Everything We Know About Dirty Dancing 2
The 1987 romantic drama dance movie Dirty Dancing is finally getting a proper sequel, and here’s what you need to know about Dirty Dancing 2. The 1980s saw the release of many movies that are now considered classics from different genres, and romantic movies were especially popular during that decade. One of the most popular romantic movies from the 1980s is Dirty Dancing, directed by Emile Ardolino and starring Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze.
Set in 1963, Dirty Dancing tells the story of Frances «Baby» Houseman (Grey), a young woman vacationing with her family at an upscale Catskills resort in the Borscht Belt, owned by her father’s friend, Max Kellerman. There she meets Johnny Castle (Swayze), the resort’s dance instructor, with whom she starts a romantic relationship. Together they prepare for an important performance at a nearby resort, but they encounter a couple of obstacles along the way, mostly from people who don’t approve of their relationship. Dirty Dancing was a critical and commercial success, with most praise going towards the performances of Grey and Swayze and the movie’s soundtrack, and it boosted the careers of Grey and Swayze while also becoming a classic.
Related: Dirty Dancing: Why Frances Is Really Called «Baby»
Dirty Dancing got a “reimagining”/unrelated prequel in 2004 with Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, which took the original movie’s basic plot and settled it in 1958 Cuba, during the peak of the Cuban revolution. Havana Nights got negative reviews and is mostly forgotten by fans of the original movie, but now Dirty Dancing is getting a proper sequel, tentatively titled DD, and here’s everything you need to know about this project.
Dirty Dancing 2 was announced in 2020, along with the news that
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