David Chokachi will reprise his original role of Cody Madison in Fox\u2019s new Baywatch series from Matt Nix. Chokachi joins the previously announced Stephen Amell, who will lead the series as Hobie Buchannon.<\/p>\n
Chokachi will recur on the series as OG heartthrob Cody Madison, who is returning to the beach. Cody runs The Shoreline, the unofficially official Baywatch bar-and-grill, and still puts on the red trunks for the occasional shift saving lives. He\u2019s a mentor to and a friend, providing a second home for his fellow lifeguards\u2026 and always offering free wings after a big save.<\/p>\n
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Fox teases that\u00a0Baywatch\u00a0will feature adrenaline-fueled rescues, tangled relationships, complicated chemistry and beachside heroics that defined the original \u2014 now with an entirely new cast donning the show\u2019s signature red swimsuits, contemporary trappings, tensions and challenges, and a renewed mission to protect Southern California\u2019s shoreline.<\/p>\n
The reboot received a 12-episode straight-to-series order from the broadcast network in September, after having been in development at Fox\u00a0since winter 2024<\/a>. Production is slated\u00a0to begin shooting this spring on\u00a0Venice Beach\u00a0and on the Fox Studio Lot in Century City.<\/p>\n Following its 1989 debut and a swift cancellation by NBC after one season,\u00a0the original series became the\u00a0most-watched show airing in over\u00a0200 countries,\u00a0and at its peak, reached more than\u00a0a billion viewers every week. Hasselhoff led the series and helped launch the careers of actors from Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra to Jason Momoa and Yasmine Bleeth.<\/p>\n The new\u00a0Baywatch\u00a0is co-produced by Fox Entertainment and Fremantle with Nix\u00a0(Burn Notice,\u00a0The Gifted) serving as showrunner and executive producer alongside\u00a0executive producers\u00a0McG,\u00a0Michael Berk,\u00a0Greg Bonann,\u00a0Doug Schwartz, Dante Di Loreto and Mike Horowitz.\u00a0McG will direct the series premiere episode. Fox Entertainment Global holds all domestic distribution rights, and Fremantle manages all international sales.<\/p>\n Chokachi is represented by Link Entertainment and Singular Talent.<\/p>\n Best of Deadline<\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Chokachi will reprise his original role of Cody Madison in Fox\u2019s new Baywatch series from Matt Nix.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[160580,160579,156,35986,160582,111,139,69,160581,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-289236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-cody-madison","9":"tag-david-chokachi","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-fox-entertainment","12":"tag-matt-nix","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-stephen-amell","17":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}