Archive for June, 2007
June 14th, 2007 | 
Author: Rumors are rife that Dallas the movie has been cancelled following a European press report quoting Larry Hagman as saying the movie version of the hit series was cancelled two weeks ago.
A representative from New Regency, the production company behind the movie, informed ultimatedallas.com that the project is “still active”, but had no further comment at this point.
Dallas the movie was announced in October 2002 resulting in a great deal of buzz surrounding which of Hollywood’s finest would take on the roles of the Ewing family.
John Travolta finally won the part of JR Ewing but the production has been plagued with problems. Director Robert Luketic quit the production following disagreements with the casting, he was replaced by British Director Gurinder Chadha.
The original hard hitting script by Robert Harding was ditched for a comedic approach. Filmmakers conducted focus groups with small audiences in the Midwest, and producers decided it needed more laughs, which called for an entirely new, slapstick comedy script. The movie was finally rewritten as a “a show-within-a-show” comedy, similar to the remake of Bewitched.
The changes to the movie have not been well received by fans of the original television series who feel strongly that turning the idea into a comedy betray Dallas creator David Jacob’s original vision of the show. You can discuss this story on the official Dallas website forum http://www.oilbaronsclub.com
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Its nearly taken as long as the entire 13 year run of the original series to get Dallas the movie off the ground but that may be about to change.
Dallas director Gurinder Chadha has given birth to twins at the age of 47 – after undergoing an emergency caesarean.
Bafta-nominated Chadha, who received an OBE this year, has been taking a break from remake of Dallas but will soon get the project back on track.
