Films going into production: BILL...

Films going into production: BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (Production company undetermined). Shooting in Arizona. Comedy adventure about a couple of junior high students who get tossed into a time warp and meet historical figures who help them on a difficult exam. Executive producers Ted Field and Robert Cort. Producers Michael Murphy, Joel Soisson and Scott Kroopf. Director Steve Herek. Screenwriters Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. Stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves. Distributor De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. Release date undetermined.

COLORS (Solofilm Co.). Shooting in Los Angeles. Sean Penn and Robert Duvall are a couple of L.A. cops in the C.R.A.S.H. (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) unit who deal with urban street gangs. Producer Robert Solo. Director Dennis Hopper. Screenwriter Michael Schiffer. Also with Maria Conchita Alonso. Distributor Orion. Release date undetermined.

FATAL BEAUTY (MGM). Shooting in Los Angeles. Whoopi Goldberg portrays a tough big-city detective who sets out on a personal crusade to stop a lethal designer drug out on the streets. Producer Leonard Kroll. Director Tom Holland. Screenwriters Hilary Henkin, Dean Reisner and Holland. Distributor MGM/UA Distribution Co. Release date undetermined.

PASS THE AMMO (Vista). Shooting in Eureka Springs, Ark. Bill Paxton and Linda (“ ‘Crocodile’ Dundee”) Kozlowski star as lovers who attempt to regain the family fortune that was ripped off by a corrupt television evangelist. Producers Herb Jaffe and Mort Engelberg. Director David Beaird. Screenwriters Neil Cohen and Joel Cohen. Also stars Annie Potts and Tim Curry. Distributor New Century/Vista. Early ’88 release.

STREET JUSTICE (Street Justice Productions). Shooting in New York City and Toronto. Action thriller focusing on an American secret agent who’s marked for death--by the U.S. government. Executive producer Sandy Howard. Producers Michael Masciarelli and David Witz. Director Richard Sarafian. Screenwriter James J. Docherty. Stars Michael Ontkean, Joanna Kearns, J. D. Cannon, Catherine Bach and William Windom. Distributor and release date undetermined.

WALKER (Edward R. Pressman Film Corp.). Shooting in Mexico and Nicaragua. The story of William Walker, a real-life American mercenary who went off to 1855 Nicaragua on a mission and took over the country. Producer Edward R. Pressman. Director Alex Cox. Screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer. Stars Ed Harris and Marlee Matlin. Distributor Universal. Late ’87 release.