"Waiting for Superman," directed by Davis Guggenheim, is a new documentary focusing on the flaws of the American public education system. The film is being released by Paramount Vantage on September 24.

• Since 1971, educational spending in the U.S. has more than doubled from $4,300 per student to more than $9000 per student, adjusted for inflation. In that same time period, reading and math scores have remained flat in the U.S., and risen in virtually every other country.

Ben Affleck's The Town, which he directed and stars in, will be released by Warner September 17.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, vampire stories (in film, TV, books, etc) have brought north of $7 billion to the Hollywood industry. What makes vampires so hot, cool–and bankable? 

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Daniel Stamm's "The Last Exorcism," starring Patrick Fabian and Ashley Bell, will be released by Lionsgate August 27.

"Dinner for Schmucks," which stars Paul Rudd and Steve Carell, is an adaptation of the French film "Le Diner de Cons." The film, which is directed by Jay Roach, is being released by Paramount on July 30.

French filmmaker Francis Veber has long been a keen observer of human behavior, casting an eye to the comic foibles of everyday people who, for whatever (un)fortunate reason, find themselves at the center of some absurd situation or another–someone pretending to be someone else, or dealing with a make-or-break moment in life while simultaneously crossing the path of, well, someone extraordinary. 

Among his list of comedies are such titles as "Le Jouet," "La cage aux folles," "La Chévre," "Les Fugitifs," "Le Jaguar" and "Le placard." He is held in such esteem that the French government has bestowed him its highest honor of Officier of the Légion d'honneur.