Films going into production:BUY AND CELL...

Films going into production:

BUY AND CELL (tentative title) (Altar). Shooting in Rome. A contemporary comedy involving insider trading--in a prison. Executive producer Charles Band. Producer Frank Yablans. Director/screenwriter Robert Boris. Stars Robert Carradine, Michael Winslow, Imogene Coca, Ben Vereen, Randall (Tex) Cobb, Rowdy Roddy Piper and Malcolm McDowell. Distributor Empire. Early ’88 release.

CONSUMING PASSIONS (Samuel Goldwyn/Euston). Shooting in London. Inept executive Tyler Butterworth has the task of modernizing an old, established chocolate company. Chaosensues. Producer William Cartlidge. Director Giles Foster. Screenwriters Andrew Davies and Paul D. Zimmerman. Story by (Monty Python’s) Michael Palin and Terry Jones. Also stars Vanessa Redgrave, Jonathan Pryce and Freddie Jones. Distributor Goldwyn. Early ’88 release.

JUDGMENT IN BERLIN (Sheen/Greenblatt). Shooting in Berlin. Martin Sheen toplines a true story of an East German couple who hijacked a Polish airliner to West Berlin circa 1978. Executive producers Sheen and William Greenblatt. Producer Joshua Sinclair. Director Leo Penn. Screenwriters Penn and Sinclair. Also stars Sean Penn, Sam Wanamaker, Carl Lumbly and Max Gail.

LITTLE SISTER (BBC). Shooting in N. Florida. John Hurt stars in the story (from Arthur Wise’s novel) of a banker who, after stealing a million in bonds, becomes bizarrely involved with a troublesome young girl. Producer Louis Marks. Director/screenwriter Anthony Simmons. Also stars Karen Young and Barbara Bosson. Distributor Nelson Entertainment. Early ’88 release.

MR. NORTH (Heritage). Shooting in Rhode Island. Light satire (based on Thornton Wilder’s novel) about Theophilus North, a charming and witty fellow who comes to a coastal town and gets involved in its peoples’ lives. Executive producer John Huston. Producers Steven Haft and Skip Steloff. Director Danny Huston. Screenwriters John Huston and Janet Roach. Stars Anthony Edwards, Anjelica Huston, John Huston, Burgess Meredith, Harry Dean Stanton, David Warner, Mary Stuart Masterson and Virginia Masden.