First Steps” and rival DC’s “Superman” ruled the box office this past weekend, giving the genre a much-needed jolt.

Our August film preview highlights a new Freaky Friday, Nobody, Bad Guys film, and the U.S. release of Chinese smash Ne Zha 2.

International audiences may recognize Alon Aboutboul as Dr. Leonid Pavel in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), a Russian physicist ...