DreamWorks buys rights to 'Baywatch' movie

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Posted on Fri, Nov. 12, 2004

DreamWorks buys rights to 'Baywatch' movie

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - "Baywatch" may soon be joining the ranks of "Dragnet," "Starsky & Hutch," "Scooby-Doo" and "Bewitched" on the list of old TV shows made into movies.

Movie rights to the skin, surf and sand series - which starred Pamela Anderson as a sexy lifeguard and David Hasselhoff as her heroic boss - have been sold to DreamWorks SKG.

FreemantleMedia, which owned the rights to the series, announced the deal Friday.

Aiming for a 2006 release, it's still too early to say whether any original cast members would appear in the film, or whether the story would be played seriously or more for laughs.

"Baywatch" was telecast from 1989 to 2001, during which time its lineup changed several times.

[Ted Pikul]

Sounds like a Steven Spielberg project to me starring Tom Cruise as Mitch & Kate C(r)apshaw as CJ's mom.

[Donnie_Darko]

So... does anyone need any more proof that Hollywood has given up on new original LIVE ACTION ideas?

As lame as this is... it WILL get lamer. Most likely by either...

A) Turning it into a serious "drama" style movie, with a fairly big name cast.

or

B) Turning it into a goofy(er) slapstick, goofball, grossout humor, dummy comedy starring the "Stiller Crew".

I'm banking on the latter.