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Baywatch gets director
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by: Mike Sampson Jul. 7, 2009

I had honestly thought that the proposed BAYWATCH movie was, pardon the pun, dead in the water but it turns out that things are moving ahead quite swimmingly. DreamWorks has hired THE HANGOVER writer Jeremy Garelick to write and make his feature directorial debut with a comedic BAYWATCH flick. Variety says the project is a "good bet" to get made and now that HANGOVER is a huge hit, I wouldn't be surprised at all.

Though Garelick's resume was a little light, he won the job by writing the first 37-pages of his script of spec. He had previously been brought in to punch up the comedic aspects of an action-heavy script written by Jay Scherick and David Ronn. To his credit, Garelick has never seen an episode of the show but is writing the movie as an 80s comedy a la POLICE ACADEMY or STRIPES. And quite frankly, that's the only way to do a BAYWATCH movie.

Source: Variety

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Extra Tidbit: At one point Eli Roth was attached to produce the film but he no longer seems involved with the current production.

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Obmulap
7:29PM on 07/08/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Now that I am actually in the correct article and not redirected to another....



I'd rather see a "Son of the Beach" movie, then you know that it would actually be funny
Now that I am actually in the correct article and not redirected to another....



I'd rather see a "Son of the Beach" movie, then you know that it would actually be funny
 
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pimpdaddyb
8:31AM on 07/08/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
wtf...P2
WHAT I MEANT WAS: as long as seth rogen plays "the hoff"... in a mankini!
WHAT I MEANT WAS: as long as seth rogen plays "the hoff"... in a mankini!
 
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pimpdaddyb
8:29AM on 07/08/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
wtf...
as long as seth rogen plays "the hoff"...
as long as seth rogen plays "the hoff"...
 
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cricker
1:02PM on 07/07/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
it better...
be R rated and have hot chicks who are naked a lot. And a lot of those babes should be from the show, carmen, pamela ..etc
be R rated and have hot chicks who are naked a lot. And a lot of those babes should be from the show, carmen, pamela ..etc
 
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Darin
12:19PM on 07/07/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Baywatch won't make money...
No one is going to the theatre to see Baywatch the movie, unless it's an adult theater, if you know what I mean.



Any normal guy would rather watch this kind of bouncing movie on their monitor streaming in the privacy of their own room.
No one is going to the theatre to see Baywatch the movie, unless it's an adult theater, if you know what I mean.



Any normal guy would rather watch this kind of bouncing movie on their monitor streaming in the privacy of their own room.
 
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zohan
12:19PM on 07/07/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
i really liked jenna's review of the new harry potter movie! i'm looking forward to seeing that one!
i really liked jenna's review of the new harry potter movie! i'm looking forward to seeing that one!
 
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Approverman
12:14PM on 07/07/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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I hope Pamela gets a cameo or something...

she could be like the Yoda of the new babes. There is another....
I hope Pamela gets a cameo or something...

she could be like the Yoda of the new babes. There is another....