LOS ANGELES (AP) — Highlights of the fall film slate (release dates are subject to change, and some films will play in limited release):

Late August-September:

APPALOOSA: Hired lawman (Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris) take on a tough rancher (Jeremy Irons) in a Western directed by Harris. Renee Zellweger co-stars.

BABYLON A.D.: Vin Diesel’s a hired gun escorting a mystery woman from Europe to New York in a post-apocalyptic future.

BANGKOK DANGEROUS: A lone-wolf hit man (Nicolas Cage) finds a young friend and potential romance on assignment in Thailand.

BATTLE IN SEATTLE: Stuart Townsend directs girlfriend Charlize Theron in a drama about the 1999 World Trade Organization protests.

BLINDNESS: A plague of sightlessness strikes humanity. With Julianne Moore, Danny Glover, Mark Ruffalo and Gael Garcia Bernal.

BURN AFTER READING: George Clooney and Brad Pitt star in the Coen brothers’ romp about CIA secrets that fall into the hands of fitness club employees.

CHOKE: A scam artist with a demented mother pursues the truth about the identity of his father. Sam Rockwell and Angelica Huston star.

COLLEGE: Drake Bell and a couple of buddies are campus pledges fighting back against their fraternity tormentors.

DISASTER MOVIE: Catastrophe flicks are the target of the latest entry in Hollywood’s spoof craze. With Carmen Electra.

THE DUCHESS: Keira Knightley stars as an 18th century ancestor of Princess Diana who becomes a major political player. With Ralph Fiennes.

EAGLE EYE: Strangers (Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan) are cast together as fugitives by a phone call from a mystery woman.

FOREVER STRONG: A jailed rugby star (Sean Faris) gets a second chance with a rival team. Co-starring Sean Astin.

GHOST TOWN: A man (Ricky Gervais) revived after a near-death experience finds he can see ghosts — who all pester him with demands. With Greg Kinnear and Tea Leoni.