Maggenti contributed to the script for this summer's tween-oriented film Monte Carlo and has subsequently written two screeplays, titled Before I Fall and My Name is Memory for Fox 2000 and New Regency.  More than a decade ago, Maggenti wrote The Love Letter, a good-natured ensemble romance that opened that same week as Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.  Recently, she's been involved in several television series, serving as co-producer on 90210 and story editor on Without a Trace.

She'll be updating the coming-of-age story centered on a sheltered girl who travels to a Catskills resort and fall in love with her hunky dance instructor.  It's unclear if the new version will retain the 1960's setting of the first film.

Apparently, the new Dirty Dancing has quite a few potential writers actively vying for the position, since Lionsgate has locked Ortega to direct and is quite eager to get the project properly underway.  It's not difficult to see why, as the original is one of the most successful independent films of all time.  Made for just six million dollars, the film grossed just under $214 million globally.  Even more than that, the title retains strong recognition and affection, with the soundtrack, imagery, and especially the line, "Nobody puts Baby in a corner" still firmly entrenched in the pop cultural mainstream.

The film spawned a one-season television version with Patrick Cassidy and future The Office star Melora Hardin as Johnny Castle and Baby, respectively.  In 2004, Lionsgate released but did not produce a belated and unconnected sequel titled Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, which failed to light the world on fire.