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John Travolta is still the only cast member in The Movie That Will Not Go Away.
Say it ain’t so: Dallas — the movie that will not die — is still alive, despite the best efforts of several screenwriters and two now-former directors (Robert Luketic and Gurinder Chadha) who couldn’t get the corpse out of the ground, much less off it. Reports Variety, the movie will now be a straight-up spoof — thanks to the hiring of Betty Thomas, the former Hill Street Blues star-turned-director — still starring John Travolta as J.R. Ewing.
Thomas — whose filmography includes the likes of I Spy with Owen Wilson and Howard Stern’s Private Parts — might be directing a screenplay from Hot Rod writer Pam Brady (who also co-wrote, with Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Team America: World Police). There’s still no cast, aside from Travolta — and, um, production’s set to start in January, here and elsewhere if all goes according to what’s turning into a very old plan. This thing gets better-sounding every year. –Robert Wilonsky
