“Baywatch,” the iconic show about lifeguards on a drama series, is rising again with Stephen Amell set to star. The actor, best know for starring the long-running “Arrow,” shared the news on his Instagram page that he would join the series.
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“I’m fully aware that Baywatch is iconic — and at its heart, it’s entertainment. It’s big, fun, and unapologetically larger than life. But filming it here in Los Angeles adds a deeper layer of meaning,” Amell said.
Amell will play Hobie Buchannon, the son of David Hasselhoff’s Mitch from the original series, which ran from 1989 to 2001.
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FOX is holding an Open Casting Call for the new show on February 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. The casting call seeks actors 18+ for various roles and requires registration by February 17 at www.baywatchcastingcall.com.
The reboot will bring “new faces, new adventures and daring rescues to the sun-drenched SoCal coast.”
About Baywatch on FOX
“Baywatch” is scheduled to begin shooting this March on L.A.’s famed Venice Beach and on the historic FOX Studio Lot in Century City. Set to premiere during FOX’s 2026-27 season, the series is produced by Fremantle and FOX Entertainment, and executive produced by Michael Berk, Greg Bonann, Dante Di Loreto, Doug Schwartz, Mike Horowitz and Matt Nix, who also serves as showrunner.
First hitting screens in 1989, “Baywatch” became the most-watched show in the world, airing in over 200 countries, and at its peak, reaching more than a billion viewers every week. The unforgettable original series starred heartthrob David Hasselhoff and helped launch the careers of international superstars from Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra to Jason Momoa and Yasmine Bleeth. The series reboot will celebrate the franchise’s enduring legacy, while re-energizing it for today’s global audience. Fans can expect all the adrenaline-fueled rescues, tangled relationships, complicated chemistry and beachside heroics that defined the original — now with an entirely new cast, contemporary trappings, tensions and challenges, and a renewed mission to protect Southern California’s shoreline.
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