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Fox is doubling down on lifeguard dramas with a major script plus penalty dedication to Baywatch, a reboot of the basic seaside sequence. The brand new iteration is a co-production between Fremantle and Fox Leisure.
Deadline revealed exclusively last April that Fremantle was engaged on a Baywatch remake. On the time, Fox already had began conversations with the indie studio for the potential sequence whereas additionally creating one other lifeguard drama franchise, Rescue: HI-Surf, from John Wells Prods. The latter, a co-production between Warner Bros. TV and Fox Leisure, was subsequently picked up to series for the 2023-24 season; it’s now on monitor for a fall 2024 launch on account of strike-related delays.
In the meantime, Fox remained involved in Baywatch, doubtlessly as a summer season sequence.
The brand new “action-packed” Baywatch reboot is written by Lara Olsen who will function showrunner. In it, daring ocean rescues, pristine seashores, and iconic pink bathing fits are again, together with a complete new era of Baywatch lifeguards, who navigate sophisticated, messy private lives.
Olsen government produces with Baywatch creators Michael Berk, Greg Bonann and Doug Schwartz.
The unique sequence, which made worldwide stars of the likes of David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson, adopted a gaggle of lifeguards who patrolled the seashores of LA County. Initially produced for NBC by Gannett, the present premiered in fall 1989 and was canceled by the community after one season.
Nevertheless, the Baywatch producers purchased again the rights and produced a syndicated model by way of All American Tv with the assistance of financing from German distributor Beta Taurus, a part of the Kirch group in Germany and ITV.
Baywatch, which starred starred Hasselhoff, Anderson, David Charvet, Yasmine Bleeth and Nicole Eggert amongst others, then ran for 10 extra seasons, together with a transfer to Hawaii for later seasons, changing into one of many most-watched reveals on the planet. It spawned the Baywatch Nights spinoff and Baywatch: Hawaiian Marriage ceremony, a two-hour reunion film that aired on Fox, in addition to the 2017 characteristic headlined by Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.
Fremantle held the rights to the present after All American Tv was subsumed into Pearson, which turned Fremantle. Beta held the worldwide distribution rights earlier than Fremantle took over in 2018.
Peter White contributed to this report.
