In The Naked Gun 2 1/2 Leslie Nielsen, as Lieut. Frank Drebin, wages war against coal, oil, and nuclear power companies and then announces: ''I want to be known as the environmental police lieutenant.'' Earlier this year, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles battled toxic dumping in their second feature, The Secret of the Ooze. These days, Hollywood movies aren't fading to black but to green. With the fight to save the earth's environment so politically correct, Hollywood has a slew of ''eco movies'' in the works:
Medicine
Man
Sean Connery is a biochemist who conducts his research in the
Brazilian rain forest. (December)
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
This animated musical fantasy, based on the children's book by Diana
Young, finds natives of the rain forest facing destruction. (1992)
Troppo
Dennis Quaid stars in this story set in the South Pacific of
the '50s, where nuclear testing, among other things, threatens the
natives. (In development)
Chico Mendes Biography (currently
untitled)
Playwright William Mastrosimone (Extremities) is scripting
this David Puttnam production about the murdered Mendes, who was
working to save Brazil's rain forests from land developers. (In
preproduction)
Sam LaBudde Biography (currently untitled)
Oliver
Stone (The Doors) is working on this true story of LaBudde, who
fought to stop tuna fishermen from killing dolphins. (In development)
Isobar
Sylvester Stallone is featured in this action-adventure set
in the 21st century, when the world is doomed by noxious air. (Not
scheduled)
Cruise
Steven Seagal is a lean, green, enviro-fighting
machine who's out to save the world. (In development)
