The movie version of Dallas, with John Travolta as J.R. Ewing, J. Lo as Sue Ellen, Luke Wilson as Bobby and Shirley MacLaine as Miss Ellie, directed by Robert Win a Date with Tad Hamilton Luketic? Or the movie version of Welcome Back, Kotter starring - wait for it - Ice Cube?
So we have - an adaptation of a nighttime soap no one remembers, starring washed-up ex-stars whom everyone thinks are pathetic. Or an adaptation of a sitcom so old that it launched the career of one such washed-up ex-star, starring a guy who sold out from “Fuck Tha Police” to Are We There Yet?
Elsewhere, at ShoWest, movie executives attempted to explain to exhibitors why box office receipts dropped last year.
Fuck it. If Shia LaBeouf plays Horshack, I’m totally there.
From Texas to Hollywood: Dallas returns [The Guardian]
Welcome, black Kotter [Defamer]
Shia LaBeouf is still the stupidest name I’ve ever heard.
And Welcome Back Kotter will be the worst; at least Dallas has some campy so-bad-it’s-good potential.