Screeninig For Pet Projects

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By Newsweek Editors

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Not since the days of Aesop, or at least Mr. Ed, have so many animals had so much to say. Everyone's pet project in Hollywood these days features a talking dog or cat. "Bingo!" opens this month, starring Cindy Williams and a mixed collie who takes to the road after his family leaves him behind. At the end of the year you'll see "Beethoven," a Saint Bernard who takes over the lives of a suburban family. Geena Davis and Woody HarreIson have committed to "Me and My Boy," about a single woman whose dog has better judgment about men than she does.

Warner Bros. is developing at least three animal opuses: "Breakfast With Spaulding" ( canine version of "Look Who s Talking"), "Ophelia" (a cat that turns into a woman) and "Dog Spell" (a child turns into a ... you guessed it). Universal is working on a remake of Dick Powell's "You Never Can Tell," about a dead dog coming back as a private eye.

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