More than three decades after the US soap opera Dallas introduced the world to warring brothers JR and Bobby Ewing, a new series of the show has been given the go-ahead.
The stars of the original series, Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman and Linda Gray, will reprise their respective roles as Bobby, JR and his ex-wife Sue Ellen in the 10-episode series due to air in the US next summer.
A preview of the new series will be broadcast on the TNT channel on Monday 11 July.
Famed for its ratings-grabbing cliffhangers and plot developments, including JR being shot by a mysterious assailant and Bobby Ewing coming back from the dead in the shower, the original series attracted a huge global audience.
In the new series, the family fortune is now in the hands of the next generation of the Ewing clan: cousins John Ross Ewing, the son of JR and Sue Ellen, and Christopher Ewing, the adopted son of Bobby, who continue their fathers' long and bitter rivalry.
The revived series was given the go-ahead after a pilot script was written by Cynthia Cidre, who wrote the screenplay for 1992 film The Mambo Kings.
90210 star Josh Henderson will play John Ross, while Desperate Housewives star Jesse Metcalfe will portray his rival Christopher.
The Fast and The Furious star Jordana Brewster will play Elena, who is involved in a love triangle with both cousins.
The original Dallas series ran from 1978 to 1991 and centred on the Ewings' cattle and oil dynasty based at the Southfork Ranch in Texas.
Broadcast on US network CBS, it also attracted a large following in the UK when it was aired on the BBC.
