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

Always (Amblin/Universal). Shooting in Montana and Los Angeles. Steven Spielberg directs Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter in this contemporized redo of the 1943 Spencer Tracy-Irene Dunne flick “A Guy Named Joe.” Dreyfuss, in the Tracy role, portrays a firefighter who meets a fiery death but makes an angelic return to Earth to assist an old co-worker who woos his bereaved girlfriend. Executive producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall (who else?). Producer Richard Vane. Screenwriters Jerry Belson and Ron Bass. Also stars “Roseanne’s” John Goodman and Brad Johnson. Distributor Universal. Christmas release.

Beautiful Dreamers (Cinepix). Shooting in Toronto. Rip Torn stars as poet Walt Whitman in 1880s Canada as the film details his dalliance with a physician of the female persuasion. Producer Steven Roth. Director/screenwriter John Kent Harris. Also stars Colm Feore and Wendel Meldrun.

The Boyfriend School (Braunstein/Hamady). Shooting in Charleston, N.C. Shelley Long and Steve Guttenberg star as sister and brother who operate a school where pupils acquire charms during this comedy. Executive producers John Daly and Derek Gibson. Producers George Braunstein and Ron Hamady. Director Malcolm Mowbray. Screenwriter Sarah Bird. Also stars Jami Gertz and Kyle MacLachlan.

Enemies, a Love Story (Morgan Creek). Shooting in New York and Montreal. Paul Mazursky produces and directs this adaptation of the Isaac Bashevis Singer novel. Anjelica Huston, Ron Silver and Lena Olin star in a humorous and chaotic tale of a man who distributes his emotions to three wives--simultaneously. Executive producers James G. Robinson and Joe Roth. Screenwriters Mazursky and Roger Simon. Also stars Margaret Stein and Alan King. Distributor Fox.

Enid Is Sleeping (Vestron). Shooting in Santa Fe. Judge Rheinhold, Elizabeth Perkins and Rhea Perlman star in this black comedy as Rheinhold and mistress Perkins inadvertently kill his wife and repeatedly botch attempts to dispose of the body. Executive producers Mitchell Cannold, Dori Berinstein Wasserman and Adam Platnick. Producers John Davis and Howard Malin. Director/screenwriter Maurice Phillips. Spring release.

Fatal Charm (MCEG). Shooting in Mendocino. Christopher Atkins and Amanda Peterson star in this romantic thriller concerning a charismatic man accused of multiple rape/murders and one woman’s fascination with him. Producers Bruce Cohn Curtis and Jonathan D. Krane. Director Fritz Kiersch. Screenwriter Nicholas Niciphor.

Sketches (MCEG). Shooting in various U.S. locales. C. Thomas Howell and Justine Bateman topline this sophisticated comedic tale of two college freshmen whose collective goal is to live out every fantasy of their best friend. Producer Jonathan D. Krane. Director Neal Israel. Screenwriter Paul W. Shapiro.