Paramount To Reboot ‘Baywatch’ / Dwayne Johnson Bags Lead Role

As fans of ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ await more news on its big screen resurrection, actor Dwayne Johnson has revealed that he is to star in a reboot of hit 90s series ‘Baywatch‘, set to rock movie theatres via Paramount.

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Via ‘Instagram’, the 42 year old entertainer shared:

This is my beach bitch!” Rumors are true… we’re making #BAYWATCH the movie. Edgy, raunchy and hopefully, funny as all hell. Cue slo mo running on the beach… #WhoNeedsMouthToMouth #RedShortsBeHugginABrotha.

‘Deadline’ adds:

Johnson has long been rumored to head up a Baywatch movie, and the oft-shirtless star would seem a perfect fit for the action film that takes place along the perilous shores of Santa Monica.

Paramount has been trying to mount a Baywatch movie for years and has begun to ramp up its efforts. A number of previous writers have taken a crack at the script including Jeremy Garelick and Peter Tolan. At one point the action was set to revolve around a series of shark attacks that led the Baywatch team to investigate a drug-smuggling operation. It is unclear what Malen’s take will be for the latest version.

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