Films going into production:THE AMERICAN SCREAM...

Films going into production:

THE AMERICAN SCREAM (Genesis). Shooting in Camp Nelson and L.A. sexpot Edy Williams leads the way in a black comedy about a couple who takes their kids to a resort which turns out to be devoid of youngsters. The reason--the grown-ups of the town eliminate all pre-adolescents and soon go for this new blood. Executive producers Icekcq Tenenbaum and Elliot Siegel. Producer Lori Levine. Director/screenwriter Mitchell Linden. Also stars Blackie Dammett. Summer release.

THE BURNING SECRET (Vestron/Chelsea/B.A.). Shooting in Czechoslovakia. Drama set in the 1920s with Faye Dunaway and Klaus Maria Brandauer in a tale of a young mother who takes her son to a country sanitarium where they meet an injured but wise Austrian baron. Producers Norma Heyman, Carol Greene and Eberhardt Junkersdorf. Director/screenwriter Andrew Birkin. Distributor Vestron. Fall release.

HIT LIST (CineTel). Shooting in L.A. A hit man assigned to silence a potential witness against the mob goes to the wrong house and throws an innocent man (Jan-Michael Vincent) into terror. Director William Lustig. Screenwriter B.J. Goldman. Also stars Lance Henricksen and Charles Napier. Fall release.

OLD GRINGO (Columbia). Shooting in Mexico. Based on the Carlos Fuentes novel. Jane Fonda portrays a prim American governess and Gregory Peck an expatriate Yank journalist in the Mexican Revolution. Executive producer David Wisniewitz. Producers Fonda and Lois Bonfiglio. Director Luis Puenzo. Screenwriters Puenzo and Aida Bortnick. Also stars Jimmy Smits. Fall release.

RANSOM IN BLOOD (Noble/Danas). Shooting in Dubrovnik and Belgrade. Modern day action picture about international terrorism. Executive producer Dragnan Vojnov. Producer Ika Panajotovic. Director Panajotovic. Screenwriter James Gordon White. Stars Cassandra Gava and George Montgomery. Distributor Noble.

SALSA (Cannon). Shooting in L.A. Lots of dancing (“Dirty Dancing’s” Kenny Ortega choreographs) with a group of teens who learn that not only is salsa a way of dance--it’s a way of life. Producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. Director Boaz Davidson. Screenwriters Davidson and Tomas Benitez. Stars Robby Rosa, Rodney Harvey, Valente Rodriguez, Magali Garcia, Moon Orona, Miranda Garrison and Engela Alvarado. Summer release.