Films beginning production this week.EXTREME PREJUDICE...

Films beginning production this week.

EXTREME PREJUDICE (Extreme Prejudice Prods./Carolco). Shooting in El Paso and L.A. Action-packed thriller that tells the story of a third-generation Texas Ranger who’s determined to see that justice always prevails. Executive Producers Andrew Vajna and Mario Kassar. Producer Buzz Feitshans. Director Walter Hill. Stars Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Rip Torn and Maria Conchita Alonso. Distributor and release date undetermined.

FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM (Conquest Entertainment). Shooting in L.A. Four grim scary tales exploring such subjects as necrophilia, voodoo and carnival freaks with the inimitable Vincent Price as a central character. Producers Darin L. Scott and William Burr. Director Jeff C. Burr. Screenwriters C. Courtney Joyner, Jeff C. Burr and Scott. Stars Price, Susan Tyrrell, Martine Beswicke, Clu Gulager and Cameron Mitchell. Distributor undetermined. Fall release.

STREET SMART (Cannon Films). Shooting in Montreal and NYC. Christopher Reeve is back in the role of a newspaper reporter (though this time without his famous undergarments) who is a media sensation following his acclaimed series on pimps--which he fabricated. Later subpoenaed to testify at a murder trial, he finds himself in a very delicate situation. Producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. Director Jerry Schatzberg. Screenwriter David Freeman. Early ’87 release.

TRICK OR TREAT (Famous Films/Soisson Murphey Prods.). Shooting in North Carolina. A rock ‘n’ roll horror-comedy that follows the exploits of a social reject who gets revenge against his antagonists on Halloween night with the help of a dead rock star. Producers Joel Soisson and Michael Murphey. Director Charles Martin Smith. Screenwriters Michael Murphey, Joel Soisson and Rhet Topham. Stars Marc Price, Tony Fields and Lisa Orgolini. Distributed by the Dino De Laurentiis Group. October release.