The film puts a comedic spin on the worldwide success of the TV show that ran from 1989–2001 charting the exploits and rescues of a team of lifeguards--ala 21 Jump Street
Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Ilfenesh Hadera, Priyanka Chopra, Hannibal Buress, Jon Bass, Izabel Goulart, Charlotte McKinney and Haviland Stillwell all star in the film.
Series stars David Hassehoff and Pamela Anderson are both set to appear.
In late 2011 "Rescue Me" co-creator Peter Tolan and Jeremy Garelick had reportedly finished their script then--Reno 911 creators and stars Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant were attached to work on the pic at one point as well In June 2012, JustinTimberlake was linked to play a disgraced former Olympic swimmer forced to join the Baywatch crew as part of a community service. But that fell apart and now Efron fills those swim trunks
Justin Malen did a rewrite but Damian Shannon and Mark Swift wrote the latest draft of the script
Seth Gordon directed the picture.
Ivan Reitman, Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson are producing the pic.
The Paramount release is set to hit theaters on May 26, 2017.
1 comment:
I like Peter Tolan, if the script retained any of his humor it should be okay. I was a big fan of Rescue Me.
Post a Comment