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These Are The Hottest Stars of Summer

These famous faces are ready to heat up the box office

By EW Staff

May 05, 2017 at 12:09 PM EDT

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Chris Pratt (Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, out now)

Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel

Pratt is back as the Han Solo-esque half-human Peter Quill (a.k.a. Star-Lord) in this summer’s highly anticipated sequel.

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Charlie Hunnam (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, out May 12)

Warner Bros. Pictures

Prepare to swoon as the Sons of Anarchy alum takes a crack at pulling Excalibur from the stone in Guy Ritchie’s epic medieval film.

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Amandla Stenberg (Everything, Everything, out May 19)

Warner Bros. Pictures

Five years since her breakout role as District 11 tribute Rue in The Hunger Games, Stenberg stars in the film adaptation of Nicola Yoon’s best-selling YA novel.

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Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron (Baywatch, out May 25)

Frank Masi/Paramount

The Rock reports for duty as Mitch Buchannon, the beefcake leader of the lifeguards, as Efron plays a former Olympian brought in to revive the beach's reputation in this tongue-in-cheek comedy adapted from the popular the '90s series.

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Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman, out June 2)

Clay Enos./Warner Bros.

Reprising her role as Diana Prince (a.k.a. Wonder Woman), Gadot stars in what will be the first superhero movie in more than a decade to feature a woman as its title character.

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Tom Cruise (The Mummy, out June 9)

Universal Pictures

The action star awakens an ancient evil in this gender-flipped reboot of the monster franchise.

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Zoe Kravitz, Jillian Bell, Scarlett Johansson, Ilana Glazer, and Kate McKinnon (Rough Night, out June 16

Columbia Pictures

This star-studded cast is ready for a good time in this raunchy girls-night-out comedy.

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Mandy Moore (47 Meters Down, out June 16)

Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures

Her role on NBC’s This Is Us keeps viewers in tears, but on the big screen, Moore will have fans terrified of the water as she battles sharks in this summer thriller.

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Nicole Kidman (The Beguiled, out June 23)

BEN ROTHSTEIN/Focus Features

Coming off a successful stint on HBO’s Big Little Lies, the Aussie star will send chills down viewers' spines as the headmistress of a Southern boarding school for girls in this lavish gothic thriller.

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Jon Hamm (Baby Driver, out June 28)

Wilson Webb

Don Draper, no more: Hamm steals the show as a villainous bank robber in Edgar Wright’s high-speed action flick.

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Tom Holland (Spider-man: Homecoming, out July 7)

Chuck Zlotnick

The English actor is back as Peter Parker, this time navigating high school while also getting used to his cool new powers as the famous web-slinging superhero in the upcoming reboot.

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Regina Hall, Tiffany Hadish, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Queen Latifah (Girls Trip, out July 21)

Michele K. Short/Universal

Expect to laugh out loud while watching this hard-R-rated comedy about a group of old friends who wind up in trouble during a reunion at a New Orleans music festival.

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Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevigne (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, out July 21)

Vikram Gounassegarin

As space cops solving an intergalactic mystery, the duo are out of this world in this neon sci-fi extravaganza.

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Charlize Theron (Atomic Blonde, out July 28)

Jonathan Prime/Focus Features

The Oscar winner plays a spy with some serious edge – she endured three months of boot camp training for four to five hours a day – in this adaptation of the graphic novel, The Coldest City.

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Jessica Williams (The Incredible Jessica James, out July 28)

Netflix

She may play an unlucky-in-love playwright in this modern New York romance, but we’re head over heels for the Daily Show alum.

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Baby Groot (Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, out now)

Marvel

You only wish your dance moves were as smooth as his.

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Chris Pratt (Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, out now)

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Charlie Hunnam (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, out May 12)

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Amandla Stenberg (Everything, Everything, out May 19)

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Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron (Baywatch, out May 25)

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Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman, out June 2)

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Tom Cruise (The Mummy, out June 9)

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Zoe Kravitz, Jillian Bell, Scarlett Johansson, Ilana Glazer, and Kate McKinnon (Rough Night, out June 16

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Mandy Moore (47 Meters Down, out June 16)

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Nicole Kidman (The Beguiled, out June 23)

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Jon Hamm (Baby Driver, out June 28)

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Tom Holland (Spider-man: Homecoming, out July 7)

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Regina Hall, Tiffany Hadish, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Queen Latifah (Girls Trip, out July 21)

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Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevigne (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, out July 21)

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Charlize Theron (Atomic Blonde, out July 28)

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Jessica Williams (The Incredible Jessica James, out July 28)

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Baby Groot (Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, out now)

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