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Films going into production: Frankie and Johnny (Paramount). Shooting in L.A. Garry Marshall directs Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer in the filmed version of Terrence McNally’s acclaimed two-actor play, “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.” Pacino plays a cook who meets Pfeiffer, a waitress, and the two have a furious love affair. McNally adapts his play. Executive producer Alex Rose. Producer Chuck Mulvehill. Summer release. Free-Jack (Free-Jack Prods.). Shooting in Atlanta and New York. Action-adventure with Emilio Estevez as a young race car driver who is plucked from the clutches of death, dropped 20 years into the future and finds himself a pawn in a bizarre plot. Executive producers James G. Robinson, David Nicksay and Gary Barber. Producers Stuart Oken and Ronald Shusett. Director Geoff Murphy (“Young Guns II”). Screenwriters Shusett, Steve Pressfield and Dan Gilroy. Distributor Warner Bros. The Mrs. (Aysgarth Prods.). Shooting in Toronto and New York. Goldie Hawn and John Heard star in a thriller about a woman who’s disturbed to learn that her murdered husband wasn’t who she thought he was. Executive producer Anthea Sylbert. Producer Michael Finnell, Wendy Dozoretz and Ellen Collett. Director Damian Harris. Screenwriter Mary Agnes Donoghue. Distributor Buena Vista. Naked Lunch (Naked Lunch Prods.). Shooting in Toronto and Tangier. William Burroughs’ ‘50s narcotic-induced surrealistic and apocalyptic stream-of-unconsciousness novel comes to the screen directed by David Cronenberg. Cronenberg also adapts Burroughs’ work, His cast includes Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands and Roy Scheider. Producer Jeremy Thomas. Tokyo Diamond (Universal). Shooting in Tokyo and L.A. Tom Selleck stars as a big league ballplayer who travels to Japan when his playing days here near an end. Once there, he becomes lucky at the plate and lucky in love. Executive producer Jeffrey Silver. Producers Robert Newmeyer and John Kao. Director Peter Markle. Screenwriters Monte Merrick and Gary Ross. Summer release.

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