Angelina Jolie offers counterprogramming to WALL•E (l) and Ron Perlman returns as Hellboy to save the Earth once again in Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.

11. Wanted (Universal Pictures, June 27)
Opening opposite WALL•E is this actioner starring Angelina Jolie as Wesley Gibson, "the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known." Russian director Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch and Day Watch) makes his Hollywood debut, with overall vfx supervised by Jon Farhat (Doom).

12. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures, July 11)
Ron Perlman returns as Hellboy to save the Earth once again with his band of misfits in Guillermo del Toro's sequel to his cult hit from Dark Horse and creator Mike Mignola. Double Negative is the lead house and Mike Wassel is the overall supervisor.

Batman battles the Joker in The Dark Knight (l). Digital Domain and Rhythm & Hues share vfx duties in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Photo: Stephen Vaughan (l); Universal Pictures. 

13. The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures, July 18)
Director Christopher Nolan delves deeper into the Caped Crusader: Batman (Christian Bale) and detective James Gordon (Gary Oldman) team up with Gotham's new District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to battle The Joker (Heath Ledger). Not surprisingly, this is no Cesar Romero or Jack Nicholson. Nick Davis is the overall vfx supervisor with Framestore CFC and Double Negative sharing lead duties, with support from Buf and New Deal Studios. We anticipate more virtual set design wonders.

14. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Universal Pictures, Aug. 1)
In this third outing, directed by Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious), Brendan Fraser is joined by his son (Luke Ford) as they unearth a shape-shifting mummy (Jet Li) who was cursed long ago by a wizard (Michelle Yeoh). Digital Domain and Rhythm & Hues share vfx duties this time out.