The 9 women who'll dominate the big screen this summer

Britt Robertson in Tomorrowland

This is Britt Robertson's year — she co-starred in the Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Longest Ride and now she's sparring with George Clooney in this futuristic Disney blockbuster. Robertson plays Casey, a motorcycle-riding teenage saboteur, who's a worthy, albeit more upbeat, successor to The Hunger Games's Katniss Everdeen.

Tomorrowland opens May 22.

(Photo, Disney.)

Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams in Aloha

Rachel McAdams and Emma Stone can do comedy and drama — and will likely be called on for both in this new Cameron Crowe film. Stone plays an energetic Air Force pilot paired with Bradley Cooper, a lone-wolf military contractor. McAdams is Cooper's down-to-earth ex-girlfriend. Judging from leaked Sony e-mails, Crowe seems happy with the performances: "Feel a little bit like we did on Say Anything. But our acting is better here all around."

Aloha opens May 29.

Melissa McCarthy in Spy

Reunited with Bridesmaids director Paul Feig, McCarthy plays a desk-bound CIA analyst who gets her shot in the field. Expect plenty of physical comedy and new McCarthy catchphrases: "Just blend in, let someone else win," and "Making a wave isn't always brave." 

Spy opens June 5.

(Photo, Larry Horricks)

Mindy Kaling and Amy Poehler in Inside Out

Who wouldn't want Amy Poehler and Mindy Kaling as the voices inside their head? That's the premise of this new Pixar animated film. Poehler is the voice of Joy and Kaling is Disgust — just two of the emotions belonging to 11-year-old Riley. Here's hoping this kids' flick will spawn a whole generation of young comics — inspired by their inner Poehler or Kaling.

Inside Out, June 17 

(Photos, Kaling: Dominick D/Flickr; Poehler: Getty Images)

Amy Schumer in Trainwreck

Sketch comedian Schumer goes mainstream with this Hollywood studio summer movie, directed by Judd Apatow. Her monogamy-averse character, Amy, is "a modern chick who does what she wants." But when she meets a sweet sports doctor (whose best friend is LeBron James), it freaks her out.

Trainwreck opens July 17.

Cara Delevingne in Paper Towns

The British Chanel model is hoping this John Green film adaption will launch her acting career. We're already enamoured: Delevingne was raised in Belgravia, has a tattoo of the word "bacon" on the sole of her left foot and her mother was a lady-in-waiting for Queen Elizabeth's sister, Princess Margaret.

Paper Towns opens July 24.

(Photo, 20th Century Fox.)

Meryl Streep in Ricki and the Flash

As boho rocker Ricki, Streep wears tons of black makeup, sports age-inappropriate hairstyle and clothes and makes out with '80s pin-up Rick Springfield (now a scruffy grey-haired dude). She also does her trademark heavy-family-drama-acting thing — because every Streep movie is Oscar bait. 

Ricki and The Flash opens Aug. 7.

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