Films going into production: BACK...

Films going into production: BACK TO THE BEACH (working title) (Paramount). Shooting in L.A. Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, the ‘60s beach couple, are married now and are lured to the sand and waves once again by their college-age daughter. A culture-clash comedy. Producer Frank Mancuso Jr. Director Lyndall Hobbs. Summer release.

COUCH TRIP (Orion). Shooting in L.A. Dan Aykroyd leads the way in this comedy about an inmate who escapes from a mental hospital and becomes a hero impersonating a psychiatrist. Producers Lawrence Gordon and Gordon Webb. Director Michael Ritchie. Screenwriters Steven Kampmann and Will Porter. Also starring Charles Grodin and Donna Dixon. Release date undetermined.

CLUB EARTH (Generic Films). Shooting in Hartford. A comedy sci-fi about an alien who lives on an intellectual but very boring planet. A hedonist at heart, he sets out for Earth to party. Producers Gorman Bechard and Kris Covello. Director Bechard. Screenwriters Bechard and Carmine Capobianco. Stars Capobianco, Debi Thibeault, Loren Freeman and Ruth Collins. Distributor Wizard. Release date undetermined.

DATE WITH AN ANGEL (DEG). Shooting in Wilmington, N.C. A female angel, stricken with a broken wing, falls from the sky into a swimming pool and the arms of a teen-age boy. Producer Martha Schumacher. Director/screenwriter Tom McLoughlin. Stars Michael Knight and Emmanuelle Beart. Release date undetermined.

THE NORTH SHORE (Finnegan Associates). Shooting in Hawaii. A wave-tank surfer in Arizona ventures to the north shore of Oahu to explore the big waves and mingle in the international surfing scene. Executive producer Randal Kleiser. Director William Phelps. Screenwriters Tim McCanlies and Phelps. Stars Gregory Harrison and Matt Adler. Distributor undetermined. Summer release.