Next year's car models are already 'in production'. = Next year's car models have already 'gone into production'. [=next year's car models are already being made]
The airplane is 'out of production'. = The airplane has 'gone out of production'. [=the airplane is no longer being made]
Getting home turned out to be a real 'production' because of all the delays at the airport.
(..) Yeah, I'm an actor. Wow! Would I have seen you in anything? I doubt it. Mostly regional work. Oh wait, wait, unless you happened to catch the Reruns' production of Pinocchio, at the little theater in the park. Look, it was a job all right? 'Look, Gippetto, I'm a real live boy.' (..)1994 TvShow: Friends Title: The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate Season: 1 Episode 1