"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.
This casting line-up is not yet confirmed, but the trades think it's nearly a done deal. If negotiations do go through, we'll see Travolta as Texas oil tycoon J.R. Ewing, MacLaine as matriarch Miss Ellie, Wilson as nice guy Bobby, and J. Lo as Sue Ellen Shepard (or, as you might remember, Larry Hagman, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray).
The script for "Dallas" is written by newish Sacha Gervasi ("The Terminal") and Robert Harling ("Steel Magnolias," "Soapdish," "The First Wives Club").
Production could start as early as October, once Travolta's drag turn as Edna Turnblad in Adam Shankman's "Hairspray" is done.
This casting line-up is not yet confirmed, but the trades think it's nearly a done deal. If negotiations do go through, we'll see Travolta as Texas oil tycoon J.R. Ewing, MacLaine as matriarch Miss Ellie, Wilson as nice guy Bobby, and J. Lo as Sue Ellen Shepard (or, as you might remember, Larry Hagman, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray).
The script for "Dallas" is written by newish Sacha Gervasi ("The Terminal") and Robert Harling ("Steel Magnolias," "Soapdish," "The First Wives Club").
Production could start as early as October, once Travolta's drag turn as Edna Turnblad in Adam Shankman's "Hairspray" is done.
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on Mar 14 2006 12:18 PM Travolta shouldn't have too much of a problem playing a somewhat mean and conniving J.R. He was good in The Punisher and Face-Off, as well as his performance in Broken Arrow. Not too sure about Lopez though. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 14 2006 05:41 PM If she gets rid of her annoying accent and learns to act, why not? (Reply to this) |
on Mar 14 2006 06:39 PM Oh, my god. a Dallas movie. Even my mother, as a die hard fan of the original tv show, will cry when she hears this muck is coming to the big screen. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2006 11:16 AM See my "Welcome Back Kotter" comment. Movie execs are idiots. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2006 01:50 PM The cast is good, now hopefully they just have a movie deserving of them. (Reply to this) |
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