Baywatch heads for big screen; REMAKE.

LEGENDARY sexy TV show Baywatch is to be reworked for the big screen - as a tongue-in-cheek comedy movie.

The beachside show, which focused on the lives of Los Angeles lifeguards, rejuvenated the flagging career of David Hasselhoff, 56, as well as making Pamela Anderson a pin-up icon.

It became a global smash hit and was the most watched TV show in the world, attracting more than 1.1billion viewers.

Paramount bosses have now confirmed Hollywood writer Jeremy Garelick is tweaking the screenplay and plans to direct the project himself.

Garelick said: "It felt like the template to do a movie that was similar to Stripes and Police Academy, the comedies I loved growing up."

None of the original cast will star in the movie, although it is rumoured Hasselhoff and Anderson will make cameo appearances.

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