol. With Dennis Quaid, Hugh Grant and Mandy Moore.

CLEAN: A rock star's widow (Maggie Cheung) tries to kick her drug habit and reconnect with her young son. Nick Nolte co-stars.

THE LOST CITY: Andy Garcia directs and stars as a Havana nightclub owner witnessing the Cuban revolution in the 1950s. With Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray.

RV: Robin Williams hits the road as a harried businessman on a family vacation. Barry Sonnenfeld directs, Jeff Daniels and Cheryl Hines co-star.

THE SENTINEL: A Secret Service agent races to clear his name after he's accused in a presidential assassination plot. With Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland.

SILENT HILL: A mom (Radha Mitchell) tries to rescue her daughter from an eerie, fog-shrouded town. With Sean Bean.

STICK IT: A teen lawbreaker (Missy Peregrym) is sentenced to a gymnastics academy run by a no-nonsense coach (Jeff Bridges).

UNITED 93: The tragedy of Sept. 11 is recreated in a drama about the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back against hijackers.

May

AMERICAN HAUNTING: A family in the early 1800s is terrorized by a supernatural presence. With Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland.

ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL: Murder and mayhem shadow an art student's quest for fame. With Max Minghella, John Malkovich and Jim Broadbent.

THE DA VINCI CODE: Tom Hanks is the symbologist unlocking ancient secrets in Ron Howard's adaptation of the bestselling murder thriller.

DOWN IN THE VALLEY: A cowboy (Edward Norton) and a discontented teen (Evan Rachel Wood) begin a forbidden romance.

GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS: A Mexican-American soccer prodigy (Kuno Becker) wins a slot on one of England's top teams.

HOOT: Three teens try to save endangered howls from heartless land developers. With Luke Wilson and Tim Blake Nelson.

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: Al Gore's campaign to educate the world on the dangers of global warming are explored in this documentary.

JUST MY LUCK: Lindsay Lohan plays a college grad whose lifelong good fortune evaporates when she kisses a stranger plagued by bad luck.

KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS: It's bar mitzvah time for a boy (Daryl Sabara) and his dysfunctional family. With Jeremy Piven, Garry Marshall and Daryl Hannah.

THE KING: An ex-sailor (Gael Garcia Bernal) sets out to ruin the life of the father (William Hurt) who rejected him.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III: Superagent Tom Cruise takes on an icy villain (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Ving Rhames co-stars, J.J. Abrams (Lost) directs.

OVER THE HEDGE: Woodsy critters meet encroaching humans in an animated comedy from the makers of Shrek. Bruce Willis and Garry Shandling lead the voice cast.

POSEIDON: Disaster, '70s style, returns with Wolfgang Petersen's remake about an overturned ocean liner. With Kurt Russell and Richard Dreyfuss.

THE PROMISE: A princess becomes the romantic object for a duke, a general and a slave in this fantasy set in ancient China.

THE PROPOSITION: An outlaw (Guy Pearce) in 1880s Australia must track and kill his maniacal brother to save another sibling. With Emily Watson.

SEE NO EVIL: Wrestling star Kane plays a hulking psychopath out for blood against petty crooks doing community service at the abandoned hotel where he lives.

SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY: Sydney Pollack directs his first documentary, a portrait of his friend, architect Gehry.

TWELVE AND HOLDING: A teen's death at the hands of bullies forces three youths to come to grips with the tragedy. With Annabella Sciorra.

WAH-WAH: Actor Richard E. Grant directs a semi-autobiographical tale of his boyhood in Swaziland. With Gabriel Byrne and Emily Watson.

X-MEN: THE LAST STAND: The mutant heroes face a choice: Retain their powers or become normal. With Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen and Patrick Stewart.

June

THE BREAK-UP: Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn are lovers on the outs but still sharing their condo when neither will vacate the place.

CARS: A race car finds speed isn't everything after he gets stuck in a sleepy burgh in animation master John Lasseter's tale. Owen Wilson and Paul Newman provide voices.

CLICK: Adam Sandler discovers a remote control that magically lets him control his work and home life. With Kate Beckinsale and Christopher Walken.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: Meryl Streep's a demanding fashion magazine editor, Anne Hathaway's her put-upon assistant.

DISTRICT B13: A cop tracks a weapon of mass destruction that has fallen into the hands of a gang that controls a Paris ghetto in the near future.

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT: A street racer gets caught up in Japan's underground speed scene. With Lucas Black and Bow Wow.

GARFIELD'S A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES: Bill Murray's back as the voice of the comic-strip fat cat in a British adventure. With Breckin Meyer and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

THE GREAT NEW WONDERFUL: Five New Yorkers get on with life in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Olympia Dukakis and Tony Shalhoub.

THE HEART OF THE GAME: A documentary relates an inner-city teenage girl's legal fight to reclaim her basketball eligibility. Narrated by Ludacris.

THE LAKE HOUSE: Speed stars Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves reunite in a time-twisting romantic drama about penpals separated by two years.

LEONARD COHEN: I'M YOUR MAN: This documentary chronicles a tribute show to poet-songwriter Cohen, featuring U2, Nick Cave and Beth Orton.

LOVERBOY: Kevin Bacon directs and co-stars with wife Kyra Sedgwick in the drama of a single mother fiercely obsessed with her son.

NACHO LIBRE: A cook (Jack Black) at a Mexican orphanage moonlights as a wrestler to raise cash for the kids. Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) directs.

THE OMEN: Damien the boy Antichrist returns in a remake of the '70s horror flick. With Julia Stiles, Liev Schreiber and Mia Farrow.

PEACEFUL WARRIOR: An injured gymnast (Scott Mechlowicz) works to heal body and spirit with help from a mysterious mentor (Nick Nolte). Amy Smart co-stars.

A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION: Robert Altman offers a fanciful look at Garrison Keillor's radio show. With Keillor, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Lindsay Lohan.

THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO: A docudrama chronicles the two-year detainment of three British citizens at a U.S. military prison. Michael Winterbottom co-directs.

STRANGERS WITH CANDY: A woman returns to the home she abandoned 32 years earlier and resumes her teenage life in a tale based on the Comedy Central show.

SUPERMAN RETURNS: The Man of Steel (Brandon Routh), Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) and Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) are back at it. Bryan Singer directs.

WAIST DEEP: A street tough (Tyrese Gibson) who's turned straight goes on a rampage to rescue his son from a crime lord.

WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?: A documentary examines the promise and failure of energy-efficient electric vehicles.

WORDPLAY: Bill Clinton, Jon Stewart and the Indigo Girls are among crossword devotees in this documentary featuring puzzle master Will Shortz.

July

BARNYARD: When the farmer's away, the livestock will play in this animated comedy featuring the voices of Kevin James, Danny Glover and Courteney Cox.

THE GROOMSMEN: Wedding jitters stress a bridegroom and his pals. Director Edward Burns stars with John Leguizamo, Brittany Murphy and Donal Logue.

I COULD NEVER BE YOUR WOMAN: Michelle Pfeiffer's a single mom involved with a younger man (Paul Rudd) and bedevilled by Mother Nature (Tracey Ullman).

JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE: Three teenage girls learn they've all been dating the same guy and conspire with a newcomer to wreck his life.

LADY IN THE WATER: M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) spins a fantasy about a water nymph (Bryce Dallas Howard) and a jaded loner (Paul Giamatti).

LITTLE MAN: Brothers Keenen Ivory, Marlon and Shawn Wayans tell the tale of a man who mistakes a diminutive crook for his adopted son.

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE: A family takes a farcical road trip to get their seven-year-old to her beauty pageant. With Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette and Steve Carell.

MIAMI VICE: Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell go undercover in an update of the TV cop series. The show's creator, Michael Mann, directs.

MONSTER HOUSE: Three kids take on a spooky building in an animated tale with voices by Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Nick Cannon.

MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND: Uma Thurman's a superhero out for payback against the boyfriend (Luke Wilson) who dumped her.

ONCE IN A LIFETIME: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE NEW YORK COSMOS: The tale of the soccer team starring Pele is examined in this documentary. Matt Dillon narrates.

PATHFINDER: A Viking raised by Indians squares off against his marauding blood relations in pre-Columbian North America. With Karl Urban.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST: Johnny Depp does the buccaneer thing again, battling sea demon Davy Jones for his soul.

PULSE: Wireless technology opens a gateway to our world for life-sucking denizens from another realm. With Kristen Bell.

A SCANNER DARKLY: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. and Winona Ryder star in Richard Linklater's sci-fi tale of an undercover drug cop in the future.

TIME TO LEAVE: The perfect life of a Parisian photographer (Melvil Poupaud) is shattered when he learns he's dying. With Jeanne Moreau.

THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON: A documentary examines how the former Beatle's fierce anti-war stance made him an undesirable among the feds.

WONDROUS OBLIVION: A British boy in the 1960s and his Jamaican neighbour (Delroy Lindo) share a passion for cricket.

YOU, ME AND DUPREE: Owen Wilson becomes an unwanted permanent house guest for a buddy and his bride (Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson).

August-early September

ACCEPTED: Rejected by real universities, a teen (Justin Long) and his buddies start their own college.

THE ANT BULLY: Ants shrink a boy to their size and put him to work in their colony in an animated tale with voices by Nicolas Cage and Julia Roberts.

BEERFEST: Broken Lizard, the gang that made Super Troopers, brew up a comedy about an Olympic-style beer-drinking spree.

CLERKS II: The clerks and slackers of Kevin Smith's indie hit cope with adulthood. Smith co-stars with Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes and Rosario Dawson.

CRANK: A poisoned hitman (Jason Statham) races the clock to find an antidote and protect his girlfriend (Amy Smart).

CROSSOVER: Two street basketball players (Anthony Mackie and Wesley Jonathan) take on the reigning champs of the underground sport.

THE DESCENT: Six women are trapped on their annual cave-exploring trip and hunted by ravenous subterranean creatures.

DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE: The video game hits the big screen in an action thriller with Devon Aoki and Jaime Pressly.

FACTOTUM: Matt Dillon stars as a boozy writer in an adaptation of Charles Bukowski's novel about his fictional alter-ego.

FLYBOYS: Two boys who stow away aboard a small plane find themselves hurled into a mob drama. With Tom Sizemore and Stephen Baldwin.

HALF-NELSON: An inspiring teacher (Ryan Gosling) struggles with a drug problem as he tries to mentor a troubled student (Shareeka Epps).

HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS: The new kid at school tries to win the respect of classmates by accepting a dare to eat 10 worms.

IDLEWILD: Andre (Andre 3000) Benjamin and Antwan (Big Boi) Patton of OutKast star in a musical set in a 1930s speakeasy. With Terrence Howard, Ving Rhames and Macy Gray.

THE ILLUSIONIST: A magician (Edward Norton) is caught up in a murder tale in Vienna in 1900. With Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel.

INVINCIBLE: A substitute teacher and bartender (Mark Wahlberg) earns a Cinderella slot on a pro football team during open tryouts. With Greg Kinnear.

THE NIGHT LISTENER: A radio show host (Robin Williams) is swept up in a dark mystery over a young fan (Rory Culkin) and his adopted mother (Toni Collette).

QUINCEANERA: The top prize winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival traces a rite of passage for a Hispanic teen (Emily Rios) amid culture clash in Los Angeles.

THE REAPING: An ex-missionary (Hilary Swank) must renew her shattered faith to battle dark forces threatening a Louisiana town.

THE RETURN: Haunted by visions of a murder, a woman (Sarah Michelle Gellar) tries to solve her supernatural mystery. With Sam Shepard.

THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP: Dreams and reality merge for a shy man (Gael Garcia Bernal) smitten with his neighbour (Charlotte Gainsbourg).

SNAKES ON A PLANE: Samuel L. Jackson's an FBI guy fighting deadly reptiles unleashed on a commercial airliner.

STORMBREAKER: After the death of his secret-agent uncle (Ewan MacGregor), a British teen (Alex Pettyfer) inherits his spying mission. With Mickey Rourke.

TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are NASCAR partners challenged by a French newcomer.

TRUST THE MAN: Love and marriage gets comic treatment among four New Yorkers (Julianne Moore, David Duchovny, Billy Crudup and Maggie Gyllenhaal).

WORLD TRADE CENTER: A Sept. 11 drama centres on two policemen (Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena) trapped in the rubble of the twin towers. Oliver Stone directs.

ZOOM: An out-of-shape ex-superhero (Tim Allen) trains a group of kids as the next batch of world saviours. With Courteney Cox.