John Cleese has reportedly joined the cast of an unofficial Baywatch movie.
Due to legal issues, the film cannot use the Baywatch name and brand, but stars several of the original stars and follows the same plot as the 1990s TV series.
David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson and Alexandra Paul will return in The B-Team, to be directed by Chris Cottam, according to The Independent.
The film will play on the joke conspiracy that the cast were actually working for the CIA as spies while travelling across the world during the show's popularity.
Monty Python star Cleese is said to be playing a "classic English villain" named Victor Van Vaught, who aims to control nuclear weapons from his yacht in the Mediterranean.
Alexandra Paul said of the project: "The B Team is an action comedy with some reality thrown in. We play ourselves, so the audience might not know what is...
Due to legal issues, the film cannot use the Baywatch name and brand, but stars several of the original stars and follows the same plot as the 1990s TV series.
David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson and Alexandra Paul will return in The B-Team, to be directed by Chris Cottam, according to The Independent.
The film will play on the joke conspiracy that the cast were actually working for the CIA as spies while travelling across the world during the show's popularity.
Monty Python star Cleese is said to be playing a "classic English villain" named Victor Van Vaught, who aims to control nuclear weapons from his yacht in the Mediterranean.
Alexandra Paul said of the project: "The B Team is an action comedy with some reality thrown in. We play ourselves, so the audience might not know what is...
- 7/8/2014
- Digital Spy
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