Films going into production: GROUNDED (tentative...

Films going into production: GROUNDED (tentative title) (Teeny Weenies). Shooting in Mexico City. Comedy concerning a mad scientist who inadvertently unleashes a mysterious ray at his son and pals. Executive producer Tom Smith. Producer Penney Finkelman. Director Joe Johnston. Screenwriter Ed Naha. Stars Marcia Strassman and Matt (“Max Headroom”) Frewer. Christmas release.

HOMER AND EDDIE (Kings Road). Shooting in S. Calif. James Belushi is Homer, a slightly retarded fellow who is hitchhiking cross country to visit his dying father. Whoopi Goldberg is Eddie, a homicidal petty thief who picks him up and takes him for a bumpy ride. Producers Maritz Borman and Jim Cady. Director Andrei Konchalovsky. Screenwriter Pat Cirillo.

HOW I GOT INTO COLLEGE (Fox). Shooting in L.A. Anthony Edwards, Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis lead the way in this comedy on the trials and tribulations of a group of kids as they graduate from high school to college. Producer Michael Shamberg. Director Jan Eliasberg. Screenwriter Terrel Seltzer.

SEE YOU IN THE MORNING (Lorimar). Shooting in NYC. Jeff Bridges and Alice Krige portray a couple who meet and marry after Bridges’ first wife (Farrah Fawcett) dies in this Alan J. Pakula produced/directed/written drama. Also stars Drew Barrymore, Lukas Haas, David Dukes, Linda Lavin, George Hearn, Frances Sternhagen and Theodore Bikel. Late ’88 release.

SING (Sing). Shooting in Toronto. A celebration of dance and music centering on a high school and the various musical productions the students stage. Executive producer Wolfgang Glattes. Producer Craig Zadan. Director Richard Baskin. Screenwriter Dean Pitchford. Stars Lorraine Bracco, Peter Dobson, Jessica Steen and Louise Lasser. Distributor Tri-Star.

TWINS (Mantle Clinic II). Shooting in Toronto. David Cronenberg (“The Fly”) directs Jeremy Irons and Genevieve Bujold in a psychological drama about the inner workings of siblings who are born together. Executive producers Joe Roth, Silvio Tabet and Carol Baum. Producers Cronenberg and Marc Baum. Screenwriters Cronenberg and Norman Snider. Distributor 20th Century Fox. Fall release.

YOUNG GUNS (Young Guns). Shooting in Santa Fe. Siblings Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen appear together for the first time in this 1880s ensemble piece. A group of young kids (Billy the Kid being one of them) are hired to guard a ranch against the local mob. Executive producers James G. Robinson and John Fusco. Producers Joe Roth and Chris Cain. Director Cain. Screenwriter Fisco. Also stars Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Terence Stamp and Jack Palance. Distributor 20th Century Fox. Fall release.