25 Most Hotly Anticipated Movies Of Summer 2015

Popcorn at the ready.

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It used to be that the summer began in July and ended in September (or in Britain, it was those two hot days in March, and the other two in September), but the shifting climate of blockbuster releases has entirely changed the summer blockbuster. Parameters are no longer the same, as studios realise that releasing in April is just as valuable as July for box office purses.

Particularly if you're a comic book movie producer.

That elongated tent-pole window is good news for blockbuster fans. Yes they might be big and vulgar and not have the nuances generally required for recognition in awards season, but the single most compelling currency in watching films is still to be dazzled. And few movies like the summer blockbusters manage quite the same level of spectacle.

So with May already on the go and some of the biggest popcorn movies about to land in cinemas on the tail of the Avengers: Age Of Ultron, it's time to look forward to the next few months and see which movies you have to add to your calendars between May and August.

25. American Ultra

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Release Date: 21st August

Ahead of wowing/appalling the world (depending on how you feel about DC movies) in the double-stuffed Batman V Superman, Jesse Eisenberg is set to play another unexpected role for Project X director Nima Nourizadeh.

If you thought him playing a DC super-villain, try accepting him as a stoner with a murky past that has a government agency invade his sleepy home town to take him out...

Selling Point

Eisenberg crowns a very interesting looking cast, including a team of perennially under-estimated talents in Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman, and Walton Goggins. Plus the story - and the promise of a comic edge - sounds a delight.

Reservations

Though Nourizadeh has some interesting ideas - and has made some great music videos - Project X was as vain and vulgar as an erection selfie.

 
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