An official sequel to the hit summer romance movie Dirty Dancing has been announced, 33 years after the first film was released.
In 2004, a spinoff film, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, starring Diego Luna and Romola Garai, set in 1958 Cuba, was released to moderate reviews.
Jennifer Grey, who starred in the original as Frances “Baby” Houseman, whose summer camp is enlivened by an affair with her slinky-hipped dance teacher, Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), will return for the film, it has been confirmed.
The climatic scene in which the couple dance to the song, culminating in an impressive lift, became a fixture of pop cultural reference.