Fox Orders ‘Rescue: Hi-Surf’ Lifeguard Drama Series From John Wells & Matt Kester
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Fox has given a straight-to-series order to Rescue: HI-Surf, a Hawaii lifeguard drama from John Wells Productions in Wells’ broadcast return.
The series, slated to premiere during the 2023-24 season, will be co-produced by Warner Bros. Television, where JWP is based, and Fox Entertainment.
Matt Kester, who worked on JWP’s TNT series Animal Kingdom, is writer, executive producer and showrunner and Wells executive producer on Rescue: HI-Surf, an action drama that follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu—the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world.
Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle.
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