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Bill Hader Starring in David Hasselhoff's Old Role in Tom Lennon and Ben Garant's 'Baywatch' Movie (UPDATE)

by | January 22nd, 2013

Last year, it was reported that Reno 911! and The State duo Robert Ben Garant and Tom Lennon were planning to direct a comedic movie version of the cheesy 90s lifeguard soap Baywatch a la 21 Jump Street, and now, they've found their new David Hasselhoff: SNL's Bill Hader. The Wrap reports that Hader will play the movie's lead, based on David Hasselhoff's original character and that Hasselhoff himself and Pamela Anderson will be making cameos.

The Baywatch movie follows the central group of lifeguards dealing with an oil rig off the Malibu coast that turns out to be a meth lab. Jeremy Garelick (The Break-Up) and Peter [...]

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Thomas Lennon is Co-Directing Robert Ben Garant's 'Baywatch' Movie

by | September 25th, 2012

Robert Ben Garant will be joined by his partner in crime, fellow The State/Reno 911! alum Thomas Lennon, as his co-director for a comedy remake of the cheesy 90s lifeguard soap Baywatch.  This is the silliest project Lennon and Garant have ever worked on, and keep in mind that Lennon wrote “Porcupine Racetrack” and the duo was previously developing a “leprechaun action comedy.”

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Robert Ben Garant to Direct a 'Baywatch' Movie (This Is Real)

by | September 20th, 2012

In a movie that will likely be 50% in slow motion, Robert Ben Garant is going to direct a comedic version of the syndicated drama about boobs on the beach. The Baywatch script was written by Peter Tolan (creator of Rescue Me, Larry Sanders Show writer) and described as being comparable to Stripes. (Finally, we'll get to see Bill Murray and the ghost of John Candy in red bikinis.) It's not clear yet if Garant will re-work or completely rewrite the script; however, either way, this is one really weird project.

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