Betty Thomas Is To Direct The New Dallas Movie

To be fair, not many people are that desperate for the Dallas movie but the plans for the film is steaming ahead! There have been more directors attached to Dallas than JR has had hats and now it has picked up another.

Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde) dropped out over casting differences and was replaced by Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham). Chadha has now been replaced - for unspecified reasons - by Betty Thomas. Betty Thomas has worked on many great adaptation of TV series (The Brady Bunch Movie, I Spy, Doctor Doolittle).

Does this mean that the movie has abandoned its ideas of being a drama? After all, with Betty Thomas on board the film could become a full-blown comedy. The script is even being re-written by Hot Rod scriptwriter Pam Brady.

The movie still doesn’t have a complete cast. Last year it was announced that the cast would include John Travolta as JR, Luke Wilson as Bobby, Jennifer Lopez as Sue Ellen and Shirley Maclaine as Miss Ellie.

None of the cast were confirmed and all but Travolta have been dumped with the producers seeking new stars to fill all the other roles. They’ll have to find the cast quickly - production beings in January.

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