<i> Films going into production:</i>

THE FLY II (Brooksfilm). Shooting in Vancouver. Eric Stoltz steps in to star as the fly’s son (Jeff Goldblum perished in the ’86 remake) and must race against time to solve the puzzle of his father’s telepod and try to unmix his own housefly genes. Executive producer Mel Brooks. Producer Steven-Charles Jaffe. Director Chris Walas. Screenwriters Jim and Ken Wheat. Distributor 20th Century Fox. Winter ’89 release.

HALLOWEEN IV (Trancas). Shooting in Salt Lake City. Donald Pleasence returns (as does masked slasher Michael) as Dr. Loomis in this new installment of terror, which promises to get back to the scare-’em-up style of the first “Halloween.” Executive producer Moustapha Akkad. Producer Paul Freeman. Director Dwight H. Little. Screenwriter Allan B. McElroy. Stars Ellie Cornell and Danielle Harris.

NEW YORK STORIES (Touchstone). Shooting in NYC. Three separate scenarios directed by three accomplished movie directors: Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Francis Coppola. Allen pens his own segment, and stars with Mia Farrow and Julie Kavner, with Mayor Ed Koch in a cameo. Scorsese’s episode is written by Richard Price. Coppola scripts his with his daughter, Sofia. Bob Greenhut is the overall producer. Distributor Buena Vista.

PENN & TELLER GET KILLED (Lorimar). Shooting in NYC. P & T, the hippest magicians in the world, go on TV to complain how boring life is and the next thing you know they’re targeted for death by some twisted viewer. Producer/director Arthur Penn. Screenwriters Penn Jillette and Teller.

ROADHOUSE (Silver). Shooting in Northern California. Patrick Swayze finds himself a reluctant hero in a corrupt Midwestern town who encourages the townspeople to stand up for themselves and whip the bad guys. Producer Joel Silver. Director Rowdy Harrington. Screenwriters Lance Hill and Hilary Henkin. Distributor MGM/UA Distribution Co. Early ’89 release.

WITCHES (Jim Henson) Shooting in Norway and England. A boy and his grandmother have a frightening encounter with a group of witches whose objective is to turn all the children of England into mice. From a Roald Dahl children’s novel. Executive producer Jim Henson. Director Nicolas Roeg. Screenwriter Allan Scott. Stars Anjelica Huston. Distribution Lorimar.