Cinefile

Martha Plimpton, Ione Skye, Hector Elizondo and Mary Kay Place star in Planet Productions’ “Samantha,” a drama about a violin student, abandoned as a baby, who tries to find her real parents. Director Stephen La Rocque rolls cameras March 18 in L.A. for producer Donald Borchers.

Jeff Goldblum and Rosanna Arquette star in “Fathers and Sons,” an independent film partially funded by RCA/Columbia, to shoot in Atlantic City. Paul Mones writes-directs the family drama. John Kilik produces.

Winona Ryder and Armin Mueller-Stahl star in writer-director Jim Jarmusch’s “LosAngelesNewYorkParisRomeHelsinki,” now shooting “all over the place,” according to Jarmusch’s New York office.

Screenwriter Hanif Kureishi (“My Beautiful Laundrette,” “Sammy and Rosie Get Laid”) makes his directorial debut on his script “London Kills Me.” The film, currently shooting in London, stars Brad Dourif, Fiona Shaw, Tony Haygarth, Eleanor David and Justin Chadwick.

Dolph Lundgren and Brandon (son of Bruce) Lee are currently filming “Showdown in Little Tokyo” in L.A. for producer-director Mark Lester. Lee then segues to the lead role in Fox’s “Moving Target,” which Dwight Little will direct starting May 5 in L.A. Cindy Cirile wrote the script, Robert Lawrence and John Fasano produce.

Danielle Harris, 13, has been cast as Bruce Willis’ daughter in Warners’ “The Last Boy Scout,” for producer Joel Silver and director Tony Scott, to film mid-March from Shane Black’s script. . . . Playwright Albert Innaurato is writing “Mystic Pizza II” for Goldwyn. . . . Charles Dance joins Sigourney Weaver and Charles Dutton in “Alien 3,” shooting in London.

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