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Films now going into production:Cage (Lang...

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<i> Compiled by David Pecchia</i>

Films now going into production:

Cage (Lang Elliott). Shooting in Los Angeles. Massive Lou Ferrigno stars in a story of a couple of Vietnam vets who are unwilling participants in a life and death struggle between gangland bosses. Executive producer Larry J. Lebow. Producers Lang Elliott and Jack Roe. Director Elliott. Screenwriter Hugh Kelley. Also stars Reb Brown, Al Leong, Michael Dante, Mike Moroff and Tiger Chung Lee.

Harry, This is Sally (Castle Rock). Shooting in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan and Carrie Fisher star in a modern romantic comedy orchestrated by “Stand by Me” director Rob Reiner. It’s laden with witticisms, the press reps allege. Producer Andrew Scheinman. Screenwriter Nora Ephron. Also stars Bruno Kirby. Distributor Columbia.

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Limit Up (MCEG). Shooting in Los Angeles. Nancy Allen and Dean Stockwell star in a hip tale of a Chicago trader who sells her soul to the Devil in exchange for cornering the world soybean market. Producer Jonathan D. Krane. Director/screenwriter Richard Martini. Also stars Brad Hall and Danitra Vance.

The Return of the Musketeers (Timothy Burrill). Shooting in Spain. Richard Lester directs Michael York and Oliver Reed as they reunite in a continuation of the classic based on Alexandre Dumas’ “20 Years After.” Executive producer Mario Sotela. Producer Pierre Spengler. Screenwriter George MacDonald Fraser. Also stars Frank Finlay, C. Thomas Howell, Kim Cattrall, Geraldine Chaplin, Roy Kinnear, Christopher Lee, Philippe Noiret and Richard Chamberlain. Distributor Universal.

The Salute of the Jugger (Ozfilm/Kamisha). Shooting in Australia. Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen star in a futuristic yarn following the journey of a small band of gladiators who are committed to the challenge of physical endurance, sportsmanship and the will to win. Producer Chuck Roven. Director/screenwriter David Peoples. Also stars Vincent D’Onofrio. Distributor Kings Road. April ’89 release.

See No Evil, Hear No Evil (tentative title) (Marvin Worth). Shooting in New York City. Richard Pryor (he’s blind) and Gene Wilder (he’s deaf) team up as newsstand proprietors who get entangled in murder after a very valuable coin is dropped in their change box. Producer Marvin Worth. Director Arthur Hiller. Screenwriter credit undetermined. Distributor Tri-Star.

Valmont (Renn). Shooting in Paris. Director Milos Forman gets his version of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” underway. The 18th-Century drama deals with a pair of sexual adventurers seeking to foil each other’s plots using unwitting and naive third parties. Producers Paul Rassam and Michael Hausman. Screenwriters Jean-Claude Carriere. Stars Meg Tilly, Colin Firth and Annette Bening.

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