Films going into production: Charlie’s...

Films going into production: Charlie’s Ear (Walnut Street Prods.). Shooting in Houston. It’s described as “one day in the life of an ordinary guy who wakes up to a very bad day.” Think “Blue Velvet “ meets “The Twilight Zone.” Executive producers Chuck McCrory and Betty Lee. Producer McCrory. Director/screenwriter Gary Chasen. Stars Austin Pendleton, Catherine Hyland, Tony Fields and Sebastian Massa. Hit Man (Continental Film Group). Shooting in Pittsburgh. Forest Whitaker stars as a mob killing machine who vows to turn over a new leaf before his last hit. Producer Amin Q. Chaudhri. Director Roy London. Screenwriter Kenneth Pressman. Also stars Sherilyn Fenn, Valerie Perrine, Jim Belushi, Sharon Stone, Lois Chiles and Charles Dutton. Hot Shots (PAP Inc. Prods.). Shooting in L.A. Charlie Sheen and Cary Elwes star in a spoof of a misfit band of Navy pilots in training for a special mission. Director Jim Abrahams (“Big Business”). Producers Bill Badalato and Abrahams. Screenwriters Abrahams and Pat Proft. Distributor Fox. Summer release. Problem Child II (Universal). Shooting in Orlando. Lovable Junior has moved to a new town but meets his match in Trixie, a little girl even more raucous than he is. John Ritter, Jack Warden and Michael Oliver all return. Producer Robert Simonds. Director Brian Levant. Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Summer release.