Not As Good
Speaking of Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Eleanor Bergstein wasn’t the writer for the sequel. The film went on to be rated in the #11 slot of Entertainment Weekly’s Top 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made. Ouch. Maybe Bergstein should have returned as the writer? Or maybe we just need the original Baby and Johnny! Either way, critics hated the sequel.
Almost
Director Kenny Ortega announced in 2011 that a Dirty Dancing remake was in the works. The following year, however, Lionsgate postponed the reboot as they were facing casting issues. Finally in February 2015, the remake was scheduled to be a TV movie. Although by July 2015, that was also eventually scraped.