Films beginning production this week:DEVIL’S ODDS...

Films beginning production this week:

DEVIL’S ODDS (Trans World Entertainment). Shooting in L.A. A white-bread FBI agent teams up with a gritty black officer to uncover a neo-fascist faction that is terrorizing the city. Executive producers Moshe Diamant, Moshe Barkat and Sunil Shah. Producers Paul Mason and Randall Torno. Director Beau Bridges. Screenwriters Bridges, James Chowther and Joseph T. Gunn. Stars Bridges, Bubba Smith and Lloyd Bridges. Fall release.

PHANTOM EMPIRE (American Independent Productions). Shooting in Southern Calif. A group of explorers on a treasure hunt stumbles on a prehistoric empire. Producer/director/screenwriter Fred Olen Ray. Stars Sybil Danning, Ross Hagen, Susan Stokey and Robert Quarry. Distributor and release date undetermined.

ROBINSON CRUSOE (Sherry-Jeff/ITV Productions). Shooting in London. Daniel Defoe’s classic tale of survival. Executive producer Jeffrey M. Sneller. Producers Chris Davies and David Barrett. Director/screenwriter Sherry Sneller. Stars John Lynch. Distributor PSM Entertainment. Release date undetermined.