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THE LOWDOWN: With Carrey at the helm of an irresistible premise, how can this not be a hit?. . .Jennifer Aniston co-stars as Carrey's supportive girlfriend.
MAY 30
FINDING NEMO
PLOT: The aquatic equivalent of looking for a needle in a haystack, as a mild-mannered fish must search the ocean for his missing son.
THE LOWDOWN: This animated effort comes from the Disney-Pixar union that also yielded Monsters, Inc. and the Toy Story tales, so expect a financial gain of tidal wave proportions. . .The vocal cast includes Albert Brooks, Willem Dafoe, Ellen DeGeneres and Geoffrey Rush.
THE ITALIAN JOB
PLOT: Several crooks map out an intricate robbery involving a massive traffic jam and plenty of gold bullion, but there's a traitor in their midst.
THE LOWDOWN: The 1969 original starred Michael Caine, Noel Coward and Benny Hill; this version gives us the more traditional teaming of Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron and Edward Norton. . .The director is F. Gary Gray, whose Vin Diesel vehicle A Man Apart was taken off the shelf a few weeks ago and promptly tanked.
Also: A group of teenagers find themselves being terrorized by slobbering hillbillies in WRONG TURN. Does anyone get to squeal like a pig?
JUNE 6
2 FAST 2 FURIOUS
PLOT: Former cop Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) works with an undercover agent (Eva Mendes) to take down a drug dealer on the streets of Miami.
THE LOWDOWN: With apologies to Walker, it was the combination of Vin Diesel and fast cars, not Paul Walker and fast cars, that made 2001's The Fast and the Furious a $144 million sleeper smash. Unfortunately for all concerned, Diesel took a powder on this one, preferring to make sequels to Pitch Black and XXX instead. . .Director Rob Cohen also decided to pass, leaving a slumming John Singleton (Boyz N The Hood, Shaft) holding the car keys.
Also: On the shelf since 2001, the film version of Elizabeth Wurtzel's PROZAC NATION finally reaches the screen, with Christina Ricci cast as the clinically depressed Harvard student.
JUNE 13
HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE
PLOT: Two LA cops -- one a vet (Harrison Ford), the other a rookie (Josh Hartnett) -- investigate a murder within the rap community.
THE LOWDOWN: Geez, could this sound any more generic? Ford's commercial clout has dissipated in recent years, so writer-director Ron Shelton (Bull Durham, the recent flop Dark Blue) had better hope he can help reverse the trend. . .The supporting cast is interesting: Lena Olin, Martin Landau, Dwight Yoakam and Lolita Davidovich (aka Mrs. Ron Shelton).
Also: FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY centers on two of the stars from TV's American Idol. Whatever. . . Combining two successful franchises, the folks at Nickelodeon and Paramount have elected to bring out RUGRATS GO WILD!, which finds the "Rats rubbing diapers with the Wild Thornberry family in Africa. . . Before the Farrelly brothers became funny, they made 1994's dreary Dumb and Dumber, which grossed $127 million and helped make Jim Carrey a star; now we get WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD: DUMB AND DUMBERER, a prequel that focuses on the doofuses (now played by Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson) during their high school days.
JUNE 20
THE HULK
PLOT: After an experiment goes awry, scientist Bruce Banner (Eric Bana) discovers he has the ability to transform himself into a not-so-jolly green giant.
THE LOWDOWN: The pedigree is top-grade: The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon team of director Ang Lee and writer James Schamus, plus a cast that includes Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott and A Beautiful Mind Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly. . . Fans of the Marvel Comics icon are divided over whether the Hulk (a computer-generated creation), glimpsed in the trailer, looks "cool" or "fake."
Also: An author (Luke Wilson) falls in love with the stenographer (Kate Hudson) transcribing his latest work in ALEX AND EMMA, a romantic comedy from Rob Reiner. . . From France, Patrice Leconte's THE MAN ON THE TRAIN is actually about two men on a train: an elderly gentleman (Jean Rochefort) and a younger criminal (longtime French singing star Johnny Halliday), both of whom envy the others' lifestyle.
JUNE 27
CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE
PLOT: The Angels (Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu) must prevent a list that names everyone in the Witness Protection Program from falling into the wrong hands.
THE LOWDOWN: The original was a high-spirited lark that made $125 million, and this one might even do better. . . You get Bernie Mac as Bosley's brother (alas, Bill Murray is a no-show), John Cleese as the father of one of the girls, Demi Moore as an Angel-gone-bad, and even a cameo by original TV Angel Jaclyn Smith.
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