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

Amazon (Diane Silver/Villeafla). Shooting in Brazil and Finland. Kari Vaananen and Rae Dawn Chong star in this tale of a quest for gold that leads to disaster. The film, which is a metaphor for the destruction of the rain forests, also follows Chong as she travels from the United States to South America to teach its children about foreign lands. Executive producer Andre Lazare. Producer Diane Silver. Director Mika Kaurismaki. Screenwriters Kaurismaki and Richard Reitinger.

Bullseye! (21st Century). Shooting in Great Britain. Michael Caine, Roger Moore and Sally Kirkland star in this caper described simply as the world’s greatest heist . . . almost. Executive producer Menahem Golan. Producer/director Michael Winner. Screenwriters Leslie Bricusse and Ed Naha. Also stars Deborah Barrymore.

The Russia House (Pathe). Shooting in London, Moscow, Leningrad and Maine. Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer take the lead in this political thriller directed by “Roxanne’s” Fred Schepisi. Connery is a book publisher who meets Russian beauty Pfeiffer at a trade show only to get dragged into a life-and-death scenario behind the Iron Curtain. Producers Paul Maslansky and Schepisi. Screenwriter Tom Stoppard. Distributor Warner Bros. (U.S.), Pathe (foreign).