Zac Efron Starring in the 'Baywatch' Movie is Perfect Casting!

We have never heard more perfect casting news than this morning’s announcement that Zac Efron is in talks to star in the upcoming Baywatch movie!

The 27-year-old actor will appear alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the big-screen remake of the classic 1990s television series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Baywatch will follow a “by-the-book and very serious lifeguard (Johnson) who is forced to team up with a young rule-flouting hothead (Efron) in order to save their beach from environmental destruction at the hands of an oil tycoon.”

The movie is set to start production in February 2016.

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