Films going into production: Mistress...

Films going into production: Mistress (Mistress Productions). Shooting in L.A. Robert De Niro exec-produces and cameos in this darkish tale of a group of former Hollywood stars who try desperately to get a movie made. When their meddlesome mistresses vie to get cast in the film, comedy is generated. Producers Meir Teper and Ruth Charny. Director Barry Primus. Screenwriters Primus and J.F. Lawton.

Rush (The Zanuck Co.). Shooting in Houston. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Patric and Sam Elliott have been chosen to star in Kim Wozencraft’s triumphant bestseller. Leigh plays the true-life undercover narc who became hopelessly addicted to the very substance she’s been hired to confiscate. Producer Richard Zanuck. Director Lili Fini Zanuck. Screenwriter Peter Dexter. Distributor MGM/Pathe.

Someone Like You (Artistic License). Shooting in Sacramento. This comedy looks at the various ways people go about seeking the right romantic partner in these contemporary and calamitous times. Executive producer Tom Naygrow. Producer Frank Coccaro. Director/screenwriter Jim Meyers. Stars Jim Bonfield, Amy Tribbey and Rena Davonne.

Wind (Filmlink/International/Zoetrope). Shooting in Rhode Island and Australia. Matthew Modine and Jennifer Grey star in director Carroll Ballard’s action-adventure-drama centering on yachting’s prestigious America’s Cup. Executive producers Francis Ford Coppola and Fred Fuchs. Producers Mata Yamamoto and Tom Luddy. Screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer.