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CinemaCon: Raunchy 'Baywatch' movie earns its R rating

 

LAS VEGAS — If there was any question about how the R-rated Baywatch will play out for its May 19, 2017, release, that was dispelled at CinemaCon 2016's first night Monday.

 

LAS VEGAS — If there was any question about how the R-rated Baywatch will play out for its May 19, 2017, release, that was dispelled at CinemaCon 2016's first night Monday.

It's going to be a hard R rating.

Theater owners and executives saw for themselves at their annual convention when they caught a bawdy glimpse of the Baywatch reboot with leading man Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson during the Paramount Studios preview.

“Our star dreams of grosses even bigger than his biceps," said Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount Studios. "He has his entire cast in the gym to make sure this is the best-looking movie of 2017.”

Sending a recorded message, Johnson introduced his bathing suit-clad cast from the set — including Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario and Kelly Rohrbach.

"I am here to tell you how big and how incredible and amazing Baywatch is going to be," Johnson said. "We’re a family, we’re a team, we kick (butt) on the beach. This right here is global success for movie theaters around the world. That’s what it screams."

Johnson then showed the first footage of the film, featuring multiple NSFW moments. During one scene, Daddario's Summer Quinn asks Rohrbach's C.J. Parker the eternal question about bathing swimsuits posed countless times by viewers of the original Baywatch TV series.

"Why does the suit ride up so high on our (rear ends)?" Quinn asks in the clip.

"I designed them this way, it makes us go faster in the water," Parker replies.


 

 

 

 

 

 

Other highlights from Paramount's session:

> Will Arnett and Megan Fox introduced footage from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (in theaters June 3). Eating slices of pizza delivered to the CinemaCon stage, Arnett vowed the movie would play even better onscreen than the 2014 hit did.

"This time around, the action is bigger," said Arnett, chowing down. "Remember the villains before? These guys are even badder."

> Paramount announced it would be making Fences, based on August Wilson's Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring and directed by Denzel Washington. The film will also feature Viola Davis, who starred with Washington in the Broadway production.

> Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard's World War II spy movie directed by Robert Zemeckis is now titled Allied. Paramount showed a steamy trailer for the film, which has an awards-friendly Nov. 23 release date.

> Tom Cruise sent a taped message from shooting in London saying that his Jack Reacher sequel is now titled Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, slated for an Oct. 21 release. The new film will take the Reacher character to Washington and New Orleans. "It gives us an opportunity to show America — it's just real classic movie stuff," said Cruise.

Cruise also said he would start shooting a new installment of Mission: Impossible this fall, promising "more incredible set pieces, stunts and a wonderful cast of characters."

> Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner showed off footage from the sci-fi film Story of Your Life directed by Denis Villeneuve. The footage, which centers around alien crafts landing on Earth, received the most positive reception of the Paramount film slate.

 

 

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