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Sizzling Summer Sequels 2003
While the official start of the summer season is a few weeks away, it
has already started in the film industry. Films like Bruce Almighty,
Finding Nemo, The Hulk, The Pirates of the Caribbean,
and Seabiscuit will try to make a splash at the box office with
the mega stars attached to the films, but it will be hard to beat any
of the sequels coming out this summer. This is probably the best year
in which this many films return for an encore. So start saving your money
‘cause the blockbusters are coming.
X2 (X-MEN UNITED)
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| 20TH Century Fox |
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OPENS MAY 2
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| Mutants continue their struggle against a society that
fears and distrusts them. Their cause becomes even more desperate
following an incredible attack by a undetermined assailant possessing
extraordinary abilities. The shocking attack renews the political
and public outcry for a Mutant Registration Act and an anti-mutant
movement now led by William Stryker, a former Army commander who is
rumored to have experimented on mutants. |
| Cast: |
Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin,
Ian McKellan, Halle Berry, Brian Cox, and Alan Cumming |
| Official Website: |
http://www.x2-movie.com/
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THE MATRIX RELOADED
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| Warner Bros. |
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OPENS MAY 15
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| The Matrix Reloaded reunites stars Keanu Reeves as Neo,
Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus, Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity, and Hugo
Weaving as Agent Smith, who reprise their roles from “The Matrix”,
the action thriller that won 4 Oscars. |
| Additional Cast: |
Jada Pinkett-Smith, Nona Gaye, Harold Perrineau,
Harry Lennix, Roy Jones Jr., Gina Torres, Monica Bellucci, and the
late Gloria Foster |
| Official Website: |
http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/
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2 FAST 2 FURIOUS
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| Universal |
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OPENS JUNE 6
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| The story picks up where “The Fast and The Furious”
left off, when cop Brian O’Connor let Dominic Torreto (Vin Diesel)
get away. In the sequel, that gets him stripped of his badge and disgraced.
He is given a chance to redeem himself and regain his badge by going
undercover to infiltrate the street racing circuit in Miami. |
| Cast: |
Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Ja Rule, Eva
Mendes, & Cole Hauser |
| Official Website: |
http://www.thefastandthefurious.com/
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WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD: DUMB AND DUMBERER
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| New Line |
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OPENS JUNE 13
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| Loveable dullard friends Harry and Lloyd return in the
prequel to the 1994 blockbuster “Dumb & Dumber.” This time period,
Harry and Lloyd are in their formative high school years, when they
band together with a group of special ed students to try and crack
“the big show,” otherwise known as mainstream high school. |
| Cast: |
Eric Christian Olsen, Derek Richardson,
Eugene Levy, & Rachel Nichols |
| Official Website: |
http://www.whenharrymetlloyd.com/ |
CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE
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| Sony Pictures |
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OPENS JUNE 27
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| Charlie and his elite crime-fighting trio return in
this sequel to the hit action-adventure released in 2000. In the Angels’
new adventure, the heroines once again demonstrate their expertise
as master of espionage, martial arts, and disguise when they track
down a crooked FBI agent. Demi Moore is the cast of the fallen angel
in the film. |
| Cast: |
Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore Lucy Liu,
and Bernie Mac as Bosley’s brother |
| Official Website: |
http://www.sonypictures.com
/movies/charliesangelsfullthrottle/ |
LEGALLY BLONDE: RED, WHITE & BLONDE
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| MGM/USA |
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OPENS JULY 2
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| Reese Whitherspoon is back in Elle Woods’ strappy shoes,
a rising lawyer about to make partner who’s also about to take one:
Elle’s planning her wedding! But when she finds out her beloved Bruiser’s
canine relatives are being held as test subjects at a cosmetics firm,
Elle heads to D.C to accessorize her rights and take matters in her
own well-manicured hands. |
| Cast: |
Reese Witherspoon, Regina King, Luke Wilson,
& Sally Field |
| Official Website: |
http://www.legallyblonde2.com/ |
TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES
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| Warner Bros. |
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OPENS JULY 2
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| A decade has passed since John Connor (Nick Stahl) helped
prevent Judgement Day and save mankind from mass destruction. Now
25, Connor lives “off the grid”: no home, no credit cards, no cell
phone and no job. No record of his existence. No way he can be traced
by Skynet, the highly developed network of machines that once tried
to kill him and wage war on humanity. But out of the shadows of the
future steps the T-X, Skynet’s most sophisticated cyborg killing machine.
Sent back through time to complete the job left by her predecessor,
the T-1000, this machine is as relentless as her guise is beautiful.
Now Connor’s only hope for survival is the Terminator ( Schwarzenegger),
his mysterious former assassin. |
| Cast: |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Kristanna
Loken, & Clair Danes |
| Official Website: |
http://www.terminator3.com/ |
BAD BOYS 2
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| Sony Pictures |
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OPENS JULY 18
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| Narcotics detectives Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus
Burnett (Lawrence) have been assigned to a high-tech task force investigating
the flow of designer ecstacy into Miami. Their inquiries inadvertently
lead them to a major conspiracy involving a viscious kingpin, whose
ambitions to take over the city’s drug trade have ignited a bloody
turf war. When their personal relationship is put to a test, they
have to separate that from their professional lives as danger looms
and puts the case in jeopardy. |
| Cast: |
Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Gabrielle
Union, Theresa Randle, & Jordi Molla |
| Official Website: |
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/badboys2/ |
LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER:THE CRADLE OF LIFE
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| Paramount |
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OPENS JULY 25
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| Angelina Jolie is back as Lara Croft, the British aristocrat
who is sent on a perilous mission to rescue the world from the exploits
of an evil Chinese crime syndicate led by oriental crime Lord Chen
Lo. |
| Cast: |
Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciaran Hinds,
& Noah Taylor |
| Official Website: |
http://www.tombraidermovie.com/index.shtml |
SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER
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| Miramax |
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OPENS JULY 25
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| The adventures of spy siblings Juni and Carmen Cortez
continue in the third installment in the series. Carmen is kidnapped
into a virtual reality game, created by the Toymaker (Stallone), the
archnemesis of the Vega clan and Juni must travel into to rescue her.
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| Cast: |
Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega,
Daryl Sabara, & Slyvester Stallone |
AMERICAN WEDDING
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| Universal |
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OPENS AUGUST 1
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| This is the third installment in the “American Pie”
franchise. We pick up with Jim and Michelle’s decision to quickly
get married, as Jim’s grandmother is sick and only wants to see him
married before she dies. Stifler plans the ultimate bachelor party,
and Finch falls for the maid of honor, who is Michelle’s younger sister.
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| Cast: |
Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Eugene
Levy, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas, & Eddie Kaye |
| Official Website: |
http://www.american-wedding.com/
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JEEPERS CREEPERS 2
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| MGM/UA |
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OPENS AUGUST 29
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| The sequel to the 2001 film centers on a group of basketball
players, coaches and cheerleaders who find themselves attacked by
a winged, people-eating monster on their way home from the state championship.
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| Cast: |
Jonathan Breck, Ray Wise, Nicki Lynn Aycox,
& Marieh Delfino |
| Official Website: |
http://www.mgm.com/ua/jeeperscreepers2/
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