Recently we have talked about a number of films that seem to be grasping to obscure pop culture references as the basis for the movie. Asteroids, Viewmaster, Slinky (just wait for it) etc. Then there has been a number of shows that managed to find a degree of success with little to no premise.
But in the most obscure pop culture tie in reference is this beach movie about lifeguards. Yeah you wouldn’t care at all about it, but they are making it an adaptation of BAYWATCH!
At least they have attached a writer with a little credibility. We will forgive him for apprenticing under Schumacher’s boot, but Jeremy Garelick had his fingers in The Hangover.
Now Jeremy Garelick, who came up in the business working for Joel Schumacher, then co-wrote The Break-Up and became part of Todd Phillips’ rewrite crew (he did uncredited work on The Hangover) has been tapped to rewrite and direct Baywatch as a broad comedy.
The script now focuses on two unlikely lifeguard candidates trying to catch on alongside the buff bodies that will be as abundant in the film as they were in the TV series.”
Cameo appearances of Hasselhoff from the ribcage up and Pamela Anderson almost seem a requirement, but I think the most likely returning culprit would be the slow motion beach running babes in red one piece swimsuits. I wonder how long before Megan Fox is approached.
That’s your headlining star right there.
