Starring Ahmed Helmy, Menna Shalaby, Dalal Abdel-Aziz and Mahmoud Hemeida Directed by Khaled Marei (Release: July 23)

Written by Ayman Bahgat Kamar (Dokki’s Nightingale) and directed by Khaled Marei (Taymour & Shawkeya), this comedy has Ahmed Helmy playing an aerospace engineer who writes a eulogy for his recently deceased father. But after the funeral, he starts having flashbacks of his shared memories with his father, causing havoc in his own relationships with his fiancée (Shalaby) and his mother (Abdel-Aziz).

Starring Ahmed Mekky, Ingy Wegdan, Sameh Hussein and Hassan Hossny Directed by Ahmed El-Gendy (Release: July 23)

Playing on his popularity as the big-haired teenager in the sitcom Taymour & Shawkeya, rising star Ahmed Mekky (the brother of actress Inas Mekky) decided to launch a career in singing. But after an appearance in last year’s Morgan Ahmed Morgan, Mekky is maintaining his silver screen time as H Daboor, the entrepreneurial student who comes up with his own way to help his father overcome a financial crisis.

Starring Moustafa Kamar, Basma, Menna Fadaly and Ahmed Rateb Directed by Hatem Farid (Release: August 6)

In this situation comedy, singer Moustafa Kamar plays a bank executive with special powers to sniff out bank robbers. The big draw: Kamar will perform three songs from his yet-to-be-released album.

Starring Mohamed Saad, Nour Ezzat Abou-Ouf and Youssef Shaaban Directed by Ahmed Youssry (Release: July 30)

With his creation of the character El-Limby, Mohamed Saad was crowned the new comic talent after he scored the largest box office earnings, topping Mohamed Heneidy. Over the years, however, his star has been in decline as his reputation as being difficult on set grew. Even Amr Arafa, the director of Saad’s latest film Boshkash, decided to leave the film mid-production, claiming Saad refused to follow instructions. The production house, El-Sobky Films, had no alternative but to hire Ahmed Youssry and Galal El-Zaki to complete the shooting in time for a summer release. Boshkash is the comedic story of a sports agent who travels all the way to Cuba in search of football talents.

Starring Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Jet Li, John Hannah and Michelle Yeoh Directed by Rob Cohen (Release: August 6)

In this follow-up to The Mummy films and The Scorpion King prequel, which all scored more than $1 billion worldwide, the action shifts from Egypt to Asia. Explorer Rick O’Connell (Fraser) finds himself facing the resurrected Han Emperor (Li) who wants to use his army of soldiers to rule the world. Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) takes over the director chair from original director Stephen Sommers, who co-produces this time around.

Starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. and Nick Nolte Directed by Ben Stiller (Release: August 20)

Seven years after Zoolander, Ben Stiller returns as writer, director and star of this hilarious satire of Hollywood’s action films. He plays action superstar Tugg Speedman, who is cast alongside Kirk Lazarus (Downey Jr.) and Jeff Portnoy (Black) in the biggest and most expensive war movie ever made. But as soon as they reach the location, they find themselves thrown into a real-life war situation. Downey Jr., star of the recent hit Iron Man, is almost unrecognizable playing an African-American star.

Starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear and Sigourney Weaver Directed by Michael McCullers (Release: August 27)

Successful businesswoman Kate Holbrook (Fey) has finally decided that she’s going to have a child on her own. But after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant, she allows working girl Angie (Poehler) to become her unlikely surrogate mother.

Starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin and Terence Stamp Directed by Peter Segal (Release: August 13)

This 1960s TV series spoofed James Bond way before the Austin Powers series and Johnny English. The original cast reunited for a 1989 movie and 1990 TV series, this version of Get Smart is the first remake with new faces. Steve Carell is special agent Maxwell Smart, sent by his Chief (Arkin) on a mission to stop the evil crime syndicate KAOS in its latest plot for world domination. The less-experienced Smart is partnered with the lovely Agent 99 (Hathaway) to go after the evil mastermind Siegfried (Stamp).

Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Amy Smart, Paula Patton and Jason Flemyng Directed by Alexandre Aja (Release: August 13)

Kiefer Sutherland took some time off as special agent Jack Bauer in the hit series 24 to star in this remake of Korean shocker Geoul Sokeuro. In Mirrors, directed by French filmmaker Alexandre Aja (High Tension and The Hills Have Eyes), a troubled ex-cop (Sutherland) tries to save his family from an unspeakable evil that uses mirrors as a gateway to their home.

Starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet and Billy Connolly Directed by Chris Carter (Release: July 30)

Ten years after the first film based on the popular paranormal series X-Files, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprise their popular roles as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully under the direction of series creator Chris Carter. This time, the agents are investigating a clairvoyant who predicts the rising of a dark force in the middle of Antarctica.

Starring Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet Directed by Michael Haneke (Release: August 6)

In 1997, German filmmaker Michael Haneke (Caché) wrote and directed Funny Games, one of the most disturbing films commenting on violence influenced by film and media. A decade later, he has remade his own masterpiece shot by shot in America with a remarkable cast. When a family comprised of a wife (Watts), her husband (Roth) and their son Georgie arrive at their luxurious home, they are taken hostage by two psychotic young men who force them to play mental and physical games that range from absurd to vulgar. et