TRAVOLTA GETS 'DALLAS' BOOT

TRAVOLTA removed from the role of JR in the film version of Dallas

"This is just the latest chapter in the troubled 'Dallas' saga. The first big upheaval occurred last year when Shirley MacLaine (who was to play Miss Ellie), Luke Wilson (Bobby Ewing) and Jennifer Lopez (Sue Ellen) were dropped from the cast. Meg Ryan and Matthew McConaughey's names were then brought up, but neither was signed. Director Robert Luketic was also let go in favor of 'Bend It Like Beckham' helmer Gurinder Chadha, and the budget was downsized from an original $65 million to 'something way less,' the source said."

That latest rumor is that it will be re-imagined as a genre spoof with Ben Stiller as J.R.