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Après Vous French-language comedy about a French sommelier who saves a suicidal friend named Louis and, in helping Louis get back on his feet, gets entangled in a twisted love triangle. Directed by Pierre Salvadori from a screenplay by Salvadori, Benoît Graffin and David Léotard. With Daniel Auteuil (“The Closet” “Sade”), José Garcia (“Trouble Every Day”), Sandrine Kiberlain (“Alias Betty”), Maryline Canto (“Western”), Michèle Moretti (“Who Killed Bambi,” “Look At Me”), Garance Clavel (“When the Cat’s Away”) and Fabio Zenoni (“Wasabi”). Also known as “After You.” Flat. 110 min. June 3. Paramount Classics.     Bewitched Comedy about what happens when a movie production company unknowingly hires a real witch to play the role of Samantha in a big-screen remake of 1964-1972 TV series “Bewitched.” Directed by Nora Ephron (“You’ve Got Mail,” “Lucky Numbers”) from a screenplay by Ephron, sister Delia Ephron (“You’ve Got Mail,” “Hanging Up,” “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”) and Adam McKay (“Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”). With Nicole Kidman (“Birth,” “The Interpreter”), Will Ferrell (“Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” “Melinda and Melinda,” “Kicking & Screaming”), Shirley MacLaine (“The Evening Star”), Michael Caine (“Around the Bend,” “The Weather Man,” “Batman Begins”), Steve Carell (“Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy,” “Melinda and Melinda”), Heather Burns (“Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous”), David Alan Grier (“The Woodsman”), Jason Schwartzman (“I Heart Huckabees”), Stephen Colbert (“Snow Days”), Jim Turner (“Joe’s Apartment”), Michael Badalucco (“The Man Who Wasn’t There”), Kristin Chenoweth (TV’s “The West Wing”), Richard Kind (“The Station Agent”) and Amy Sedaris (“My Baby’s Daddy”). June 24. Sony.     The Dukes of Hazzard Comedy about two young Georgia men who, in an attempt to escape the boredom of rural life, conspire to vex their county’s corrupt politicians. Based on the popular 1979-1985 CBS TV series. The “Super Troopers”-”Club Dread” team of writer-director Jay Chandrasekhar and screenwriters Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske collaborate with screenwriters John O’Brien (“Starsky & Hutch”) and Jonathan Davis. With Seann William Scott (“The Rundown”), Johnny Knoxville (“A Dirty Shame,” “Lords of Dogtown”), Jessica Simpson (MTV’s “Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica”), Burt Reynolds (“The Longest Yard”), David Koechner (“Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”), Jim Cody Williams (“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” “Herbie: Fully Loaded”) and Willie Nelson (“The Big Bounce”). June 24. Warner Bros.     Heights Romantic drama, set in New York City over one 24-hour period, about – among other things – a photographer having second thoughts about marrying her lawyer fiancé, and a wife having second thoughts about her open marriage. Chris Terrio makes his feature directorial debut from a screenplay by Amy Fox. With James Marsden (“The Notebook”), Elizabeth Banks (“Spider-Man 2”), Glenn Close (“The Stepford Wives”), Chandler Williams (“Kinsey”), Jesse Bradford (“Eulogy”), George Segal (“The Mirror Has Two Faces”), Thomas Lennon (“How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”) and Isabella Rossellini (“Rodger Dodger,” “The Saddest Music in the World”). Flat. 93 min. R: Language; brief sexuality; nudity. June 10. Sony Pictures Classics.   Herbie: Fully Loaded Comedy about an anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle that gets involved with the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Based on the 1969 comedy “The Love Bug.” Directed by Angela Robinson (“D.E.B.S.”) from a screenplay by Thomas Lennon & Ben Garent (“Taxi,” “The Pacifier”). With Lindsay Lohan (“Mean Girls”), Michael Keaton (“White Noise”), Matt Dillon (“City of Ghosts,” “Crash”), Justin Long (“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story”), Cheryl Hines (“Along Came Polly”), Jill Ritchie (“Seeing Other People,” “D.E.B.S.”), Jim Cody Williams (“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” “Dukes of Hazzard”) and Breckin Meyer (“Garfield”). Flat. 95 min. June 24. Buena Vista.     The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl Family adventure about a lonely 10-year-old boy whose imagined superhero friends come to life and join him on a series of journeys. Written and directed by Robert Rodriguez (the “Spy Kids” series, “Once Upon a Time in Mexico,” “Sin City”). With Cayden Boyd (“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story”), Taylor Dooley, Taylor Lautner, Jacob Davich (“The Aviator”), Marc Musso (“21 Grams”), Mackenzie Fitzgerald (“Where the Heart Is”), David Arquette (“Never Die Alone”), Kristin Davis (“Sour Grapes”) and George Lopez (“Outta Time”). June 10. Miramax.     Batman Begins A prequel to the “Batman” saga, depicting the first time billionaire vigilante Bruce Wayne donned the cape and cowl: He dealt with supercriminals named Scarecrow and Ra’a Al Ghul, to say nothing of a not-entirely-appreciative Gotham City police force. Based on the DC Comics character. Directed by Christopher Nolan (“Memento,” “Insomnia”) from a screenplay by Nolan and David Goyer (the “Blade” series). With Christian Bale (“The Machinist”) as Wayne, Michael Caine (“Around the Bend,” “Bewitched”) as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman (“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”) as Lt. James Gordon, Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai”) as Ra’s Al Ghul, Cillian Murphy (“Cold Mountain”) as Dr. Jonathan “Scarecrow” Crane, Katie Holmes (“First Daughter”) as Rachel Dodson, Morgan Freeman (“Million Dollar Baby,” “Unleashed”) as Lucius Fox and Liam Neeson (“Kinsey,” “Kingdom of Heaven”) as Henri Ducard. PG-13: Intense action violence; disturbing images; some thematic elements. June 17. Warner Bros.     Cinderella Man Sports drama, based on a true story of the Great Depression, about a man who became a working-class hero when he entered the boxing ring to feed his family, and ended up defeating heavyweight champ Max Baer. Directed by Ron Howard (“A Beautiful Mind,” “The Missing”) from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind,” “I, Robot”), Charlie Mitchell and Clifford Hollingsworth. With Russell Crowe (“Master and Commander”), Renée Zellweger (“Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason”), Craig Bierko (“Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star”), Paul Giamatti (“Sideways”), Bruce McGill (“Collateral”), Paddy Considine (“In America”), Aaron Abrams (“Resident Evil: Apocalypse”), Matthew G. Taylor (“Resident Evil: Apocalypse”), Fulvio Cecere (“Assault on Precinct 13”) and Ron Canada (“The Human Stain”). Scope. 138 min. PG-13: Intense boxing violence; some language. June 3. Universal.     God’s Sandbox Hebrew-language drama about a successful author who, in search of her free-spirited daughter, travels to the Sinai Desert coast where she is inspired by the musings of a Bedouin storyteller. Directed by Doran Eran from a screenplay by Hanita Halevy and Yoav Halevy. With Razia Israeli (“Schindler’s List”), Juliano Mer (“Kedma”), Sami Samir (“Yellow Asphalt”), Meital Dohan and Orli Perl. Flat. 86 min. June 3. Indican.     Hellbent Horror thriller, set one Halloween in West Hollywood, Calif., about five attractive young homosexual men who find their night on the town disrupted by a a ruthless serial killer. Paul Etheredge-Ouzts makes his feature directorial debut from his own screenplay. With Dylan Fergus (TV’s “All My Children”), Bryan Kirkwood (“The Forsaken”), Hank Harris (“Pumpkin”), Andrew Levitas (“Beauty Shop”), Wren T. Brown (“Biker Boyz”), Danny Seckel (“The Girl Next Door”) and Miguel Caballero (“Mr. and Mrs. Smith”). 85 min. June 17. Regent.     High Tension French-language thriller, set in the isolated French countryside, about a university coed who finds herself trying to rescue her girlfriend from a murderous kidnapper. Directed by Alexandre Aja from a screenplay by Aja and Grégory Levasseur. With Cecile De France (“Around the World in 80 Days”), Maïwenn Le Besco (“The Fifth Element”), Philippe Nahon (“Irreversible”), Andrei Finti (“Amen”), Oana Pellea (“Nostradamus”), Jean-Claude de Goros (“The Children of the Century”) and Marco Claudiu Pascu. R: Graphic bloody killings; terror; sexual content; language. Scope. 85 min. June 3. Lions Gate.