Zac Efron to Star in Disney's 'Three Men and a Baby' Remake

Zac Efron is collaborating with Disney after 12 years, for the remake of 1987 comedy "Three Men and a Baby".

Efron, 32, who first shot to fame as Troy Bolton in Disney's High School Musical films, is set star in Disney+'s Three Men and a Baby remake.

Gordon Gray, known for sports films like 2002's The Rookie and Ben Affleck's The Way Back, will produce the movie.

Efron has led a varied career since his breakout role in High School Musical, such as Hairspray (2007), "17 Again" (2009), "The Lucky One" (2012), "The Paperboy" (2012), "Neighbors" (2014), "Dirty Grandpa" (2016), "Baywatch" (2017), "The Greatest Showman" (2017), and "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile" (2019).

The original, "Three Men and a Baby", itself a remake of a French film, starred Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson.

The plot revolves around 3 bachelors who are forced to change their ways when a baby arrives on their doorstep.

The remake is still searching for a director; Will Reichel will pen the script.

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Efron can currently be seen in Down to Earth, a documentary series he also executive produced via his Ninjas Runnin Wild Productions and released on Netflix in July. The show features Efron roaming the world exploring sustainability.

He will also star with his brother in a survival reality series called Killing Zac Efron, where the pair will be sent to remote parts of the world. The mobile-only series will premiere in 2020, on Quibi.

He had contracted a serious and potentially life-threatening illness, a "form of typhoid or similar bacterial infection" while filming the adventure series in Papua New Guinea. He was flown to St Andrews War Memorial Hospital in Australia and was treated before flying back home on Christmas Eve. He recovered without serious issues.