Grease (film) anniversary, Paramount released Grease on 4K, UHD, Blu-Ray and DVD on April 24, 2018. The sequel, "Grease 2" (1982), stars Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer. While only a few cast members from the original movie such as Dody Goodman, Sid Caesar, Eddie Deezen, Didi Conn, Dennis Stewart and Eve Arden reprise their respective roles. Dick Patterson returned, playing a different character. It grossed $15 million on its $13 million budget. Patricia Birch, the original movie's choreographer, directed the sequel. It would be the only movie that she would direct. On March 12, 2013, "Grease" and "Grease 2" were packaged together
Grease 2 for the stage and film versions of "Grease". Birch was initially hesitant to accept after learning that neither composers Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey nor John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John would be involved in film. Bronte Woodard, the writer who adapted the original stage material for the original film, had died in 1980, and Canadian comic Ken Finkleman (who was also writing and directing "" at the same time) was tasked with penning a new script mostly from scratch. The total budget for the production was $11.2 million, almost double the budget of the original. "Grease 2" was intended to