Grease 2 Grease 2 Grease 2 is a 1982 American musical romantic comedy film and the sequel to "Grease", which is based upon the musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The film was produced by Allan Carr and Robert Stigwood, and directed and choreographed by Patricia Birch, who also choreographed the first film and the Broadway musical. It takes place two years after the original film at Rydell High School, set in the 1961–1962 school year, with an almost entirely new cast, led by actors Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer. The film was released theatrically on June
Grease 2 later: Barry Diller of Paramount said that the film "on no level is as good as the first. The quality isn't there." Jim Jacobs described it at the time as "awful ... the pits." In an interview 27 years later, Jacobs noted that "Grease 2" "still brings a brief frown to his face." Pfeiffer was nominated for a 1983 Young Artist Award in the category of Best Young Motion Picture Actress. The film was nominated for a Stinkers Bad Movie Awards for Worst Picture. The film's screenplay was adapted in the Kannada (South India) feature film "Premaloka", starring Ravichandran and