What in the name of all that is good and pure is wrong with you, Hollywood? The old adage about the lack of good ideas leading studios to recycle old TV shows into feature films has been said a thousand times...
But this??
Do not adjust your computer screen or reach for your glasses. You are not reading this wrong. Paramount Pictures is remaking the cheesy 90s series Baywatch as a big-screen movie. And Dwayne Johnson is starring in it.
The appropriate reaction you're looking for is:
Johnson announced the news himself on Twitter.
"This is my beach bitch!" Rumors are true... #BAYWATCH #RatedR #RedShortsBeHugginABrotha https://t.co/gepomRT8Ez
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) October 3, 2014
"This is my beach bitch!" Rumors are true... we're making #BAYWATCH the movie. Edgy, raunchy and… https://t.co/HQm0bra6cJ — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) October 3, 2014
So. Yeah.
It's not known if Dwayne Johnson will appear as David Hasselhoff's character, Mitch Buchannon, or if new characters will be created for the film. All that's been officially announced is what Johnson himself said: that it's going to be "edgy" and "raunchy" and intended for an R rating. Will it parody the old show? Or use raunch to update it for today's audiences?
Whoa...
(Sorry, involuntary shudder.)
Paramount has hired Justin Malen to rewrite an existing script while the We're the Millers team of Sean Anders and John Morris will direct.
One question:
