{"id":6669,"date":"2015-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lionsgate-tv-abc-prep-dirty-dancing-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2016-01-28T11:57:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:57:15","slug":"lionsgate-tv-abc-prep-dirty-dancing-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lionsgate-tv-abc-prep-dirty-dancing-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate TV &amp; ABC Prep Dirty Dancing Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Lionsgate TV and ABC have cast Abigail Breslin as \u201cBaby\u201d in the upcoming musical adaptation of the classic film <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Breslin (<em>Freak Show<\/em>, <em>Scream Queens<\/em>, <em>Little Miss Sunshine<\/em>) will take the lead in the three-hour musical, playing the role originally portrayed by Jennifer Grey in the 1987 film. The taped\u00a0special event is set to air on ABC Television Network and will be produced by Lionsgate TV in association with\u00a0Allison Shearmur Productions. Shearmur (<em>The Hunger Games<\/em> franchise, <em>Cinderella<\/em>) will executive produce along with Eleanor Bergstein, who wrote the screenplay for the original film. Adam Anders\u00a0and\u00a0Judy Cairo serve as producers, and the film is being adapted for television by Jessica Sharzer\u00a0(<em>American Horror Story<\/em>, <em>The L Word<\/em>). Wayne Blair will direct, with music by Adam Anders\u00a0and\u00a0Peer Astrom.<\/p>\n<p>Part of Lionsgate\u2019s library, <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em> sells hundreds of thousands of DVDs and digital copies every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Lionsgate TV and ABC have cast Abigail Breslin as \u201cBaby\u201d in the upcoming musical adaptation of the classic film Dirty Dancing. Breslin (Freak Show, Scream Queens, Little Miss Sunshine) will take the lead in the three-hour musical, playing the role originally portrayed by Jennifer Grey in the 1987 film. The taped\u00a0special event is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[158,209,83],"class_list":["post-6669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-abc","tag-dirty-dancing","tag-lionsgate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lionsgate TV &amp; ABC Prep Dirty Dancing Adaptation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lionsgate TV &amp; ABC Prep Dirty Dancing Adaptation. 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