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Films going into production: Bloodfist II (Concorde). Shooting in L.A. A gaggle of real-life kickboxing champions get together to square off for the top title in this sequel to 1989’s modest hit. Producer Roger Corman. Director Andy Blumenthal. Screenwriter Catherine Cyran. Stars Don (“The Dragon”) Wilson, James Waring and Timothy Baker. False Identity (RKO Pavilion). Shooting in L.A. James Keach directs older brother Stacy in this mystery concerning a Vietnam vet who spends 17 years in Leavenworth after being the victim of a sinister identity switch while fighting in Southeast Asia. Genevieve Bujold is the woman who helps him slowly regain his memory of the incident. Executive producers Ted Hartley, Gerald Offsay and Dan Sarnoff. Producer James Shavick. Screenwriter Sandra K. Bailey. Also stars Veronica Cartwright, Tobin Bell, Mimi Maynard and Mike Champion. Distributors RKO/Prism Ent. (U.S.), Image Org. (foreign). Late for Dinner (Castle Rock/Nelson). Shooting in New Mexico and L.A. “Buckaroo Banzai” director W. D. Richter co-produces and directs this sci-fi comedy examining the travails of two regular guys who accidentally get freeze-dried in a cryogenics lab and emerge 30 years later. Producers Richter and Dan Lupowitz. Screenwriter Mark Andrus. Stars Brian Wimmer and Pete Berg. Distributor Columbia. Late ’90 release. Too Much Sun (CineTel). Shooting in L.A. The elder Robert Downey directs and co-writes this black comedy of religion, greed and sex while son Robert Downey Jr. and Eric Idle star. Producers Paul Hertzberg and Lisa Hansen. Screenwriters Downey Sr., Laura Ernst and Al Schwartz.

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