"Dirty Dancing" gets a sequel

Writer: Heidi Hsia

"Dirty Dancing 2" will be without Patrick Swayze

29 Jan - "Dirty Dancing" is getting a sequel, 39 years after the release of the first film.

Lionsgate announced on 27 January that the project will be produced by Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson ("Crazy Rich Asians"), and will start production later this year. However, no director has been attached to the project yet.

Grey, who will be executive producing the project, will also reprise her role as Frances "Baby" Houseman.

The original movie starred Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze

"Dirty Dancing remains as beloved today as it was upon its initial release, and we knew that a very special group of people would have to come together for fans to embrace a return to Kellerman's," Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson says in a statement. "We are beyond thrilled to announce we have assembled the perfect team to carry this film forward in partnership with Jennifer Grey."

The original movie, released in 1987, stars Grey as Baby, who, while on a holiday with her family at an upscale resort, falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze).

The movie was a box office hit, earning USD 214 million (USD 608 million today) and winning an Oscar for Best Original Song for "(I've Had) The Time of My Life."

Jennifer Grey will reprise her role as Frances "Baby" Houseman

Patrick Swayze passed away in 2009

Cinema Online, 29 January 2026