BIG Summer Movie Season

I have a good feeling about this one. I think this is going to be a huge summer for movies. It just seems like people are ready to get back into the theater. We have already gotten off to a good start with MI:3, The Da Vinci Code and X-Men: The Last Stand, the rest of the summer seems to look even better.

Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest should kill at the Box Office. Ditto Cars.

Warner Brothers' Superman Returns should do equally as well.

And, the Weinstein Company's Clerks II should have enough fans to make it a big hit.

The only question is who are the sleepers that will pierce through the hype to enjoy their day in the sun. Click? My Super Ex-Girlfriend? Talladega Nights?

I'm just not buying Snakes on a Plane or Miami Vice. If they were stocks, I'd sell them short. But, I'm no studio exec. At least not yet. But, I seem to recall something about online entertainment betting...

Here is David Poland's take on things.

Update: Here is an LA Times article on the new "Hollywood players" turning the weekend box-office race into a participatory sport. Movie Lines are posted Thursday nights at the World Sports Exchange.