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

F/X 2 (Orion). Shooting in Toronto. Bryan Brown returns as cinematic special effects wizard as does ex-cop Brian Dennehy. The nemeses this time out are pilferers of a fortune in rare Vatican coins. Producers Dodi Fayed. Director Richard Franklin. Screenwriter Bill Condon.

The Perfect Bride (Pierre David/Westwind/Heron). Shooting in L.A. and Montreal. Sammi Davis and Kelly Preston star in this thriller of a woman who suspects her brother is about to get hitched to the perfect woman--unless she happens to also be a murderess. Executive producers Glenn Greene and David Bixler. Producers Pierre David and Monica Webb. Director Terrence O’Hara. Screenwriters Claire and Monte Montgomery. Also stars Linden Ashby. Distributor Heron (U.S.), Image (foreign).

The Rookie (Malpaso). Shooting in L.A. Clint Eastwood directs himself and Charlie Sheen as they play old cop and young cop on the trail of an auto theft ring. Producers Howard Kazanjian, Steven Siebert and David Valdes. Screenwriters Boaz Yakin and Scott Spiegel. Also stars Lara Flynn Boyle. Distributor Warner Bros.

Run (Hollywood Pictures). Shooting in Vancouver. Patrick Dempsey and Tracy Pollan star in this suspense thriller about a Harvard Law student who’s wrongly accused of killing the son of a mob boss. Will he clear his name in time? Producer Raymond Wagner. Director Geoff Burrowes. Screenwriters Dennis Shryack and Michael Blodgett. Distributor Buena Vista.

Sibling Rivalry (Castle Rock Ent.). Shooting in L.A. and Marin County. Carl Reiner directs Kirstie Alley who plays a sexually frustrated housewife whose little infidelity causes big problems as she tries to keep it from being widely known. Executive producers Howard West and George Shapiro. Producers David V. Lester and Don Miller. Screenwriter Martha Goldhirsh. Also stars Bill Pullman, Carrie Fisher, Jami Gertz, Scott Bakula, Sam Elliott and Ed O’Neill. Distributors Columbia (U.S.), Nelson (foreign).

Slave Master (BrentEric). Shooting in Southern California. Adrian Zmed stars in this sci-fi suspenser. He follows a young woman as she tracks her father’s murderer across the solar system to a Los Angeles climax. Executive producer David Cooper. Producers Eric Steven Linden and Brent Mosley. Director Linden. Screenwriter David Rambaldi. Also stars Pola Churchill and Michael Forest. Summer release.

Switch (Blake Edwards/HBO/Cinema Plus). Shooting in L.A. and NYC. When a notorious womanizer dies and goes to heaven, the gatekeeper there sends him back to Earth to teach him a lesson. The body he takes: Ellen Barkin. Producer Tony Adams. Distributors Warner Bros. (U.S.), Odyssey (foreign).