Gurinder Chadha ("Bend It Like Beckham") is in negotiations to take the directorial reigns of "Dallas", 20th Century Fox's big-screen version of the 1980s primetime soap says The Hollywood Reporter.
Aussie helmer Robert Luketic was prepping to direct the picture that had a November 10th release date, but will now direct Sony Pictures "21" - the adaptation of Ben Mezrich's best-selling nonfiction book about MIT students trying to pull off a Vegas heist.
Jennifer Lopez, Luke Wilson, John Travolta and Shirley MacLaine are still attached to star. Chadha is also attached to direct another TV adaptation, Sony's "I Dream of Jeannie".
