Surrender 'Dallas'! Jessica Simpson has her eye on you!

Rishi Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 12:27 PM EST

Leave it to Beaver.....excatly, No one remembers that movie, thats what Dallas will turn out to be

Todd Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 10:42 AM EST

This girl can't even manage to keep her breast implants straight when posing for photos please don't let her speak.

Victoria Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 07:21 AM EST

Seriously...this can not be happening.
Really...please...PLEASE don't do this to the world. There's enough trauma as it is and now these studio execs are going to unleash this weapon of mass destruction on us. Think about the soundtrack... (probably with contributions from Jess and Jen). The more I think about it, the more terrified I become...

Fred Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 11:02 PM EST

How about a musical of "Some Like It Hot?"

Fred Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 11:00 PM EST

How about a musical of "Some Like It Hot?"

Fred Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 10:49 PM EST

Since John Travolta is playing J.R., we know this thing is going to be camp-city so Jessica Simpson would make a great Lucy. The most astrocious casting is Jennifer Lopez as Sue Ellen (or anyone)---J. Lo can't act her way out of a paper bag and her squeaky voice lends itself better to the awful "music" she makes. Luke Wilson is perfect as Bobby. This movie is going to be a huge flop, anyway, so the discussion is really moot.

Fred Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 10:46 PM EST

Since John Travolta is playing J.R., we know this thing is going to be camp-city so Jessica Simpson would make a great Lucy. The most astrocious casting is Jennifer Lopez as Sue Ellen (or anyone)---J. Lo can't act her way out of a paper bag and her squeaky voice lends itself better to the awful "music" she makes. Luke Wilson is perfect as Bobby. This movie is going to be a huge flop, anyway, so the discussion is really moot.

Dylan Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 06:52 PM EST

Jennifer, please, you're too good for this type of movie. Dallas was alright as a dopey nightime soap but it is hardly movie material. They should get a 'Melrose Place' movie going(although it couldn't possibly top the series). It'd be fun trying to cast actors as Amanda, Michael and Kimberly? I think Evan Rachel Wood with red hair would be an awesome Sydney.

Arlo J. Wiley Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 04:07 PM EST

That is one of the worst casts I've ever seen. Dear sweet God.

mike Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 03:26 PM EST

Enthusiasm for a Dallas movie may be a cry for help. Do you write blogs to get a response? We are overwhelmingly against slapping together actors that don't fit out-of-date charactors. Hasn't there been enough evidence that the movie going public is tired of thrown together remakes?

Elle Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 03:19 PM EST

I don't think I can make a better post than Charlie's "hey, ho! J.Lo needs to go."
So I won't even try.

Tisa Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 03:15 PM EST

I can't believe their even considering doing this!! You cannot remake Dallas, ESPECIALLY with the actors they have chosen. There is only one J.R., Bobby, Sue Ellen, and Pam. They must be out of their minds...

Dee Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 02:52 PM EST

Jessica is overrated and so is her ex husband. She use to have a voice but she blew that out and all she does is strain to get a note out. I wish she would move on and can't Hollywood get over making remakes of tv shows that have been off the air for a decade.

K- Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 02:35 PM EST

This is R-O-N-G, wrong. Y'know, my mama always said Lucy walked around "like a old proud chicken." Jessica can't pull that off; she's far too goofy. I mean, really, she couldn't even deliver "I think something musta bounced up into ma undercarriage" believably. Just 'cause you're from Texas, honey, doesn't mean it's right for you.

BLG Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 02:29 PM EST

Jessica Simpson should stay out of show biz all together! She can't sing, she can't dance, and she can't act. She also has no charisma or charm about her whatsoever. The only thing she has is money. Curse the stupid Newlyweds show for making her a "star!"

Ceballos Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 01:52 PM EST

I'm with a couple of people here...what is the tone of this movie going to be?? It seems like they're going to make it a comedy, but "Dallas" wasn't particularly funny. It's not like the way the "Brady Bunch" movie actors played it relatively straight for laughs..."Brady" was a sitcom.

That show was such a product of its time, I don't know if it can really be updated. Then again, if you don't update it, and try to replicate the original show, then what's the point?? Well, that may be it right there, there's no point to this!

But if they insist on going forward, why not let them wildly overspend (in, maybe the only instance of the movie capturing the spirit of the show!) for expensive stars that are completely wrong for their roles.

nessa Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 01:40 PM EST

This whole idea is just bad. Bad, bad, bad - like what's her name with the Bobby in the shower dream bad....

Ken Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 01:34 PM EST

The casting is already disastrous. This stupid movie is going to be as ridiculous as a 1970s disaster movie, with a bunch of declining "stars" all playing themselves. At least Jessica Simpson will bring in a bunch of horny 16-year-olds who know nothing about Dallas, same as the idiots who thought Dukes of Hazzard was good and/or anywhere near similar to the TV show.

Brilliant.

Liz Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 01:28 PM EST

"Jessica Simpson: Your go-to girl for bad remakes." Dukes, Baywatch?? Dallas?? Is it just me or am I the only one who finds her film choices a bit unwise? Scarlett Jo she is not.

Tommy G Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 01:15 PM EST

Crappy movies deserve crappy stars. I say let Jessica be in it, then sell it to basic cable. Either way, there's no way I'm spending money to watch it.

jon Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 01:06 PM EST

If they're gonna do it, and I think they're gonna do it, than at least people do it right. Ashley Judd should be Sue Ellen, not J.Lo, and it has nothing to do with J.Lo being Puerto Rican, hello, as we all know, she's from the Bronx. Judd at least can do a believable accent and have the great Sue Ellen hair. However, I have a question. What is the movie going to be? A straight comedy? Acted dramatically for comic effect? A drama? Now it sounds like a comedy, although there was nothing funny about the Ewings, except maybe for J.R.'s hat...

Beverly Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 12:56 PM EST

I've never watched Dallas, so I have no loyalty to the show. I do, however, know the smell of crap when it enters the room. The Dallas remake is a horrible idea and the casting of Jessica Simpson makes it worse yet. JS drives me insane. She's a talentless hack, who looks like the type of person who walks around smelling her own fingers. America's obsession with this half wit is a black mark on our society

Brian Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 12:15 PM EST

I am a big Dallas TV Fan not sure how I feel about a movie, but please keep Simpson out of it, she is horrible!!

Zack Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 11:57 AM EST

As hard as the writers tried,the Lucy character was never much more than a poorly acted afterthought (Sorry, Charlene Tilton). I wonder how important the character will be in the movie. Maybe the producers will see the light and nix Jessica Simpson for a more established talent. Like Rebecca Romijn.
Wouldn't Catherine Zeta Jones be a much more appropriate choice for Sue Ellen, a character whose battles with both the bottle and J.R. require something more than a pretty face.

Monisa Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 11:47 AM EST

A Dallas remake is just plain ridiculous. They must be offering John Travolta ALOT of money. Jennifer Lopez can act BUT the part of Sue Ellen would be the wrong part for her. Sue Ellen should be the most white bread, Southern, beauty queen available. Jennifer Lopez would make a better Pam, the outcast wife from the wrong family. Jessica Simpson would just make Lucy seem stupid and although she was egotiscally shallow she was smart. The movie should never be made, what's next Dynasty?

David Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 11:22 AM EST

Say what you will about Travolta and Lopez, but don't discount them as actors. Lopez has proven herself legitimate in films like Selena, U-Turn and Out of Sight. Hell, she did no wrong in An Unfinished Life or The Wedding Planner, either! Travolta, as we know, is established enough to have fun with his roles. Adding Simpson to the cast, though, lowers the movie in my mind. She doesn't have anything to show for herself aside from the Dukes movie and a painfully bad turn on an episode of The Twilight Zone (or The Outer Limits, I can't recall which). Sure, this movie should be light and fluffy but not SO light and fluffy that audiences find it laughable.

Charlie Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 10:56 AM EST

Heaven help us, who keeps making these movies?

dma69 Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 10:52 AM EST

1) Not again! Do we REALLY need a Dallas movie? This will just be yet ANOTHER classic TV show-turned-movie flop that was never asked for in the first place.

2) ANY movie that talentless pop twit Jessica Simpson appears in is destined to be awful.

3) John Travolta needs to call QT and get a role in his next film NOW and forget this garbage. He's better than this and he knows it.

4) Hey, ho! J. Lo needs to go!

Chris X Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 10:36 AM EST

This doesn't even make any sense. The old J.R. had a wife like a Jackie Kennedy-type, perfect and white bread. In that time in Texas, no J.R. would have been married to anyone who looked remotely Mexican!!!! So here is our casting - we have "Look who's Talking" Bloater, married to J-flop"I look just like the ranch hand's wives", the not too sexy Wilson brother, and now Jessica Cowson????? Get out those Razzies and start polishing - there is a Gigli type sweep coming!

carlos dominguez Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 10:32 AM EST

A Dallas movie? Is hollywood that desperate? I wont even give this movie a second thought when it's released. Not even on dvd. And what happen to John Travolta? After Pulp Fiction got him back on the map (thanks to Q.Tarantino)he had some good roles (Get Shorty, Face Off, Primary Colors) but over the past five to six years it's all been crap. And now this! Mr. Travolta remember the following Blow Out, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Urban Cowboy, etc.

Paul U. Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 10:25 AM EST

you know, i have never seen even one episode and i live here in Dallas. the mayor is figting real hard to get them to film it here, and it's just like...for what? i'm quite sure it will suck. in what universe could JLo be related to John Travolta? only in bizarro-bad movie land i guess.

Ep Sato Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 10:25 AM EST

Dallas's celebration of greed and lust seemed a good fit in the early 1980's, and would have done alright during the boom economy of the 1990's, but extravagant affluence isn't so "in" nowadays.

Christopher Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 10:05 AM EST

Well... if you just want to sell a glossy, camp rehash, sure. Which is exactly what they want to do.

With ot without her, I think the Dallas movie is exactly the same as the Dukes of Hazzard movie-- a sad little repackaging of a favorite from 25 years ago.