Films going into production:DAREDREAMER (Lensman). Shooting...

Films going into production:

DAREDREAMER (Lensman). Shooting in Seattle. A rock comedy musical that takes place during a 24-hour period in the life of a compulsive dreamer. Producer Pat Royce. Director Barry Caillier. Screenwriters Royce, Caillier, Tim Noah and Josh Conescu. Stars Noah, Michael Jackson and Alyce LaTourelle.

HEARTBREAK HOTEL (tentative title) (Heartbreak). Shooting in Austin, Tex. Chris Columbus writes/directs this comedy about some kids (ca. early ‘70s) who kidnap Elvis Presley (David Keith) and hold him prisoner at their house so he can entertain Mom. Producers Lynda Obst and Debra Hill. Distributor Buena Vista.

OFFICE PARTY (SC). Shooting in Toronto. Psychological black comedy concerning an everyday kinda guy, working at the same company for 10 years, who suddenly takes everyone at the office hostage. Producers Nicholas Stiliadis, Syd Cappe and George Flak. Director George Mihalka. Screenwriter Michael A. Gilbert. Stars David Warner, Michael Ironside, Jayne Eastwood and Kate Vernon.

SAY ANYTHING (Gracie). Shooting in L.A. James L. Brooks exec produces this “unlikely love story” starring youthful thesps John Cusack and Ione Skye. Producer Polly Platt. Director/screenwriter Cameron Crowe.

TRUE BELIEVER (TBP). Shooting in San Leandro. James Woods and Robert Downey Jr. star as lawyer and law school grad who reopen the case of an young Asian imprisoned for a murder he may not have committed. Executive producer Peter Rosten. Producers Walter Parkes and Lawrence Laske. Director Joseph Ruben. Screenwriter Wesley Strick. Distributor Columbia.