The new series Baywatch is looking for its naiads

The production is launching an open casting call, in California, to form the cast who will have the heavy responsibility of succeeding Pamela Anderson, David Charvet and Yasmine Bleeth. All this in front of McG’s camera.

Who will be in a red swimsuit on the beach in Malibu?

The casting is on! The reboot of the Baywatch series, announced several months ago, is taking shape. The Fox channel is preparing to unearth the future stars of this new version of Baywatch via an open casting call. The channel is looking for “a wide range of roles, from lifeguards and beach attendants to bartenders, friends, love interests, rescuers and rescued people of all kinds, as well as other characters yet to be written,” the official announcement states.

This open casting call will take place on February 18, 2026, at the Marina Del Rey Marriott in Marina Del Rey, California. Fox invites candidates aged over 18 to come in an outfit that “evokes the world of the beach”. According to Deadline, the series should enter production in March, leaving the channel with less than a month to put together a cast that promises to be particularly strong.

“Baywatch open casting offers actors a rare opportunity to join a team from an iconic global phenomenon that celebrates the California spirit and has helped define Los Angeles’ unique beach culture,” said Michael Thorn, president of FOX Television Network. “We look forward to discovering new faces with authentic Southern California energy as we bring back Baywatch for a new generation of fans.”

This new Baywatch series project will therefore indeed see the light of day.

And Deadline reveals that director McG (real name Joseph McGinty Nichol) has joined the project as director. He will direct the first episode of the series and will also serve as executive producer.

McG is notably known for having directed the two Charlie’s Angels films in the 2000s, as well as Terminator Renaissance with Christian Bale (2009) and more recently The Babysitter (2017). On the small screen, it was he who signed the first episodes of the series Shadowhunters (2016) and also the new version of Lethal Weapon (2017).

The official description of the Baywatch remake promises a series true to the original spirit: “The reboot will feature the high-adrenaline rescues, complex relationships, explosive chemistry and beachside heroics that defined the original series — with an entirely new cast, sporting the iconic red jerseys, contemporary codes, new tensions and challenges, and a renewed mission: to protect the coastline of Southern California.”

Fox has not yet announced a release date, but the series is expected to launch in its 2026-2027 schedule.