Films now going into production: ...

Films now going into production: Daddy’s Dyin’ (Propaganda). Shooting in Texas. Beverly D’Angelo, Judge Rheinhold, Tess Harper and Beau Bridges head the cast of this black comedy concerning the inheritance hungry heirs anxiously gathered around the death bed of a wealthy Southerner. Producers Bobbie Edrick and Del Shores. Director Jack Fisk. Screenwriter Shores. Also stars Patrika Darbo and Molly McLure. Distributor MGM/UA.

Impromptu (Governor). Shooting in France. Judy Davis, Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin and Julian Sands star in this classic comedy love triangle between George Sand (Davis), Franz Lizst’s mistress (Peters) and Frederic Chopin. Producers Stuart Oken and Daniel Sherkow. Director James Lapine. Screenwriter Sarah Kernochan. Also stars Emma Thompson.

Jacob’s Ladder (Carolco). Shooting in NYC and Puerto Rico. “Fatal Attraction” director Adrian Lyne offers yet another thriller, this time starring Tim Robbins and Elizabeth Pena. Robbins portrays Jacob Singer, who struggles to maintain a grasp on reality when bizarre, hallucinatory images suddenly overtake him. Executive producers Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna. Producer Alan Marshall. Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin. Also stars Matt Craven. Distributor Tri-Star (U.S.), Carolco (foreign).

Quigley Down Under (Pathe). Shooting in Australia. Tom Selleck stars as a Yankee cowboy in this Aussie western set a little over a century ago. Sent there to hunt down wild dogs, Quigley soon learns that his real task is to remove Aboriginies, which doesn’t sit well with him. Producers Stanley O’Toole and Alex Rose. Director Simon Wincer. Screenwriter John Hill. Distributor Warner Bros. (U.S.), Pathe (foreign).

Reversal of Fortune (Edward R. Pressman). Shooting in New York. “Barfly’s” Barbet Schroeder directs Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons and Ron Silver from Alan M. Dershowitz’s first-hand account of the infamous Klaus Von Bulow murder trial. Dershowitz (Silver) fought diligently to reverse the murder conviction of Von Bulow (Irons) regarding his wife Sunny’s (Close) suspicious demise. Producer Edward R. Pressman and Oliver Stone. Screenwriter Nicholas Kazan. Distributor Warner Bros.

When the Spirit Moves (D.W.). Shooting in L.A. Love blooms between a young man who has paralyzed himself after a tragic fall from his horse and the pretty woman who has returned to this small town from Hollywood where she has made a name for herself on the silver screen. Producer Dennis Williams. Director John Vomero. Screenwriters Ann Stockton Walker and Williams. Stars Michael Donovan, Keats Newell, Gretchen Schubeck and Nedra Volz.