Hangover scribe Jeremy Garelick to tackle babes, beaches and boards in Baywatch movie?
A bigscreen adaptation of TV series “Baywatch” appears to be in the works.
Jeremy Garelick has been hired to rewrite and direct a big screen comedy based on the those buff boys and gals patroling California’s beaches.
The film marks Garelick’s directing debut. The scribe, who most recently did an uncredited rewrite of “The Hangover” with Todd Phillips
“It felt like the template to do a movie that was similar to ‘Stripes’ and ‘Police Academy,’ the comedies I loved growing up,” Garelick said. “Rather than trying to pitch the tone, I figured it would be easier to write the first act to convey who these characters were,” Garelick said.
The script will reportedly 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.