Directed by Andrew Fleming. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. The Dolly Parton song? Julianne Hough from Dancing with the Stars is gonna play Jolene. Televised adaptation of Dolly Parton's song, "Jolene", about a jealous woman. Netflix is making that into a TV movie. Hough — whose prior acting roles include the Footloose remake and Grease: Live — will play Jolene as "a flirtatious free-spirit with aspirations of escaping her small hometown of Coventry, GA to follow her dreams of becoming a successful singer-songwriter." Variety reports that Hough is joining Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Dallas Roberts and Dolly herself in the "Jolene" episode of Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, an eight-episode anthology series based on the country icon's songs. Download the TV Guide app for iPhone, iPad and Android! Julianne Hough from Dancing with the Stars is gonna play Jolene. A little more family-friendly than the emotionally raw adultery tale of the classic 1973 single. Our holiday movie podcast dishes on the new film, Plus: The fifty-bajillionth season of this damned kids' show about Trolls, Eight of Dolly Parton's biggest hits come to life in this anthology series. It'll be a different take on the story from the song, as this "Jolene" will be about the unlikely friendship formed by the two women in the song's love triangle. No premiere date has been set, but the series is scheduled for next year. There's already a successful template for adapting Dolly Parton songs for TV. Netflix is making that into a TV movie. Keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. With Julianne Hough, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Dallas Roberts, Dolly Parton. You know the song "Jolene?" In 2015, NBC made a TV movie based on Parton's song "Coat of Many Colors" starring Alyvia Alyn Lind and Jennifer Nettles. ), Sign up and add shows to get the latest updates about your favorite shows - Start Now. Photo Credits: Presley Ann, Patrick McMullan via Getty Images; Netflix; Tina Rowden/Netflix; Adam Rose/Netflix. Parton will play Babe, the owner of the honky tonk where Jolene works as a waitress. EW can confirm that Julianne Hough (Dancing With the Stars) has been cast as Jolene, the infamous man-stealer from Parton’s song of the same … According to Jim's Williams-Paisley will play Emily, the narrator of the song who gets pulled into Jolene's orbit, and Insatiable's Roberts will play Aaron, a loving husband and father on the verge of a midlife crisis. Photo: Presley Ann, Patrick McMullan via Getty Images. Each episode of the anthology will focus on a different one of Parton's songs, and Parton will introduce each one, singing to the camera about the meaning of the song. Including first look photos and trailers! Variety reports that Hough is joining Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Dallas Roberts … (Disclosure: TV Guide is owned by CBS Interactive, a division of ViacomCBS.