MOVIES - Nov. 15, 1991

Peters Gets ‘October’: Producer Jon Peters will turn the controversial book “October Surprise” into a film for Columbia Pictures as the first project of his new production company. “October Surprise: America’s Hostages in Iran and the Election of Ronald Reagan” was written by Gary Sick, the former National Security Council specialist who served Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan. Sick alleges in the book that the Reagan-Bush campaign made a secret deal with Iran in the final weeks of the 1980 election campaign to delay the release of U.S. hostages in Tehran. Principal photography is to begin next year; release in 1993.