Films going into production:COLLISION COURSE (Howard...

Films going into production:

COLLISION COURSE (Howard W. Koch/Interscope Communications). Shooting in Wilmington, N.C., and Detroit. Pat Morita and Jay Leno are culturally polarized detectives who join forces and seek the murderer of a Japanese businessman. Executive producer Rene Dupont. Producers Robert Cort and Ted Fields. Director Bob Clark. Screenwriters/co-producers Frank Namei and Robert Resnikoff. Distributor De Laurentiis Entertainment. November release.

DEATHSTREET U.S.A (Omega). Shooting in Mexico. A modern high-tech Western about the contamination of a town’s water supply by foreign agents. The result: a populace of killers. Executive producer Isabel Mastorakis. Producers Nico Mastorakis and Kirk Ellis. Director Nico Mastorakis. Screenplay Ellis. Stars Wings Hauser. Distributor Omega.

NEW ADVENTURES OF PIPPI LONGSTOCKING (Longstocking). Shooting in Jacksonville, Fla. Astrid Lindgren’s classic adventure series continues with Tammy Erin as the fun-loving, rambunctious, freckle-faced Pippi. Executive producer Mishaal Adham. Producers Gary Mehlman and Walter Moshay. Director/screenwriter Ken Annakin. Also stars Eileen Brennan, John Schuck, George DiCenzo, Diane Hull, David Seaman Jr. and Cory Crow. Distributor Columbia. Easter release.

PRISON (Lexyn). Shooting in Rawlins, Wyo. The spirit of Wyoming State Prison’s last executed inmate returns to confront the warden responsible for his wrongful death. Executive producer Charles Band. Producer Irwin Yablans. Director Renny Harlin. Screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner. Stars Lane Smith, Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field and Lincoln Kilpatrick. Distributor Empire. Late ’87 release.