Preview: Hollywood 2011

A momentous finale lies ahead for Hollywood this year. 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2' is the biggest screen farewell since the final 'Star Wars' movie, closing out a decade of adventures for the young wizard.

Then there's that vampire-werewolf-schoolgirl love triangle. 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1' is the next-to-last installment in that series, with the finale due out in 2012.

As those franchises wind down, others are recharging. The original 'Pirates of the Caribbean' trilogy sailed into the sunset, but a new voyage now looms. The 'Shrek' series has finished, but feline hero Puss in Boots sets out on his own in a spinoff.

And plenty of other big-screen regulars are coming back throughout 2011.

There are action follow-ups with sequels to 'Transformers', 'Mission: Impossible', 'Sherlock Holmes' and 'The Fast and the Furious', plus prequels to 'X-Men' and 'Planet of the Apes'. Comedy revisitations with sequels to 'The Hangover' and 'Big Momma's House'. A family film motherlode with continuations of the 'Cars','Kung Fu Panda', 'Happy Feet' and 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' stories, along with new takes on 'The Muppets', 'The Smurfs' and 'Winnie the Pooh'. Reboots with an English-language version of 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' and remakes of 'Arthur', 'The Three Musketeers', 'The Thing' and 'Footloose'.

Here's a month-to-month look at Hollywood's 2011 highlights.

Text: AP

Images: AP, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, Pixar, Universal Pictures, Summit Entertainment, Warner Bros


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