After a failed attempt as a big screen adaptation — with Shirley MacLaine as Miss Ellie — Warner Bros. is now settling its sites on a "Dallas" reboot for the TNT network, reports the New York Times.

This time around, the chldren of J.R. and Bobby Ewing would be the focus, including J.R.’s son John Ross and Bobby’s boy Christopher. Larry Hagman, Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy have been asked to participate in a pilot.

— Allison J. Waldman