Stephen Amell’s Procedural Reboot Brings Again Authentic Star 27 Years Later

The second solid member has been added to Stephen Amell’s procedural reboot collection at Fox, and it’s a star from the unique present.

Baywatch, the enduring collection about lifeguards patrolling the seashores of Los Angeles, is being rebooted with Amell taking part in the collection common lead position of Hobie Buchannon, the son of David Hasselhoff’s Mitch Buchannon. The brand new collection options 12 episodes and can debut in the course of the 2026-2027 community tv season for Fox. Filming begins this spring, with Matt Nix because the showrunner and McG directing the primary episode.

Now, Amell is being joined by David Chokachi, who’s reprising his position as Cody Madison in Fox’s Baywatch reboot. Chokachi was a collection common in seasons 6-9, which aired from 1995-1999, in the course of the unique collection. Within the reboot, Cody runs Baywatch’s bar-and-grill, The Shoreline, and nonetheless often works as a lifeguard. He’s additionally a mentor and buddy to the opposite lifeguards, together with his institution changing into a second dwelling for them. Take a look at the official description of the present under:

The wild baby Hobie Buchannon all of us liked from the unique collection is now a Baywatch Captain, following within the footsteps of his legendary father, Mitch. 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 develop into a Baywatch lifeguard alongside her dad.

With Amell taking part in Hobie and Okachi coming again as Cody, the subsequent position to be introduced will probably be Charlie. Earlier than this, although, the collection is additional cementing its ties to the unique Baywatch by emphasizing that Mitch’s son and the returning Okachi will likely be on the coronary heart of the collection. This connectivity is extra more likely to attraction to longtime followers, particularly those that could also be skeptical of the reboot. Cody being again opens the door for extra acquainted characters to look as nicely.

This isn’t the primary time that the Baywatch IP has been expanded on, because the spinoff collection Baywatch Nights aired from 1995-1997, and a film starring Dwayne Johnson as Mitch was launched in 2017. Neither enlargement lived as much as the repute of its predecessor, with the spinoff canceled after two seasons and the film receiving a dismal 18% critics’ rating and a 55% viewers rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Hasselhoff was a collection common in Baywatch Nights and each he and Pamela Anderson had cameos within the movie.

Outdoors of taking part in Cody in Baywatch, Chokachi has had roles in Witchblade, Soul Surfer, and Emerald Run. Amell performed one of many Arrowverse’s most vital characters, Oliver Queen, for years and was in each seasons of the skilled wrestling drama collection Heels. Extra lately, he starred within the NBC spinoff Fits LA, which was canceled after one season.