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    Lionsgate announces 'Dirty Dancing' remake

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Dirty Dancing" is coming back to the big screen.

    Lionsgate says it is remaking the 1987 film that starred Jennifer Grey as a naïve dance student and Patrick Swayze as her teacher and lover.

    The studio said Monday that Kenny Ortega, who choreographed the original film, will direct the remake.

    Ortega says he is eager to discover and cast "the next breakout triple-threats" to define dancing for a generation, the way Swayze did in the original "Dirty Dancing."

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    Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

     

    394 comments

    • Lovie Dovie  •  9 mths ago
      You remade FAME and that turned out to be the worst remake ever..
      you cant remake dirty dancing..its disrespectful to the memory of mr Patrick Swayze himself..
    • lildevil  •  9 mths ago
      please do not remake this this it bad enough you are remaking footloose
    • Lavender Petals  •  9 mths ago
      Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Havana Nights suppose to be a remake of Dirty Dancing? All of these remakes are making me sick to my stomach. If it's not a remake, it's sequels, let it go already. Be innovative! Creative! Next we'll be hearing of a remake of the movie Scarface. How horrid that'd be! Dirty Dancing is one of my favorite movies and not to mention the soundtrack was just as amazing as the movie. I wonder what the soundtrack to this remake would be like. Most of the music today is caca. What a downer!
      • Gemma Louise 8 mths ago
        how can havana nights be a remake as it was named dirty dancing 2 havana nights
    • Leanne  •  9 mths ago
      they should never remake this movie - it was great as is, and its an insult to patrick swayze's memory if they remake it

      Stop remaking movies and come up with new ones!!!!
    • Shirley  •  9 mths ago
      PLEASE, NO REMAKE, NOTHING COULD TOP THE ORIGINAL DIRTY DANCING.
    • Lisa  •  9 mths ago
      Doesn't anyone in Hollywood have an original idea for a movie? Why not remake the bad movies and leave the great ones like Dirty Dancing alone?
    • Deborah T  •  9 mths ago
      Some things just need to be left alone!!!
    • C.  •  9 mths ago
      I guess Hollywood doesn't have any talent anymore seeing that they just keeping remaking the classics.
    • Lindy  •  9 mths ago
      don't remake dirty dancing, you'll only ruin a great thing, it was a wonderful movie, why ruin it
    • Linda  •  9 mths ago
      Leave Dirty Dancing alone...no remake will EVER do it justice!
    • C & C  •  9 mths ago
      You cannot remake something that was perfect to begin with!
    • Janice  •  9 mths ago
      No wonder I don't go to the movies anymore. Nothing original coming out of Hollyweird these days. Good Lord at least try to come up with something different then remakes of good movies or tv shows made into movies. Short on talent I guess.
    • Jessica  •  9 mths ago
      Everyone get out the picket signs, NO,NO,NO, we won't go! Some remakes are okay, but Dirty Dancing needs to be left alone. I would like to see an original movie soon.
    • fl1014  •  9 mths ago
      remakes after remakes these days ..... have all the creative thinkers gone somewhere ....
    • Laura  •  9 mths ago
      Call it something else, then. Dirty Dancing will always be Patrick and Jennifer. I'M sure it is narrow minded greed that is dancing on Patrick's grave. How could they?
      • Deborah T 9 mths ago
        Very well put!
      • A J 9 mths ago
        More like a tribute to the great Patrick & Jennifer.
      • Diana 9 mths ago
        no aj, not at all they have been waiting for this and now they have their "chance" the "tribute" will suck! the original is and will always be the best!
    • Torgo  •  9 mths ago
      Nobody puts Baby in a remake!
    • Timeout  •  9 mths ago
      NEVER will compare to the original :) Patrick & Jennifer wrote the book on this one.
    • Ruben  •  9 mths ago
      totally agree with Juice's post. why mess up a classic? why not re-do junk like 'Ishtar-the Musical' or 'Bonfire of the Vanitites'? naw - on second thought nobody ever wants to see those redone in any form. but STOP the remakes - and never-ending sequels - and get some new creative blood in Hollywood with fresh, original ideas/scripts. bad enough 'Footlose' has been remade. LEAVE OUR 'DIRTY DANCING' ALONE!!!!
    • punky's mom  •  9 mths ago
      What a cruel slap in the face to Patrick Swayze's family. I hope that the re-make stinks so it will never make it to theaters nor to video. There should only be one version of "Dirty Dancing".
    • Richard  •  9 mths ago
      Like Sam Goldwyn said: "Studios shouldn't remake hit pictures; they should take flops and make them better."
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