CASTING AROUND

Chuck Norris goes after the Amerasian children left behind by U.S. servicemen in Vietnam when he shoots “Missing in Action 3” in the Philippines Dec. 1. Joe Zito returns to direct. . . . Dudley Moore is a successful businessman who switches bodies with his shy, awkward son in “Like Father, Like Son.” Ron Howard directs. . . . Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” gets a funky yuletide look as Robert Guillaume stars as Scrooge and directs an all-black cast in “John Grin’s Christmas.” The contemporary view co-stars Geoffrey Holder as the Ghost of Christmas Future. Now filming in Toronto. . . . Ex-Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler and Clint Walker are mountain men in “Grizzly and Grey Otter’s Wilderness Adventure,” which begins filming next week in Provo, Utah. John Denver does the narration and music. . . . Speaking of Denver, the fourth Perry Mason TV movie, “The Case of the Lost Love,” has begun filming in that city last week. Gene Barry and Jean Simmons play a couple who get involved in a murder. . . . Sly Stallone was the original choice to star in “Beverly Hills Cop.” Breaking the family tradition, wife Brigitte Nielsen will play the female lead opposite Eddie Murphy in “Beverly Hills Cop 2,” to start shooting Nov. 10. . . . In “Death Wish 4,” the street punks whom Charles Bronson has battled in the past seek him out in what Cannon promises will be the final chapter of this bloody series. Can we trust their word? The body counting starts the end of the year here.