There are five, count ‘em, five, new films in relatively wide release this weekend. It seems the studios are all trying to cash in on that last bit of summer spare time before Fall creeps in and starts limiting audiences to evenings and weekends.

While none of this week’s new films are playing in more than 3,000 theaters, nor have they received a major onslaught of publicity, the one you’ve probably heard most about is The House Bunny, from Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions. It stars Anna Faris as a bunny who has been kicked out of the Playboy Mansion, and ends up as a housemother at a sorority filled with nerds and misfits. Young, gravely voiced Emma Stone plays the Greek geek president, which is an interesting contrast to her cool, indie bass player role in The Rocker, which also opens this week.

The Rocker features Rainn Wilson (The Office, Six Feet Under, Juno, The Last Mimzy) as a heavy metal drummer who is abandoned by his band on the eve of their meteoric rise to stardom. Twenty years later, he is asked to sit in with his nerdy nephew’s pop band. Forced to practice in separate locations linked by web cam, Fish doesn’t quite understand that his band mates will be able to see him as well as hear him, and he takes to jamming in the nude. A precocious little sister makes these sessions available to everyone via You Tube, and, Voila! A new musical sensation is born. Fox execs are hoping that Wilson’s avid Office fan base will pull in the viewers.

Another comedy about teenagers making its debut this weekend is Hamlet 2, which many say will be the sleeper hit of the year, and could possibly repeat the success of Little Miss Sunshine. Steve Coogan plays a pathetic high school drama teacher at the end of his rope. His only hope is to rally his students and stage a successful, original musical called Hamlet 2. Irreverent pundits are already predicting an Oscar nod for the original song, “Rock Me Sexy Jesus.”

Moving down an age bracket is The Longshots, about a rag tag Pop Warner football team attempting to overcome the odds of a disintegrating town and crumbling family units to try to put together a winning season, let alone a championship playoff. So as not to be confused with every other against-all-odds sports movie, this one has the gimmick of a female quarterback. Other distinctions include The Longshots being directed by former Limp Bizkit front man Fred Durst, and a starring role for Ice Cube, who plays the unemployed, reticent inspiration for his quarterback niece.

Last, but certainly not least of the wide releases is Death Race, a remake of the Roger Corman cult classic Death Race 2000. It has a killer cast that includes Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Jacob Vargas, Natalie Martinez and Tyrese Gibson, among many others. Statham plays an innocent convict who is forced to compete in a brutal armored auto race on Terminal Island, in which the prisoners use all sorts of heavy artillery to maim and kill their competition. Joan Allen plays the icy prison warden who orchestrates the event.