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.
(..) Look up! Oh, ho! It was a crazy day because that was the day we were packing to go on location. MAN: Off we go. YORKE: Production wasn't concerned about what was actually going on on set... ...apart from the clown. Peter drove up in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that day. (..)2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(..) JACKSON: Let's put Amelia down in the front here too. My main memory of that day is, A, we had to hire a clown to entertain the children. So we were all about the clown in the production office. Hi. Heh, heh. That wasn't me, by the way. I didn't do that smell. - Let's look at Harry. HENNAH: Yes. (..)2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey