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

Black Robe (Alliance Comm./Samson Prods.). Shooting in northern Quebec. “Jesus of Montreal’s” Lothaire Bluteau portrays a youthful Jesuit missionary who ventures into the wilderness to save souls. “Driving Miss Daisy’s” Bruce Beresford directs. Executive producers Jake Eberts and Brian Moore. Producers Robert Lantos and Stephane Reichel. Screenwriter Moore. Also stars Aden Young, Sandrine Holt and August Schellenberg.

Desert Shield (S.E.A.L.S.) (21st Century). Shooting in Israel. Rob Lowe stars in the very contemporary tale of two elite military men who attempt to infiltrate and destroy a missile installation targeting American ships in the Persian Gulf. Executive producer Ami Artzi. Producer Menahem Golan. Director Shimon Dotan. Screenwriters Dotan and Stuart Schoffman. Also stars Gale Hansen, Jan-Michael Vincent and Tracy Griffith.

Rambling Rose (Rambling Rose). Shooting in North Carolina. Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Lukas Haas and Robert Duvall star in the story of an alluringly sexy young woman and her effect on a Southern Depression-era family. Executive producer Mario Kassar and Edgar Scherick. Producer Renny Harlin. Director Martha Coolidge. Screenwriter Calder Willingham (“The Graduate,” “Little Big Man”). Distributors Seven Arts through New Line Cinema (domestic), Carolco Intl. N.V. (foreign).