‘Arrow’ Icon Finds His Subsequent TV Undertaking After Failed ‘Fits’ Spin-Off

Lengthy earlier than James Gunn and Peter Safran‘s DCU, and much more the Zack Snyder-founded DCEU for that matter, The CW discovered itself making a shared superhero universe with somewhat present referred to as Arrow. A severe and gritty tackle the often sarcastic and fun-loving Oliver Queen, not solely did the long-running present encourage a number of spin-offs like The Flash and Superman & Loishowever the Arrowverse additionally created a licensed star in Stephen Amell. Now, after shedding his earlier main position after Comply with LA‘s time was lower quick, Amell will reportedly now star in a well-known franchise with Fox’s extremely anticipated Baywatch reboot.

This marks the primary official casting for Fox’s reimagining of the massively iconic lifeguard procedural, which initially ran from 1989 to 2001 and helped launch the careers of each David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson. Amell will reportedly star within the present as Hobie Buchannon, the son of David Hasselhoff’s character, Mitch Buchannon within the authentic collection who was performed by Brandon Name within the first 21 episodes earlier than being recast with Jeremy Jackson. Based on an official description for Amell’s model of the character, Hobie would be the focus of the rebooted collection as oppossed to Mitch, with him being a father determine himself:

“Hobie’s world is turned the wrong way up when Charlie, the daughter he by no means knew, exhibits up on his doorstep, keen to hold on the Buchannon household legacy and change into a Baywatch lifeguard alongside her dad.”

Fox formally confirmed plans to reboot Baywatch in October 2025, with the expectation it might be a viable competitor to the massively fashionable 9-1-1. The above description already confirms a good departure from the unique collection, with Mitch being both a smaller supporting character or just will not seem within the present in any respect. An actor for Charlie or the opposite members of Baywatch‘s new lifeguard crew has not but been revealed, however will possible be revealed quickly now that Amell has been revealed because the lead.

This Is not the First Time ‘Baywatch’ Has Been Rebooted

Baywatch was nothing in need of a staple within the ’80s and ’90s, so it should not come as a shock that the upcoming revival is not the primary try at rebooting the franchise. In 2017, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Zac Efron tried to revive the collection as a characteristic movie, choosing a considerably meta and comedic strategy in the identical vein as Channing Tatum‘s 21 Soar Road motion pictures. Sadly, Baywatch 2017 did little to impress critics or audiences with respective scores of 18% and 55%, although it did okay on the field workplace with a haul of $177 million on a $69 million price range. Solely time will inform if Stephen Amell and Fox can put their CPR expertise to good use and convey the long-dormant franchise again to life.

Fox’s Baywatch reboot is in improvement now. Keep tuned to Collider for extra updates.