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Its hard to imagine the last time a summer movie season didnt have unusually high stakes.
So for now, the summer season is packed withbigmovies the kinds that could meanhugethings for their stars.
Is this the summer that America goes nuts for Cillian Murphy or rediscovers its love for Michael Keatons Batman?
1.Jason Momoa
1.
Playing the antagonist in aFast and Furiousmovie tends to be a pipeline to appearing in futureFast and Furiousmovies.
2.Michael Keaton
2.
The time before that, he got an Oscar nomination for playing the titularBirdman.
So what does it mean when Keaton comes back as theactualcaped crusader in Warner Bros.The Flash?
If this cursed movie somehow ends up being a hit, itll be on Keatons molded rubber shoulders.
3.Jason Schwartzman
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But Schwartzmans name is at the top of the list.
4.Jennifer Lawrence
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When was the last uncomplicated Jennifer Lawrence hit movie?
5.Harrison Ford
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You get the sense hed really love to send the character off on a high note.
6.Phoebe Waller-Bridge
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The potential upside for Waller-Bridge is major, though certainly not guaranteed.
Though hey, for James Mangolds sake, stop saying shes being set up totake overthe franchise.
7.Tom Cruise
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He may need to settle for merely having another big summer hit.
8.Esai Morales
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Theres definitely more to him than meets the eye and hes something of a ghost of the past.
Ghosts of the past have been a recurring theme in the most recentMission: Impossiblemovies.
9-10.Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling
9-10.
Can something as high-concept asBarbiebe goodandpopular?
What exactly is aBarbiemoviedirected by Greta Gerwig and co-written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach going to be like?
Even after two trailers, questions abound as to what the hell this movie is up to.
Meanwhile, Gosling has somehow only madeone moviesince his back-to-back incredible-yet-underperforming featuresBlade Runner: 2049andFirst Manin 2017 and 2018.
Welcome back, Ryan Gosling!
Very excited to see yourKenergy.
11.Cillian Murphy
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Last summers biggest blockbuster was aboutTom Cruise zoom-zoomingaround the sky in his superfast fighter jets.
