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<i> Compiled by Leonard Klady</i>

Films going into production:

ABOVE THE LAW (Warner Bros). Shooting in Chicago. Two undercover cops unearth a political assassination and a CIA covert drug operation. Executive producer Robert Solo. Producers Robert Grand and John Wilson. Director Andy Davis. Screenplay Steven Pressfield, Ronald Shusett and Davis. Stars Pam Grier, Steven Seagal, Henry Silva and Sharon Stone. Distributor Warner Bros. Release date undetermined.

HAUNTED SUMMER (Cannon). Shooting in Italy. The summer of 1816 with Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, Mary Godwin, et al., spinning ghostly yarns. Executive producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. Producer Martin Poll. Director Ivan Passer. Screenplay by Lewis John Carlino based on the novel by Anne Edwards. Stars Philip Anglim, Laura Dern, Alice Krige and Eric Stoltz. Distributor Cannon. Release date undetermined.

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RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT (Jaffe/Lansing Productions). Shooting in Vancouver. Kelly McGillis plays an attorney representing a woman (Jodie Foster) in a violent gang-rape case drawn from a true incident. Producers Stanley Jaffe, Sherry Lansing and Jack Roe. Director Jonathan Kaplan. Screenplay Joan Tewkesbury. Distributor Paramount. Release date undetermined.

SAIGON PROJECT (Fox). Shooting in Thailand. Military police stalk the trail of a prostitute killer as the Vietnam war rages in the background. Producers Alan Barnette and Michael Glick. Director Christopher Crowe. Screenplay Crowe. Stars Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines, Fred Ward and Amanda Pays. Distributor Fox. Release date undetermined.

TIGER WARSAW (Continental Films). Shooting in Pennsylvania. Patrick Swayze plays a young man who returns home to effect a reconciliation with his family. Producer-director Amin Chaudhri. Screenplay Roy London. Also stars Piper Laurie, Barbara Williams and Lee Richardson. Distributor Continental. Release date undetermined.

WALL STREET (Edward Pressman Film Corp). Shooting in New York City. Charlie Sheen plays a young stock trader seduced by the prospect of success and quick monetary gains. Producers Edward Pressman and A. Kitman Ho. Director Oliver Stone. Screenplay by Stanley Weiser and Stone. Also stars Michael Douglas, Daryl Hannah and Martin Sheen. Distributor Fox. Christmas release.

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