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

Body Chemistry (Concorde). Shooting in L.A. Marc Singer and Mary Crosby are two university sexual behavior researchers who are soon drawn into an irreversible and violent passionate affair of their own. Executive producer Roger Corman. Producer Alida Camp. Director Kristine Peterson. Screenwriter Jackson Barr. Also stars Lisa Pescia.

Class Action (Interscope). Shooting in San Francisco. Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio star in this drama from “Gorillas in the Mist” director Michael Apted. Conflict rears its nasty head when father Hackman and daughter Mastrantonio find themselves at the opposite ends of a class action lawsuit. Producers Ted Field, Scott Kroopf and Robert W. Cort. Screenwriters Samantha Shad, Caroline Shelby and Christopher Ames. Distributor Fox. Fall release.

Havana (Grimes). Shooting in the Dominican Republic. Robert Redford and Lena Olin star in this first Sydney Pollack directed effort since “Out of Africa.” This romance flick casts Redford as an American gambler who saunters down to the Cuban metropolis for a bit of fun and in doing so he falls for Olin, an erstwhile actress now hitched to a Cuban revolutionary. Executive producer Ronald L. Schwary. Producer Pollack. Screenwriter Judith Rascoe. Distributor Universal. Summer release.

Maniac Cop II (Cordell). Shooting in New York and L.A. “Licence to Kill” heavy Robert David stars in this new installment about the policeman who takes his beat literally. Once again the man in blue goes on a murderous rampage but this time the legit authorities have got his badge number. Executive producers David Hodgins and Frank D’Alessio. Producers Larry Cohen and Lustig. Screenwriter Cohen. Also stars Claudia Christian.

The Outsiders (Watchers II) (Concorde). Shooting in L.A. This sci-fier deals with a group of animal activists who have unwittingly released some subjects of a government sponsored animal genetics experiment. Terror quickly follows, of course. Producer Roger Corman. Director Thierry Notz. Screenwriter Henry Dominic. Stars Marc Singer, Tracy Scoggins Mike McDonald. Spring release.