Zac Efron in talks for Baywatch movie

Bad Neighbours star Zac Efron is in talks for an upcoming Baywatch movie.

Dust off the red speedos, Zac Efron is in early talks to join Dwayne Johnson in the new Baywatch movie.

Just weeks after director Seth Gordon jumped aboard Paramount's big-screen adaptation of the 1990s television series about California lifeguards, Efron appears to be set to add a little more sex appeal to the beaches of Malibu, California, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Gordon is hoping to start shooting in early 2016. His film will centre on Johnson's no-nonsense lifeguard character, who teams up with a hothead in order to save their beach from environmental destruction at the hands of an oil tycoon.

- WENN