July 25th, 2008 | 
Author: Is Gurinder Chadha hoping for a Dallas come back?
In a recent interview with the London newspaper ‘Metro’ Gurinder hinted the movie may well be resurrected.
So will she finally shoot JR after all? ‘It’s Hollywood, you know?’ Chadha shrugs before popping a cake confidently into her mouth. ‘Projects get resurrected and I like to think good scripts never say die. ‘ More power to her elbow, say I – though if I were JR, I’d be quaking in my cowboy boots.
Dallas the movie was announced several years ago as a remake of the original five part pilot from 1978, a drama based on the Enron scandal with JR Ewing at the helm played by John Travolta. Recently it was rumored to be a comedy take on the Ewing family.
So what happened to the Dallas movie?
“The studio did some research and they found out that if you were under 38 you didn’t know the show Dallas,” laughs Chadha. “So of course they worried about a younger audience not coming to see it, because people didn’t know the show. And of course that made me feel really old because I do remember it.”
Gurinder’s latest movie Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging is in UK cinemas from Friday, Jul 25
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Is the movie idea dead in the water? No news since 08?
I’m 25 and my husband is 26, we have bought and watched all the seasons that have come out and are addicted to it! We would definately go see the movie if it were made!
Yeah, I seriously freaked at the idea of Dallas as a comedy. It has its funny moments, but it’s not a comedy. I’d have it set up where one of the outside characters (like the Alaska Ewings or Kristin or Mickey Trotter) came to Southfork,we get a brief on all the characters,and then the plot picks up with lots of schemes and of course a nice cliffhanger. Really, the only differences should be a more current public reaction to the necessity of oil, and cellphones. I agree with some that only Jim Davis could play the mighty Jock (I am Takapa!), so a good spot to start could be at his funeral, and then have the will opened up. Seriously, the fans know what Dallas is all about, not these corporate comedy plot-pushers. A lot of us have ideas; create a storyline and send it in. They might not take it, but maybe they’ll realize that we don’t want a comedy.
I’m a big fan of Dallas. I still watch it and have gotten others hooked too. Thanks to my sister. She was the one that was watching it and pointed out Larry Hagman(as I knew him,”Major Nelson”) Then it was me tape’n an episode and watching with my Dad. I was proud because he liked it too. I think a movie should come out because it would have a better chance of make’n it. It would make people curios and go back and see the original Dallas. I just turned 40 and now and then. My nephew and I would kick back and watch Dallas with a big bowl of popcorn.
It is true i am not old enough to rember the show when it was on tv but i love it now i have
all 11 season’s on dvd and i was hopping that this movie would make it to the theaters
because i for one would see it
and so would my oldest sister
she used to watch it with our parents when it frist came on tv
Im 25, and I can’t wait for the movie please, with the stars you have in it make it, and people will come…lol :-p
Please!