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Dirty Dancing with its original star Jennifer Grey been announced.The follow-up, set to be released more than 30 years after the first, has been ordered by Lionsgate with Grey, who portrayed Baby in the 1987 film, also serving as an executive producer.Warm Bodies‘ Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer will direct the new film.

It’s time for Baby to come out from the corner.

A new “Dirty Dancing” movie is in the works at Lionsgate that will bring back the 1987 original’s star Jennifer Grey to both star and executive produce and that will be directed by Jonathan Levine, Lionsgate announced on its earnings call Thursday.The studio also announced a fifth “John Wick” movie, this one arriving after the planned “John Wick 4” hitting theaters in 2022.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorLionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer confirmed what we first told you back in mid-July, in what he billed as “one of the worst kept secrets in Hollywood”: Jennifer Grey is starring and executive producing a new Dirty Dancing movie at the mini-major.The new addition here is that Warm Bodies director Jonathan Levine has become attached.

Jonathan Levine is returning to TV with “Nine Perfect Strangers,” an upcoming star-studded Hulu limited series based on Liane Moriarty‘s book of the same name. READ MORE: ‘Helstrom’ First-Look Photos: The Last Remnant Of Marvel TV’s Run Arrives On Hulu In October Levine will direct a cast which includes Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving, Luke Evans, and more.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorWarm Bodies helmer Jonathan Levine is set to direct all eight episodes of Hulu’s anticipated tentpole limited series Nine Perfect Strangers, starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving, Luke Evans, Melvin Gregg, Grace Van Patten and Tiffany Boone. Levine also will executive produce the series, based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s book, which hails from David E.

Jennifer Grey has been tapped to star in a brand new movie for Lionsgate, which is rumored to be the next Dirty Dancing.

By Anthony D'Alessandro