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Chadha To Direct Dallas Big Screen Remake

 

Gurinder ChadhaBritish director Gurinder Chadha announced yesterday she will direct John Travolta and Jennifer Lopez in a big-screen version of the '80s TV show, Dallas.

 

Keira Knightley & Parminder K. Nagra in Bend It Like BeckhamThe Bend it Like Beckham director said she signed a deal with 20th Century Fox to direct the film, which will star Travolta as villainous oil magnate J. R. Ewing and Lopez as his wife, Sue Ellen. Chadha said her appointment meant the sort of South Asian-themed British films that made her name had "huge credibility and respect in Hollywood." Filming on Dallas is due to start in October, with the movie slated for a late 2007 release.