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Justin Henine-Hardenne  |  by www.rockymountainnews.com. All rights reserved. 17.07 | 18:12

Hollywood is banking that moviegoers will want to go back for a third helping of their film favorites this summer. Spider-Man 3 is the first threequel out of the gate. The rest: Why we need it: Puss in Boots was just getting warmed up.

And summer's a lot sunnier when Mike Myers is at the cineplex, even in ogre form. Why the studios want it: Shrek II made $436 million in the U.S.

, $837 million worldwide. Why we need it: Dead Man's Chest was like one very long prologue for the third installment. And Barbosa's back!

Why the studios want it: Talk about pirate booty: Dead Man's Chest raked in $432 million domestically, $840 million worldwide. Why the studios want it: If George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt want to make a movie together, you let them. Why we need it: In a cinematic summer sure to be overstuffed with CGI effects, we need a new dose of authentic hair-raising stunt work - Bourne's calling card.

Why the studios want it: The first two films made a combined $300 million in the U.S. alone.

Back to the Future Part III Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In other words, wasn't this the same movie as the first, just set in the Old West? Beverly Hills Cop III: Eddie Murphy's career needed help in the mid-'90s.

This wasn't it.

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