2017 Spring Movie Preview: 9 comedies due in theaters

Let’s be honest: We could all probably use a good laugh right now. This spring movie season, Hollywood is going to try to deliver them, with no fewer than nine comedies on the schedule between now and the arrival of the summer movie season in early May — and including everything from a movie based on the old TV series “CHiPs” to the latest film from the minds of New Orleans’ Duplass brothers.

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This stunning, dialogue-free fantasy, directed by Dutch-British animator Michal Dudok de Wit, has the Studio Ghibli seal of approval — the not-so-retired Hayao Miyazaki’s studio co-produced the film. The sequel to one of 2014’s best action films promises more kill shots, more Common, significantly less dog murder and a similar amount of Keanu Reeves.