Deals: J.Lo as Sue Ellen Ewing?

Tate Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 09:49 AM EST

How about J-Lo as "go the hell away altogether"? Why don't they just cast Fergie as Pam and pee all over the series? Jeez...

ma168zda Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 09:44 AM EST

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littleQ Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 10:12 AM EST

J-Lo as Sue Ellen is all wrong...playing Pamela would be much more suited for her...and John as J.R., I think it's great!!!

skippy Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 07:29 PM EST

This is going to be an awesome movie event if they can get it together with the cast. Not a one of the chosen cast is right.

skippy Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 07:26 PM EST

This is going to be an awesome movie event if they can get it together with the cast. Not a one of the chosen cast is right.

Carolynne Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 12:04 PM EST

J. Lo as Sue Ellen? These people actually get paid to do casting? Well, given the fact that she cannot act and this remake is destined to be a train wreck, maybe there is a method to their madness.

Kate Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 04:32 AM EST

Gotta wonder if John Travolta will make a cameo appearance in Welcome Back Kotter!

Jakeem Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 03:59 AM EST

Why not Owen Wilson as the third Ewing brother, Gary? And Brad Pitt, who actually appeared on the "Dallas" series, could play Southfork foreman Ray Krebbs (aka the fourth Ewing brother).

ladeda Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 03:00 AM EST

I soo don't want J.Lo to do this! I know ya'll may not like her as an actress, but she's charging full force w/ 2 independent films, El Cantante and Bordertown to be released this year. It's a return to her drama roots, and will create a long deserved recognition for her acting, which she undermines in those rom-com movies of hers. She'll get her Oscar, I'm sure, but then I'm worried she'll fall into another downward spiral w/ this crappy news of a cheesy Dallas remake. Ugh, Jen don't do it! Run away, run away!

DBD Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 11:14 PM EST

They should cast the actor who played BILL on Freaks and Geeks as Bobby! He was obsessed with Dallas...

Steve Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 09:45 PM EST

Juan "can't see Travolta as any kind of Texan?" I guess "Urban Cowboy" was before his time......No wait, on second thought, now that I look back at that flick---Juan's right!

Bertie Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 05:09 PM EST

Oh my gosh!! I thought I was the only one waiting for "Scarecrow and Mrs. King"!!

Seriously, I loved that show :)

jojo Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 03:45 PM EST

In the same vein as the propsed Falcon Crest movie (thanks for the laugh Lily!), I hope they make a Scarecrow and Mrs. King movie!

I'd be first in line for that one!

Tom Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 03:19 PM EST

I like J-Lo but she is too young for Sue Ellen. They need an older actress - Kim Cattrall or an actress in her late 30s - to play the troubled, sexually deprived rich wife of J.R.

Luke Wilson is not exactly hunk material for Bobby. How about Matthew McConaughey?

Tommy Marx Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 02:44 PM EST

"Welcome Back, Kotter" will be played for laughs? What crazy nut would ever think about making a comedy out of a - well - comedy?

Faith Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 02:42 PM EST

I can totally see John Travolta as a Texan........Urban Cowboy? Love the idea of him as J.R.

Lily Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 02:20 PM EST

What next? A Dynasy movie? Falcon Crest? ooh! Can't wait

jon Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 01:43 PM EST

Who cares about this show...no one want to see a big screen version of this lame show. I means its on TV still..why do i have to pay to see a big screen version of this movie. I have a 75 inch plasma tv....I think that is big enough to see this lame movie. Just go visit this free dating site www.singlesPalace.com where its free to meet other singles on. Its better than watching this lame show or the movie they are making of it.

Ned Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 01:40 PM EST

I like the casting of John Travolta, it seems like kind of a wink and a nod to Urban Cowboy. As for Sue Ellen, I want a redhead, come on, can't they get Marcia Cross to work on a southern accent?

Elizabeth K. Mahon Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 01:37 PM EST

Okay, here's my two cents. Dennis Quaid as JR, Matthew McConaughey as Bobby, Owen Wilson as Gary Ewing, plus J. Lo as Pamela. She looks a bit like Victoria Principal. Shirley McClaine is too hard edged for Miss Ellie. How about Shirley Jones or Constance Towers? Or better yet cast Warren Beatty as Jock Ewing! Or Harrison Ford. My pick for Sue Ellen would be Teri Hatcher.

SeangSTM Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 12:12 PM EST

I am a HUGE fan of Dallas. HUGE. I even stuck with it past the dream season...

...Pam being irreversibly (at least not back to Victoria Principal) burned in a firey car wreck was the last straw, however.

NONE of the TV movies have been overly successful - War of the Ewings, JR Returns and the abyssmal "The Early Years" involving Jock's and Digger's creation of their fued.

This movie, especially with HUGE names attached, just reeks of total bullsh*t - how could they POSSIBLY pay all these people the insane salaries they're going to ask for?

On a related note, the backlash against the movie involving certain residents of Dallas not wanting it filmed there is a slap in the face of a show that brought the city that killed JFK back to unblemished prominence on the WORLD scene, not just the US.

Leave the show alone - release every season on DVD and don't tarnish one of the greatest phenomenons in television history.

Todd Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 12:06 PM EST

Kill me now!!!

JJ Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 11:36 AM EST

As a huge fan of Dallas, I always had misgivings about them making a movie, but now I am really skeptical with this cast. John Travolta as JR??? He and Luke Wilson look nothing alike and J Lo is so inappropriate as Sue Ellen. Even Shirley Maclaine is miscast as Miss Ellie. At this point, they might as well make a satire and not a straight up drama.

Joe Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 11:31 AM EST

I like the Welcome Back Kotter idea; that should be very good.

Christopher Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 11:19 AM EST

I think Lopez would be much better as Pamela Ewing, too. It would give a slight racist bent to J.R.'s disapproval of Bobby's relationship with her, which just makes it that much more fun to hate J.R., in my mind.

Actually, I think Kelly Preston would make a spectacular Sue Ellen, if you use her appearance in the "she Will Be Loved" video as her audition, and focus on Sue Ellen trying to hold on to her youth while battling depression (and alcoholism)...

Bernard Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 11:17 AM EST

Neither one looks appealing at this point. Welcome Back, Kotter? Did not anyone learn from Bewitched and The Honeymooners? And I was very excited about Dallas until I read the cast, which seems asif its shaping up to be a comedy. Although Dalas was campy as hell, even with a big name cast it risks becoming the The BEverly Hillbillies of remakes. Or Bewitched. Did I say Bewitched?

Juan Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 10:46 AM EST

I think your suggestion of Jennifer Garner is about the ONLY appropriate choice for any of these characters. J.Lo would be far better as Pamela since Sue Ellen is older. Aren't Bobby and J.R. brothers? I can't see Luke Wilson and Travolta as brothers and I certainly can't see Travolta as ANY kind of Texan!! So I guess this is going to be a comedy??

shakkahop Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 10:38 AM EST

Dallas, only because the team of actor's seems more entertaining. If Cube can compile a decent cast, I may have interest. However, if it turns into another 'Honeymooners' where everything is so incredibly loosely based it deserves another name, I will have no interest.

Sarah Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 10:30 AM EST

Isn't J.Lo of latin heritage? Were the Ewings latin?

Angi Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 09:58 AM EST

Not for nothing: Horschach (okay, Ron Palillo) is my upstairs neighbor. If they do go ahead with Kotter, he should totally get a cameo!

mike Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 09:55 AM EST

Considering the parade of unsuccessful TV show remakes, how can movie execs keep spending millions on more of them? Why remake Dallas or Kotter when the original series is still showing several times a week?

Jessica Dwyer Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 09:41 AM EST

I have only one question. Why?