Baywatch Update: David Hasselhoff Set to Return For New Film

Los Angeles: Actor David Hasselhoff is going to star in Baywatch movie, which also features Dwayne Johnson and Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra.

Mr Hasselhoff played Mitch Buchannon in the original '90s TV series and his role in the movie will be played by The Rock, who shared the news on Instagram:

"I WAS BORN READY!" Pleasure to officially welcome the original #BAYWATCH gangsta himself David Hasselhoff to our movie! #BAYWATCH is the most successful TV show of all time and from the day we announced we were turning it into a movie, "The Hoff" has been our greatest supporter. Especially once he knew our RATED R movie was going to be a combination of AVENGERS meets ANCHORMAN....Hoff's a cool dude who's down to have fun and here's the best part.. He's been training his ass off and gotten in the best shape he's been in in years! (cue slo-mo running and glistening chest hair.. wait, why the f*ck am I even thinking about Hoff's chest hair!?) World get ready.. #RockAndHoff #ThereAintNoBay #WithoutTheHoff

A video posted by therock (@therock) on Mar 2, 2016 at 6:45pm PST

However, it's unclear what part Mr Hasselhoff will be playing.Dwayne also wrote about how supportive Mr Hasselhoff was about the movie, "I got to tell you, The Hoff has been amazing! From day one, he's been so supportive. He's like, 'If there's one guy who could play me, it's The Rock.' "(Also Read: Priyanka Chopra on Playing a 'Very Evil Person' in Baywatch)

Filming is currently underway in Boca Raton, Florida with Seth Gordon as director.

Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach and Ilfenesh Hadera also star in the film.

The movie is set for a May 19, 2017 release in the US.