Baywatch Reboot Full Trailer Drops; Fox Sets January 2027 Premiere — SkimNews
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- Fox released the full trailer for the Baywatch reboot, which is set to premiere in January 2027.
- Stephen Amell stars as Hobie Buchannon, a Baywatch Captain following in the footsteps of his legendary father Mitch; Jessica Belkin plays his daughter Charlie Vale, who shows up to carry on the Buchannon family legacy.
- The new-look cast also includes Hassie Harrison as Nat, Shay Mitchell as Trna, Thaddeus LaGrone as Brad, Noah Beck as Luke, and Brooks Nader as Selene, with Livvy Dunne making her acting debut in a recurring role as Grace.
- David Chokachi will reprise his original-series role as Cody Madison — the only direct holdover from the 1989 show.
- Matt Nix (Burn Notice, The Gifted) serves as showrunner and executive producer, with McG directing the series premiere; the show is co-produced by Fox Entertainment and Fremantle.
- Amell, Beck, and Nix are promoting the series at MIPCOM in Cannes, where they told Deadline the show "reminds the broader Hollywood community that there are enormous advantages to shooting in Los Angeles."
- The original Baywatch, which first hit screens in 1989, became the most-watched show in the world, airing in more than 200 countries and peaking at over a billion weekly viewers.
Why it matters: Fox is leveraging one of the most globally recognized TV brands — a show that peaked at over a billion weekly viewers across 200+ countries — and explicitly positioning it at MIPCOM as a proof point that LA-based production remains viable, a pitch aimed squarely at a Hollywood community still recalibrating after the strikes-era production exodus.
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