Films going into production:The Gamble (Cecchi-Gori)....

Films going into production:

The Gamble (Cecchi-Gori). Shooting in Rome and Venice. Matthew Modine, Faye Dunaway and Jennifer Beals star in this swashbuckling period piece about a young man (Modine) who gambles away his life and the conflicts that follow during his travels. Producer Vittorio Cecchi-Gori. Director Carlo Vanzina. Screenwriters Carlo and Enrico Vanzina. Distributor Warner Bros.

A Man of Passion (Golden Sun S.A.). Shooting on the Costa Brava, Spain. Anthony Quinn portrays the title character, a free-spirited painter (both artistically and sexually) whose actress daughter stops by with his grandson on a visit. The relationship between the elder and the youth forms the center of the story. Producer/director/screenwriter Jose Antonio De La Loma. Also stars Elizabeth Ashley, Ray Walston, Maud Adams and R. J. Williams.

Retribution (working title) (Tri-Culture). Shooting in S. California. Years after a Middle Eastern hostage crisis, a former American espionage agent crosses paths with one of his captors and takes her prisoner, launching them on a life or death confrontation. Executive producer David Sahakian. Producers Bruce Geuramian, Elizabeth Lynch Brown and Catherine Rocca. Director Hassan Ildari. Screenwriter Philip Alderton.

The Toxic Avenger: Part II (Troma/Lorimar). Shooting in Tokyo and NYC. Mr. Meltdown is back with a new girlfriend (bizarre musician Phoebe Legere) and his formidable opponent this time out has satanic ties. Producers Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. Directors Herz and Samuel Weil. Screenwriter Gay Terry. December release.