Jennifer Lopez Drops Out of 'Dallas' Re-Make

Jennifer Lopez has reportedly taken a pass and the sexy actress has dropped out of the 2007 film version of Dallas, according to a report from Star Magazine.

Jennifer Lopez Drops Out of 'Dallas' Re-Make Role

"She is out of Dallas," Lopez's rep Leslie Sloane Zelnik, tells Star, the first media outlet to report the news.

Lopez was to play the role of alcoholic Sue Ellen, opposite John Travolta, who will play J.R. Ewing.  Gurinder Chadha is set to direct the forthcoming movie.

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Lopez has been placed in the role since the film rumors began.

Here's how the UK Guardian reported it in March:

The film remake of Dallas, the 80s TV series that had millions of viewers glued to their TV screens, is in the pipeline. The hit show, which starred Larry Hagman as the Stetson-wearing oil magnate JR Ewing, hooked audiences around the world for over a decade with its over-the-top plots, shady oil deals, family backstabbing and catfights.

Fifteen year later, the cast currently being assembled for the Dallas movie promises to be just as flamboyant as the original series. John Travolta is in line to play evil oil baron JR, while Jennifer Lopez is set to play Sue Ellen, his long-suffering alcoholic wife. Shirley MacLaine could play the part of the Ewing family matriarch, Miss Ellie, and Luke Wilson is in negotiations to play her nice-but-dim son, Bobby Ewing.

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Other reports say production could start as early as October, but it's not known if J Lo's late drop of the role will affect the start of the film.

--Lynda Johnson writes from Los Angeles