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Some people stand in the darkness. Some people make movie versions of campy ’90s television series about lifeguards. It’s gonna be all right. They’re always ready, they won’t let you out of their sight, etc.

It has become increasingly apparent that the best thing a revival of a tired ‘80s pop-culture artifact can be is the neo-21 Jump Street, judging by the new trailer for the Dwayne Johnson-fronted Baywatch. The parallels are striking: we’ve got the central odd couple in the Rock’s bombastic beach hero and Zac Efron’s hard-partying young gun, light meta touches about “reviving the brand,” some playful winks to the core goofiness of the source material (the “why does she always look like she’s running in slow motion?” line may be the best of the clip), even a scene where our heroes are dressed down by a furious black cop. You may call it derivative, but I call it a good start.

Fans of Dr. Seuss – one of the richest deceased celebrities – will be happy to know that a new animated film based on one of his beloved books is coming to the big screen. ‘The Lorax’ is about a young boy who lives in a world without trees. From the first trailer below, it looks like several things from the book have been changed to update the story. Didn’t Hollywood learn from ‘Horton Hears a Who