Films going into production: The Addams...

Films going into production: The Addams Family (Orion). Shooting in Roanoke, Va., and L.A. Cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld’s debut directing effort is a humorous romp inspired by the Charles Addams cartoons and a short-lived ‘60s TV series. In it, Raul Julia will play Gomez; Anjelica Huston essays Morticia and Christopher Lloyd becomes Uncle Fester. Producer Scott Rudin. Screenwriters Caroline Thompson and Larry Wilson. Also stars “Mermaids’ ” Christina Ricci. Dead On (CineTel Films). Shooting in L.A. Ray Sharkey, Leo Rossi, Meg Foster and Miles O’Keeffe all contribute to this thriller focusing on a L.A. flatfoot who delves into a series of brutal slaughters, only to be chagrined to learn that the killings are actually part of an international espionage ring. Executive producer Paul Hertzberg. Producer Lisa M. Hansen. Director Michael Schroeder. Screenwriter Mark Sevi. Dutch (Hughes Ent./20th Century Fox). Shooting in Chicago and L.A. Distributor Fox. Producer/scribe John Hughes follows his recent “Home Alone” with this comedy starring “Married . . . With Children’s” Ed O’Neill. It’s about a rich, snobbish kid who experiences real life in the real world when his divorced mom’s blue-collar boyfriend drives him home for Thanksgiving. Director Peter Faiman (“ ‘Crocodile’ Dundee”). Summer release. Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (New Line Cinema). Shooting in L.A. Yeah, and the check’s in the mail as this installment is being touted as the one in which Freddy Krueger allegedly will make his final nocturnal nasty. Producer Aron Warner. Director Rachel Talalay. Screenwriter Michael DeLuca. Stars Robert Englund, of course. Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (Paramount). Shooting in L.A. and Washington, D.C. Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley return, as Nielsen’s character exposes a sleazily underhanded government energy policy. George Kennedy and O.J. Simpson also reprise their roles. Executive producers Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and David Zucker (a.k.a. “ZAZ”). Producer Robert K. Weiss. Director D. Zucker. Screenwriter Pat Proft.