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Baby is back: Remake of Dirty Dancing to be filmed in NC

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The Story

Several media outlets are reporting that a 3-part mini-series version of the 1987 mega movie “Dirty Dancing” will be shot in the Carolinas.

The Facts

– According to documents with the N.C. Department of Commerce, it will be shot this spring in possibly Asheville, Cashiers, Winston-Salem and Greensboro.

– Will air as a three-part mini-series on ABC.

– The state gave $4 million in incentives to score the project.

– Some 1,300 jobs will be created around the 2-month filming.

The old school version

– Was shot on Lake Lure.

– Today, an annual festival there commemorates the film, including this lift competition:

CHRIS WOLF McConnell Group

This story was originally published May 3, 2015 at 9:40 PM.

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