Films going into production:Blood and Concrete...

Films going into production:

Blood and Concrete (IRS). Shooting in L.A. Jennifer Beals, Billy Zane, Harry Shearer and Darren McGavin star in this quirky tale of a dense-headed loser and car thief (Zane) who inhabits the underground streets of Hollywood. Attempts to clean up his act are thwarted by a suicidal rock ‘n’ roller of a woman (Beals) with whom he gets involved. Executive producer Paul Colichman. Producer Richard LaBrie. Director Jeffrey Reiner. Screenwriters Reiner and LaBrie.

Dogfight (D.F.). Shooting in Seattle. A San Francisco set love story with River Phoenix as a 1963 love-struck G.I. who scours the town in search of a particular young lady. Producers Peter Newman and Richard Guay. Director Nancy Savoca. Screenwriter Bob Comfort. Also stars Lili Taylor and Holly Near.

The Grand Tour (Grand Tour). Shooting in Oregon. Jeff Daniels portrays a small-town kind of guy who becomes very concerned when he discovers the identity of a few recently arrived tourists. Concerned he should be, as they’re visitors from the future who are there to witness a natural disaster. Executive producer Paul White. Producer Keith Walley. Director/screenwriter David Twohy. Also stars Emilia Crow and Marilyn Lightstone.

Night of the Living Dead (21st Century). Shooting in Pittsburgh. Original “Night” creator George A. Romero is the writer and one of the executive producers in this remake that sticks pretty close to its gruesome predecessor. Executive producers Romero and Menahem Golan. Producers John A. Russo and Russell Streiner. Director Tom Savini. Stars Tony Todd, Pat Tallman, Tom Toweles, Bill Mosley and William Butler. Distributor Columbia.

A Rage in Harlem (Palace). Shooting in Cincinnati. An all-star black cast, including Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Danny Glover, Robin Givens and Zakes Mokae, takes direction from black first-time feature director Bill Duke. In the action-comedy, Whitaker and Hines play two brothers in 1956 Harlem who relentlessly pursue Givens and her trunk filled with gold. Executive producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Nik Powell and William Horberg. Producers Kerry Boyle and Stephen Wooley. Screenwriter John Toles-Bey. Distributor Miramax.

To Die Standing (Concorde). Shooting in Lima, Peru. Action-adventure comedy with Cliff DeYoung as an American cop who is schlepped down to Colombia to fight drug wars and is assigned a Colombian partner (Robert Beltran) who tends to rub him the wrong way. Producer Roger Corman. Director Louis Morneau. Screenwriter Daryl Haney. Also stars Jamie Rose, Orlando Sacha and Craig Weller.