Films going into production:APT PUPIL (Apt...

Films going into production:

APT PUPIL (Apt Pupil). Shooting in L.A. A drama (based on Stephen King’s novella) concerning a young boy who discovers a former Nazi war criminal. Producers William Frye and Richard Kobritz. Director Alan Bridges. Screenwriters Ken Wheat and Jim Wheat. Stars Nicol Williamson, Ricky Schroder, David Ackroyd, Christina Belford and Richard Masur.

KANSAS (Trans World). Shooting in Kansas. Matt Dillon and Andrew McCarthy are two very different fellows who run into each other on a freight train and end up involved in an ill-fated bank robbery. Executive producers Moshe Diamant and Chris Chesser. Producer George Litto. Director David Stevens. Screenwriter Spencer Eastman. Distributor TWE.

TOMMY TRICKER AND THE STAMP TRAVELER (La Fete). Shooting in Montreal, China and Australia. Anthony Rogers and Lucas Evans play Tommy and the Traveler, respectively, in an adventure-comedy about an 11-year-old boy who plans to see the world when he discovers a formula that enables him to become so small that he can travel on a stamp. Producer Rock Demers. Director/screenwriter Michael Rubbo. Also stars Jill Stanley. Fall ’88 release.