By The Associated Press, Associated Press
Highlights of Hollywood's 2013 schedule (release dates are subject to change):
JANUARY:
"Broken City": Mark Wahlberg's an ex-cop out for revenge against a double-crossing mayor (Russell Crowe).
"Gangster Squad": Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling are LA detectives going after mob boss Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) in the late 1940s.
"Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters": The fairy-tale siblings (Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton) are all grown-up and bagging crones for a living.
"The Last Stand": Arnold Schwarzenegger's a former LA cop who's now a sheriff hunting an escaped drug kingpin.
"Mama": Jessica Chastain plays a woman caring for two traumatized sisters who may be haunted by an evil force.
FEBRUARY:
"Beautiful Creatures": A Southern teen (Alden Ehrenreich) finds love with a mysterious newcomer (Alice Englert) in the adaptation of the best-selling supernatural romance.
"Bullet to the Head": Sylvester Stallone plays a hit man teamed with a cop as they seek to avenge their respective partners' deaths.
"Dark Skies": Keri Russell stars in a supernatural thriller about a family terrorized by an evil force.
"A Good Day to Die Hard": Bruce Willis and son try to foil a nuke heist in Moscow in the fifth chapter in the "Die Hard" franchise.
"Identity Thief": Jason Bateman's desperate to get his good name restored after a woman (Melissa McCarthy) appropriates his identity.
"Snitch": Dwayne Johnson's a dad who goes undercover with a drug cartel to clear his son on a narcotics charge.
"Top Gun": Tom Cruise takes to the air again with a 3-D reissue of his 1986 smash, playing a limited run at IMAX theaters.
MARCH:
"Admission": Tina Fey and Paul Rudd star in the story of a straight-laced college admissions officer bending the rules for an unusual teen.
"The Croods": Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds lead the voice cast in an animated comedy about prehistoric cave dwellers in search of a new home.
"G.I. Joe: Retaliation": Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson join up with Channing Tatum as the team battles its old enemy Cobra and new foes in their own government.
"Jack the Giant Slayer": The fairy-tale beanstalk climber (Nicholas Hoult) is hurled into battle against a race of giants.
"The Incredible Burt Wonderstone": Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi are star Vegas magicians fending off an upstart (Jim Carrey).
"The Last Exorcism: Part II": Turns out that last exorcism was only next to last as Ashley Bell returns as a teen terrorized by an evil force.
"Oz the Great and Powerful": Sam Raimi spins the story of how a certain wizard (James Franco) came to the land of Oz.
"Tyler Perry's Temptation": The prolific filmmaker tells a dark drama about a married woman caught up with a dashing billionaire.
APRIL:
"The Big Wedding": Family farce rules in a nuptial comedy featuring Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried and Robin Williams.
"Evil Dead": Sam Raimi and original star Bruce Campbell produce a new take on their horror tale about friends who unleash demons at a cabin in the woods.
"42": Harrison Ford plays Brooklyn Dodgers boss Branch Rickey as he signs Major League baseball's first black player, Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman).
"The Heat": An uptight FBI agent (Sandra Bullock) teams up with a trash-talking cop (Melissa McCarthy) to take down a drug lord.
"Jurassic Park": Dinosaurs roam the screen world again with a 3-D reissue of Steven Spielberg's blockbuster.
"Oblivion": Tom Cruise is a repair guy of the future caught in a fight with aliens on a devastated Earth.
"Pain & Gain": Three bodybuilders (Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie) concoct a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.
"Scary Movie 5": The fright-flick lampoon franchise returns to spoof another rush of recent Hollywood hits.
MAY:
"About Time": A time traveler (Domhnall Gleeson) gets continual do-overs to re-arrange his romantic life with the woman of his dreams (Rachel McAdams).
"Epic": Colin Farrell and Amanda Seyfried lead the voice cast in the animated story of a girl transported to a magical forest where a battle rages between good and evil.
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