Films going into production: Bugsy...

Films going into production: Bugsy Siegel (Tri-Star). Shooting in L.A. In Barry Levinson’s follow-up to “Avalon,” Warren Beatty plays the womanizing, flamboyant Las Vegas gangster who ended up with a bullet in his noggin in a Beverly Hills mansion. Producer Mark Johnson. Screenwriter James Toback. Winter release.

Born Jaundiced (tentative title) (Imagine Films). Shooting in Florida. Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, “Home Alone’s” Macauley Culkin and Anna Chlumsky head this tale of a young girl who confronts her fears about death. Executive producers David Friendly and Joseph Caracciolo. Producer Brian Grazer. Director Howard Zieff. Screenwriter Laurice Elehwany. Distributor Columbia.

Gladiator (Columbia). Shooting in Chicago. James Marshall, Cara Buono, Brian Dennehy, Robert Loggia, Ossie Davis and Cuba Gooding topline this story of a young Irish kid who must fight, literally, to save his family’s honor. Producer Steve Roth. Director Rowdy Herrington. Screenwriters Nick Kazan (Elia’s son) and Lyle Kessler (“Orphans”).

Beyond the Call of Duty (Concorde). Shooting in the Philippines and L.A. Jan-Michael Vincent leads a team of haggard Vietnam soldiers who are heading down the river of freedom but are suddenly summoned back to rescue a group of imperiled Amerasian children. Producer/director Ciro Santiago. Screenwriter T.C. McKelvey.