Photos: Big summer movies for 2015

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Photos: Big summer movies for 2015

Photos: Summer film preview 2015

May 1: Captain America (Chris Hemsworth) and Thor (Chris Evans), along with their other partners in crime-fighting and world-saving, are back in "Avengers: Age of Ultron." (Photo courtesy Marvel/TNS)

May 8: Sofia Vergara, left, and Reese Witherspoon star as a witness and police officer respectively in the buddy comedy "Hot Pursuit." (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

May 15: Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy star in "Mad Max: Fury Road," an update of the 1980s classic starring Mel Gibson. (Jasin Boland/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

May 15: "Pitch Perfect 2" reunites the Barden Bellas (Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow) and picks up a new addition (Hailee Steinfeld). (Photo courtesy Universal Pictures/TNS)

May 22: "Tomorrowland" stars George Clooney as a reclusive inventor. Contributed by Walt Disney Pictures

May 29: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars as a helicopter pilot trying to save his daughter after a massive California earthquake in "San Andreas."

May 29: Bradley Cooper plays a military contractor torn between Emma Stone (pictured) and Rachel McAdams in "Aloha." ALSO OPENING IN MAY: "Before I Wake," about a couple dealing with their son's nightmares, opens May 8.

Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Connolly, Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier and Kevin Dillon return to hug it out in the big screen adaptation of the HBO show "Entourage." (Claudette Barius/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

June 5: "Love & Mercy" stars Paul Dano and John Cusack as younger and older versions of Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson. CONTRIBUTED BY ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL

June 5: Gaspard Ulliel stars as the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in "Saint Laurent."

June 19: Shameik Moore plays a kid from a rough neighborhood with college ambitions in "Dope." (Rachel Morrison/Open Road Films via AP)

June 26: Seth MacFarlane, directed and co-wrote "Ted 2," the sequel to the film about a raunchy talking bear. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

June 26: Taylor Schilling (pictured) and Jason Schwartzman star "The Overnight," about two couples dealing with parenting and sexual frustration. ALSO OPENING IN JUNE: "Insidious: Chapter 3," a prequel to the earlier horro films, opens June 5; "Big Game," starring Samuel L. Jackson as a U.S. president in peril, opens June 26; "Max, a family film about a dog, opens June 26. Also, Al Pacino and Holly Hunter in “Manglehorn”; the coming-of-age comedy-drama “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”; the British romance “Testament of Youth.”

July 1: Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in "Terminator: Genisys," the fifth film in the series created by James Cameron in 1984. (Melinda Sue Gordon/Paramount Pictures via AP)

July 24: Amy Schumer, wrote and stars in the romantic comedy "Trainwreck," directed by Judd Apatow. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

July 24: Jake Gyllenhall portrays a down-on-his-luck boxer in the drama "Southpaw." Contributed by The Weinstein Company

July 31: Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation," the fifth installment of the film series.

July 31: Christina Applegate, left, and Ed Helms star in "Vacation," a reboot of the Chevy Chase "National Lampoon" comedies. ALSO OPENING IN JULY: Horror film "The Gallows" opens July 10; psychological thriller "Self/Less," starring Ben Kingsley, opens July 10; Ian McKellen stars as an aging Sherlock Holmes in "Mr. Holmes," opening July 17; action comedy "Pixels," starring Adam Samdler, opens July 24; and "The Gift," starring Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall as a couple who has a chance encounter with an old friend, opens July 31. Also, the Amy Winehouse documentary “Amy”; Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana in “Infinitely Polar Bear”; the Irish historical drama “Jimmy’s Hall.”

Aug. 7: In "Dark Places," Charlize Theron confronts a traumatic event from her childhood. Contributed by A24

Aug. 7: Superhero movie "Fantastic Four" stars Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Jamie Bell and Kate Mara. Contributed by 20th Century Fox

Aug. 7: Meryl Streep plays a would-be rock star in "Ricki and the Flash." Contributed by TriStar Pictures

May 15: Kodi Smit-McPhee (pitcured) and Michael Fassbender star in "Slow West," about a trek across the American frontier . (Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images for the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival)

May 22: Ethan Hawke, Zoe Kravitz and January Jones star in "Good Kill," about a drone pilot. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for 2015 Tribeca Film Festival)

July 7: Jennifer Connelly stars in "Aloft" as a mother struggling to reconnect with her son, played by Cillian Murphy. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival)

May 8: Michael Sheen, Carey Mulligan, Juno Temple and Matthias Schoenaerts star in "Far From The Madding Crowd" about three men competing for the same woman. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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May 1: Captain America (Chris Hemsworth) and Thor (Chris Evans), along with their other partners in crime-fighting and world-saving, are back in "Avengers: Age of Ultron." (Photo courtesy Marvel/TNS)

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