May 2008 Will Sizzle in the Theaters: Iron Man, Speed Racer, The Chronicles of Narnia, Indiana Jones, and Sex and the City

Summer 2008 will be heating up the box office as another stream of heavy hitters hopes for blockbuster returns. May flowers will be joined by the ringing of the movie opening bell as many studios clamor for your summer dollars.

The summer blockbuster season will start early on the first Friday in May, May 2, with the release of the much anticipated Iron Man. There's been some debate as to whether this B or even C list comic hero can run with the big boys like Spiderman and Batman, but you can be sure that people will be lining up to find out. Word is that should Iron Man live up to the much applauded trailers and early screen shots, this movie could start the next big trilogy in the science fiction world.

The next week, with releases coming on May 9, looks to be the downer week of the month. The Speed Racer movie is the only big release of the week. It almost seems the studios are afraid to release something after Iron Man, or they weren't ready to kick off their season quite so soon before Memorial Day. What ever the reason, we are left with Speed Racer being the only big release for the week.

Speed Racer is probably the iffiest release of May 2008. Questions remain with Warner Brother's choice to let the Wachowski brothers of Matrix fame take the helm for this remake of the 1960 cartoon. Early trailers and screen shots are getting mixed reviews, but the lack of other movies released this week, the strength of the Speed Racer franchise and the popularity of Anime, the mod look and all things Japanese may help spring board this movie to the number one spot. Well, it may hold that title for a week.

The next week starting with May 16 returns us to the heavy hitting blockbuster days we have grown accustomed to. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian finally hits the silver screen. This is the much, and long, awaited sequel to the hit The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe that came out way back in 2005. The studio is hoping to make all seven of C.S. Lewis' Narnia books into movies. Let's hope that they complete them within my lifetime. Regardless of the long span between movies, this one is sure to be a sell out.