Encore celebrates the late Patrick Swayze (The Beast, Ghost, Road House) with three films on Saturday, September 19 beginning at 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. – City of Joy – Swayze plays a disenchanted American surgeon who arrives in Calcutta seeking enlightenment – instead he’s mugged and taken to a free clinic in the slums, where he finds a new purpose for his life. 6:15 p.m. – Youngblood – As young hockey hotshots, Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze make an unbeatable team in a film that counterpoints a tender love story with thrilling, on-ice action. 8:10 p.m. – Point Break – An FBI agent goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of…

Production Weekly is reporting that Lionsgate is in development of a remake of the classic 1987 film, “Dirty Dancing”, based on a new script by Julia Dahl (“Uptown Girl”). The original classic film starred Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey as a dancing instructor at a Catskills resort and a visiting New Yorker respectively, who fall in love and compete in a local dance competition. Made for just $6 million, the film has gone on to earn a massive $213.95 million worldwide as of 2007. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from the remake of “Dirty Dancing”. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Production Weekly)

Actor Patrick Swayze made his first public appearance since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year on the Stand Up 2 Cancer telethon Friday night. The Ghost star received a standing ovation the moment he stepped foot on Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre stage. He gave a speech in which he said, “I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, a life not lived in the shadow of cancer, but in the light. I dream that everyone diagnosed will be fortunate enough to have hope, that every human being lost to cancer isn’t gone, but is standing here with us tonight. I see a future…