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Films going into production:THE BOARDER (Boarder...

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<i> Compiled by David Pecchia</i>

Films going into production:

THE BOARDER (Boarder Productions). Shooting in the Caribbean and L.A. A pregnant woman and her husband rent out their garage to a stranger who tells them a seemingly simple ancient fable that unfolds into a living nightmare. Executive producer Paul R. Gurian. Producers Ted Field and Robert Cort. Director Carl Schultz. Screenwriters Clifford and Ellen Green. Stars Demi Moore, Jurgen Prochnow and Michael Biehn. Distributor Tri-Star. Release date undetermined.

BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY (Mirage/UA). Shooting in NYC. Michael J. Fox stars as a hip staff researcher at a prestigious magazine who hits the Big Apple nightlife in a frenzy after suffering a devastating personal loss. Based on Jay McInerney’s novel. Producers Sydney Pollack and Mark Rosenberg. Director Joyce Chopra. Screenwriter Tom Cole. Also stars Keifer Sutherland. Distributor MGM/UA Distribution Co. Early ’88 release.

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DEATH WISH IV (Cannon). Shooting in L.A. Charles Bronson returns to again buck the system and eliminate some scum of the earth. Executive producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. Producer Pancho Kohner. Director J. Lee Thompson. Screenwriter Gail Morgan Hickman. Release date undetermined.

HELLO AGAIN (Todd A-O). Shooting in NYC. Shelley Long is a Long Island housewife who comes back from the dead, returns to Manhattan and discovers that things have really changed since her death. Executive producer Salah Hassanein. Producers Frank Perry and Martin Mickelson. Director Perry. Screenwriter Susan Isaacs. Distributor Buena Vista. Fall release.

MAYBE BABY (Tri-Star). Shooting in L.A. and Winnipeg. Molly Ringwald stars as a high school senior who’s pregnant and doesn’t want to be. The film deals with how her parents and boyfriend’s parents deal with this touchy situation. Producers Jerry Belson and Walter Coblenz. Director John Avildsen. Screenwriter Tim Kazurinsky and Denise DeClue. Also stars Randall Batnikoff and Kenneth Mars. Release date undetermined.

POLTERGEIST III (MGM). Shooting in Chicago. They’re back . . . again. The nasty special-effects specters have relocated to Chicago to further terrorize the adorable Heather O’Rourke. Producer Barry Bernardi. Director Gary Sherman. Screenwriters Sherman and Brian Taggert. Stars Heather O’Rourke and Zelda Rubinstein. Distributor MGM/UA Distribution Co. Release date undetermined.

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