Films beginning production this week :BACKFIRE...

Films beginning production this week :

BACKFIRE (Bell Productions). Shooting in British Columbia. All the producers will say is that it’s a psychological drama. Producer Dan Rissner. Director Gil Cates. Screenwriters Larry Brand and Rebecca Reynolds. Stars Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Jeff Fahey, Dinah Manoff, Dean Paul Martin and Bernie Casey. Distributor and release date undetermined.

THE FROG PRINCE (Cannon Films). Shooting in Israel. Not a disparaging remark against the pop idol, but instead one of Cannon’s fairy-tale series concerning a lonely girl who befriends a frog. Executive producer Itzik Kol. Producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. Director/screenwriter Jackson Hunsicker. Stars Aileen Quinn and Clive Revill. Release date undetermined.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (Cannon Films). Shooting in Israel. This film in Cannon’s fairy-tale series deals with the widely told tale of Little Red and her problems with the wily wolf. Producers Golan and Globus. Director Adam Brooks. Screenwriter Carol Lucia Satrina. Stars Isabella Rossellini. Release date undetermined.

MALONE (Mont-Blanc Films). Shooting in Hedley, British Columbia. Burt Reynolds sides with a garage owner and his daughter in a fight against a secret organization. Producer Leo Fuchs. Director Harley Cokliss. Screenwriters Christopher Frank and Fuchs. Stars Reynolds, Cliff Robertson and Kenneth McMillan. Distributor Orion. Release date undetermined.

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Edward R. Pressman Productions/Cannon Films). Shooting in Los Angeles. Dolph Lundgren (“Rocky IV’s” Soviet fighting machine) plays He-Man, who has a lot of ferocious battles. Executive producers Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus and David Odell. Producer Pressman. Director Gary Goddard. Screenwriter Odell. Also stars Frank Langella and Meg Foster. Distributor Cannon Films. Release date undetermined.

ROXANNE (Screen Gems Canada). Shooting in Vancouver. A comedic contemporary love story loosely based on “Cyrano de Bergerac.” Producers Daniel Melnick and Michael Rachmil. Director Fred Schepisi. Screenwriter Steve Martin. Stars Martin, Daryl Hannah, Shelley Duvall and Rick Rossovich. Distributor Columbia. Release date undetermined.

SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (John Hughes Productions). Shooting in Los Angeles. One young man’s search for honor. Executive producers Michael Chinich and Ronald Colby. Producer/screenwriter John Hughes. Director Howard Deutch. Stars Eric Stolz, Mary Stuart Masterson and Craig Scheffer. Distributor Paramount. Early spring release.