Baywatch set to bounce on big screen

Baywatch may soon be joining the ranks of Dragnet, Starsky & Hutch, and Scooby-Doo on the list of old TV shows made into movies.

Movie rights to the skin, surf and sand series – which starred Pamela Anderson as a sexy lifeguard and David Hasselhoff as her heroic boss – have been sold to DreamWorks SKG.

FreemantleMedia, which owned the rights to the series, announced the deal Friday. The studio is aiming for a 2006 release.

It is still too early to say whether any original cast members would appear in the film, or whether the story would be played seriously or more for laughs.

Baywatch was telecast from 1989 to 2001, during which time its lineup changed several times.