10 Most Anticipated Summer Blockbusters Of 2017
5. Baywatch
Release date: 26th May
Everyone knows Hollywood loves its nostalgia properties, but very few people expected Baywatch would be the next 90s TV show to receive a filmic adaptation. In the same year we’re getting a Power Rangers movie, The Rock and director Seth Gordon are also reviving the life-guard drama series for the big screen.
Dwayne Johnson stars alongside Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach and Priyanka Chopra, while Zac Efron is on hand to do what Zac Efron always seems to do these days: take his shirt off and make crass jokes. The jokes land about as often as they don’t in Baywatch’s most recent trailer, which could provide an overall indication of how the finished product will turn out. It feels like they’re going for a 22 Jump Street-style meta-comedy genre parody here, so it’ll be interesting to see if they can toe the line between self-awareness and self-indulgence.
Whether it’s any good or not, Baywatch will undoubtedly be the summer-iest summer blockbuster to hit cinemas in 2017.