Honey 3: Dare to Dance

At a prestigious South African school, American dance student Melea Martin (Cassie Ventura) plans a thesis presentation based on a modern-day hip-hop adaptation of Romeo and Juliet with her love interest Erik Wildwood (Kenny Wormald) to honor her late mother's memory. However, Melea's dreams are dashed when she's unable to pay tuition and is forced to leave.

Determined to fulfill her destiny, she decides to rent a failing theater and persuade the community to support her artistic and unique vision, including childhood friend Nadine (Dena Kaplan) and classmate Laser (Bobby Lockwood). She meets a rival during a club dance battle, Ishani Mfeke (Sibo Mlambo), who is reeling from the loss of her brother and has a hardened exterior. However, when Malea asks her to choreograph the production together, the two form an unlikely partnership.

When adrenaline-filled rehearsals cause dance crew rivals and egos to get in the way, everything falls apart much like Shakespeare's Capulets and Montagues. Amid romantic love triangles and personal conflicts, Melea dares to dream and risks it all to put on a performance the Cape Town community won't forget.

• Cassie Ventura as Melea Martin
• Kenny Wormald as Erik Wildwood
• Dena Kaplan as Nadine
• Sibongile Mlambo as Ishani Mfeke
• Bobby Lockwood as Laser
• Clayton Evertson as Taj Mfeka
• Terry Sauls as Taariq
• Ambrose Uren as Dajon Bell
• Stephen Jubber as Eduardo Diego
• Adrian Galley as Mr Sammy Wright
• Peter Butler as Uncle Simon
• Brandon Peterson as Mike
• Sivuyile Ngesi as DJ Zubair Khumalo
• Adam Cope as Christian (R&J Stage Hand)
• Ashlynn Cloete as Crystal
• Jason Meyer as Zam

On November 14, 2015, it was announced Sibo Mlambo had been cast with a lead role in Universal's sequel Honey 3, which would be set in South Africa, with a likely debut on DVD in the United States. Mlambo was set to play the character of Ishani, a "street-tough Cape Town local who never backs down from a fight – or a dance battle. [...] Still reeling from the loss of her brother, Ishani has a hardened exterior and doesn't take too kindly to an outsider named Malea." Bille Woodruff was returning to direct Honey 3 after directing the first two films.[2]

Later that month, Cassie Ventura was revealed to be playing the starring role of Malea. The film was described "filled with performances, a romantic love triangle and cultural clashes", and confirmed to release in 2016 from Universal 1440 Entertainment, the original content production arm of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Filming through December 20, 2015, it was also set to star Kenny Wormald, Dena Kaplan, Clayton Evertson, Bobby Lockwood, Peter Butler and Adrian Galley, from a script penned by Catherine Cyran and film production by Mike Elliott.[3] Woodruff talked about the film's concept saying the crew "consider[ed] people being more interested in dance in a mainstream way because of TV shows. Shooting in South Africa made sense with the idea of taking the franchise to a different place in the world and exploring the different dances", continuing, "[Exploring the] differences and similarities. Dance is a universal language. Plus there is a huge fan community in Cape Town which opened our eyes to a dance community throughout the world."[4]

The film was made available for streaming on Netflix on September 6, 2016,[5] and released on DVD and Blu-ray on the same day in the United States.[6][7]

Special features

• Feature Commentary with Director Bille Woodruff
• Battle Dakota Club
• South African Backdrop
• Behind the Dance: The Making of Honey 3
• Extended Dance Sequences
• Deleted Scenes

A soundtrack album to the film was released on September 2, 2016, by Back Lot Music. It features songs from Major Lazer featuring Ariana Grande, Jason Derulo, Dawin, Vicetone, The Very Best, Incredible Bongo Band, Carly Rose, among others, and includes an original track by the lead actress Cassie. South African composer Mark Kilian, the film's original score creator, also contributed with six tracks.[8]

ome video sales to $215,521.[9]

• Official website
• Honey 3: Dare to Dance at IMDb
• Honey 3: Dare to Dance at AllMovie