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

The Chair (IRS Media). Shooting in L.A. Rod Steiger, “Poltergeist’s” small medium Zelda Rubinstein and “Drugstore Cowboy’s” Heather Graham all star in this darkish, revenge comedy. A man constructs a homemade electric chair in his basement with which to fry rapists and murderers who get off via technicalities. Another plot jolt involves a malicious politician and his vindictive spouse. Producer Randy Gale. Director Sam Irvin. Screenwriter Charles Gale.

The Color of Evening (Christara Pics.). Shooting in Venice, Calif. Martin Landau plays a painter frustrated by the aging process and Ellen Burstyn the woman who injects vim and vigor into both his love life and canvases. Executive producer Ara Avaness. Producer/director Stephen Thomas Stafford. Screenwriters Tamara Lynn Roth and Hesper Anderson. Also stars Ione Skye and Roddy McDowall.

Fire Princess (Eagle/Zalon Ent.). Shooting in England and Italy. Eric Roberts stars in this story based on the diary of Josephine Crosby, who was shot by husband Harry Crew Crosby shortly before he pulled the trigger on himself. The two met in Venice, circa the 1920s, and enjoyed a steamy affair until their grisly demise. Executive producers Rene L. Ash, Gila Zalon and Alexandra Yacovlef. Director Alan Bridges. Screenwriter Rebecca Kalin. Distributor Axelia Ent.

Married to It (Three Pair Prods.). Shooting in Toronto and New York. Arthur Hiller directs this comedy starring Cybill Shepherd, Stockard Channing, Ron Silver, Mary Stuart Masterson, “Dead Poets Society’s” Robert Sean Leonard and Beau Bridges. Marital bliss, marital schmiss as we follow a trio of New York contemporary couples who flail away at the pressures of modern married life. Executive producers Peter Herald. Producer Thomas Baer. Screenwriter Janet Kovalcik. Distributor Orion.