THE MOVIE CHART

Films going into production:

THE CHOCOLATE WAR (MCEG). Shooting in Seattle. “Lord of the Flies” goes to a Catholic boys school when John Glover portrays a priest who bullies his students into selling lots of chocolate bars. Producer Jonathan Krane. Director/screenwriter Keith Gordon. Also stars Adam Baldwin and Jenny Wright.

THE JANUARY MAN (MGM). Shooting in NYC and Toronto. Kevin Kline and Susan Sarandon star in this John Patrick Shanley-penned romantic murder-mystery with a comedic touch. Producers Norman Jewison and Ezra Swerdlow. Director Pat O’Connor. Also stars Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello and Rod Steiger. Distributor MGM/UA Distribution Co.

JIGSAW (Scorpion). Shooting in L.A. Crime thriller with Chad Everett as a recovering alcoholic cop who is assigned a jigsaw murder case and must also contend with a struggling actress-daughter. Producer Victor Bhalla. Director Jag Mundhra. Screenwriter Allen B. Ury. Also stars Michelle Johnson and Michael Sabatino.

THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (Vestron). Shooting in London. Ken Russell directs from Bram Stoker’s novel concerning an archeologist who unearths a mysterious skull, which is then stolen by a crafty beauty. Producer/screenwriter Russell. Stars Hugh Grant and Catherine Oxenberg.

MY STEPMOTHER IS AN ALIEN (WEG). Shooting in L.A. Romantic comedy with Dan Aykroyd as a widower and scientist in search of extra-terrestrials who encounters and falls for a not-of-this-earth Kim Basinger. His 13-year-old daughter finds it difficult to accept Dad’s new love. Executive producers Laurence Mark and Art Levinson. Producers Franklin R. Levy and Ronald Parker. Director Richard Benjamin. Screenwriters Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris and Jonathan Reynolds. Also stars Alyson Hannigan. Late ’88 release.

PRIMAL RAGE (Elpica S.A.). Shooting in Miami. A college campus becomes a place of terror when a group of students are infected and become deranged by a strange chemical during a research project. Executive producer William J. Immerman. Producer Elpico S.A.. Director Vittorio Rambaldi. Screenwriter Harry Kirkpatrick. Stars Bo Svenson, Patrick Lowe, Cheryl Arutt, Sarah Buxton, Mitch Watson and Doug Sloan. Distributor Lorimar.