Dwayne Johnson is set to star in Paramount's "Baywatch" film adaptation, The Hollywood Reporter first reported.

The news was then confirmed by The Rock himself via social media. "This is my beach bitch!" Rumors are true... we're making #BAYWATCH the movie," wrote the 42-year-old professional wrestler-turned actor on Instagram along with a photo of him sitting on a jet ski, shirtless.

"Edgy, raunchy and hopefully, funny as all hell," he added of the upcoming film. "Cue slo mo running on the beach... #WhoNeedsMouthToMouth #RedShortsBeHugginABrotha."

Johnson also took to Twitter to confirm the news along with a link to the THR report.

There has been discussions about bringing "Baywatch" to the big screen for many years now, Screenrant reported. In 2005, an action-focused script was written by Jay Sherick and David Ronn ("The Smurfs") for Dreamworks. Four years later, the film studio hired Jeremy Garelick ("The Break-Up") to rewrite that script into a comedy.

Then a year after that, the rights was moved to Paramount, which tapped Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka ("The Sitter") to work on a script a la "Charlie's Angels." Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant ("Night at the Museum") were the most previous writers to talk about project.

But now, Paramount hired Justin Malen to rewrite the script with Sean Anders and John Morris ("We're the Millers") attached to direct.

Montecito Pictures and Beau Flynn are producing, while Tripp Vinson is exec producing. Johnson's producing partner, Hiram Garcia, will also serve in some producing capacity.

The action drama series, which was launched in 1989, celebrated its 25th anniversary on Sept. 22, E! News noted. "Baywatch" aired for 11 seasons, and starred David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, Traci Bingham, Yasmine Bleeth, Brooke Burns, Donna D'Errico, Erika Eleniak, Nicole Eggert, Gena Lee Nolin, Kelly Packard and Alexandra Paul, Michael Bergin, David Charvet, David Chokachi, Jeremy Jackson, Jason Momoa, Michael Newman and Jaason Simmons.

The series played successfully in syndication in 148 different countries and was translated into 44 different languages, even after being canceled on NBC after its first season, according to Screenrant.