Baby's Back: Dirty Dancing To Get TV Remake

The classic 1980s film Dirty Dancing is to be remade for television, the US network ABC has revealed.

The three-hour special will star Abigail Breslin as Baby Houseman, the role that propelled Jennifer Grey to stardom.

Breslin was nominated for her starring role in the 2006 film Little Miss Sunshine.

The names of other cast members have not yet been revealed and there is great excitement about who will star as dance instructor Johnny, a role that the late Patrick Swayze made his own.

Abigail Breslin is lined up to take the lead role of Baby

The story is set in the summer of 1963 and concerns 17-year-old Baby and Johnny, the man who teachers her how to dance.

The writer of the original screenplay, Eleanor Bergstein, is to be part of the remake.

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   Gallery: Dirty Dancing's Patrick Swayze Dies

   Actor Patrick Swayze has died from pancreatic cancer aged 57. He is pictured here in his most celebrated role, portraying Johnny Castle, with co-star Jennifer Grey in a scene from Dirty Dancing.

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