Films beginning production this week.CRIMES OF...

Films beginning production this week.

CRIMES OF THE HEART (Freddie Fields/Burt Sugarman Productions.). Shooting in Southport, N.C. Based on Beth Henley’s Pulitzer-winning comedy about three sisters who reunite in their Mississippi hometown. Executive Producer Burt Sugarman. Producer Freddie Fields. Director Bruce Beresford. Screenwriter Henley. Stars Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Hurd Hatfield and Sam Shepard. Distributed by DEG. December release.

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (Cannon Films). Shooting in Austin, Tex. It’s been 13 years since demented Leatherface terrorized and butchered some teens. . . . Now he’s back. Executive Producers Henry Holmes and James Jorgensen. Producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. Director Tobe Hooper. Screenwriter L. M. Kit Carson. Stars Dennis Hopper. Late summer release.

DEAD OR ALIVE (New World). Shooting in Los Angeles. A bounty hunter is enlisted by the government to try to track down a man bent on destroying Los Angeles. Producer Bob Peters. Director Gary Sherman. Screenwriters Michael Patrick Goodman and Brian Taggert. Stars Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons and Robert Guillaume. Release date undetermined.

INTERZONE (Trans World Entertainment). Shooting in Italy. Futuristic action-thriller hits the open road a la Mad Max with an attempt to take it one step further. Executive Producer Moshe Diamant. Producer Aristide Massasagi. Director Deran Sarafiain. Screenwriter James Edwards. Stars Bruce Abbott and Tegan Clive. Release date undetermined.

RED NIGHTS (Trans World Entertainment). Shooting in Los Angeles. Black-comedy exploring the struggles of a young actor who unwittingly enters a world of theft, blackmail and murder that is all too real. Executive Producer Moshe Diamant. Producer Ron Wolotzky. Director/screenwriter Izhak Hanooka. Stars Christopher Parker, Brian Matthews and Aldo Ray. Release date undetermined.