Films going into production:FINDING MAUBEE (A&M;)....

Films going into production:

FINDING MAUBEE (A&M;). Shooting in Jamaica. Denzel Washington is a police chief on a Caribbean island and Robert (“Hollywood Shuffle”) Townsend is Maubee, the childhood friend he must arrest for murder. Executive producers Gil Friesen and Dale Pollock. Producers Sandy Lieberson, Marion Hunt and Ed Elbert. Director Carl Schenkel. Screenwriter Hampton Fancher. Also stars Mimi Rogers, James Fox and M. Emmet Walsh. Distributor MGM/UA.

RYAN’S RAGE (Intervision Media). Shooting in S. California. Actioner with the title referring to detective Jack Ryan’s assignment involving a network of white-slavery enthusiasts. Producer Titus Moody and Hank McQuade. Director Frank West. Screenwriters McQuade and Sheila Thompson. Stars Julius Dawson, Chuck McCaslin and Thompson.

SLIPSTREAM (Entertainment Film). Shooting in London and Turkey. Following a natural cataclysm that destroys a society that once was, Mark Hamill and a band of adventurers escape by riding a violent current of air known as the “Slipstream.” Executive producers William Braunstein and Arthur Maslansky. Producer Gary Kurtz. Director Steven Lisberger. Screenwriters Tony Kayden and Lisberger. Also stars F. Murray Abraham, Bob Peck, Bill Paxton, Kitty Aldridge and Ben Kingsley.