Robert Harling News

April 6, 2006
New Director in "Dallas" Country
For a while there it really looked like Fox's Dallas adaptation was going to be directed by Legally Blonde filmmaker Robert Luketic, but the guy left the project thanks to "creative differences," which enabled Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha to step into the gig. Ms. Chada is already hard at work on a big-screen adaptation of I Dream of Jeannie. More...

March 14, 2006
"Dallas" Casting Net: Jennifer Lopez, Luke Wilson, John Travolta
According to Variety, the big-screen version of 1980s TV soap "Dallas" is likely to include Jennifer Lopez, Luke Wilson, John Travolta, and Shirley MacLaine; "Monster-In-Law" helmer Robert Luketic will direct. More...

March 28, 2005
Screenwriter Sheds Some Light on His "Dallas" Adaptation
Reuters had a sit-down with screenwriter Robert Harling ("The First Wives Club," "Steel Magnolias") and asked what we can expect from his re-imaging of the classic TV soap opera "Dallas." Although casting news is being kept under close wraps, Harling shared a few comments regarding his screenplay: "It's reinventing the Ewing family as if they existed now in 2006 when the movie comes out ... More...