''Malibu Rescue'' is an American comedy television series created by
Savage Steve Holland
Savage Steve Holland (born April 29, 1958) is an American writer, cartoonist, producer, voice actor, animator, and film director who wrote and directed the films '' Better Off Dead'' (1985) and '' One Crazy Summer'' (1986), starring John Cusa ...
and
Scott McAboy
Scott McAboy (born February 21, 1975 in Malibu, California) is an American director and producer best known for the children's movies '' Splitting Adam'', '' Jinxed'', ''Big Time Movie'', '' Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library'', '' Swindle'', ...
for
Netflix
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. It premiered as a special feature-length film on May 13, 2019,
followed by the first season on June 3, 2019.
Netflix
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commissioned a second film in September 2019, ''Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave'', which premiered on August 4, 2020 and ran as the number four watched movie that week. .
The series stars
Ricardo Hurtado, Jackie R. Jacobson,
Abby Donnelly, Alkoya Brunson and
Breanna Yde.
Plot
After getting in trouble one too many times, Tyler's stepfather punishes him by sending him to the Malibu Junior Rescue Program. There, Tyler meets a ragtag group of children from the Valley. Together, the group sets to prove that they deserve to participate in the program along with all the other children from Malibu.
When the program director, Garvin Cross, reveals that he only let Tyler and the rest of the Flounders into the program so that they would fail and he would not have to take children from the Valley anymore, Tyler and the Flounders come together as a team to win a big lifeguard competition and earn their own tower for the spring.
Cast and characters
Main
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Ricardo Hurtado as Tyler Gossard, an overly-competitive teenage boy, forced to join the Malibu Junior Rescue by his stepfather as punishment
* Jackie R. Jacobson as Dylan, the Flounders' first-time tower captain, who lacks self-confidence and is the first female tower captain
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Abby Donnelly as Lizzie McGrath, a bubbly and spunky teen with a dark side, who has an overprotective mother and is in a relationship with Eric
* Alkoya Brunson as Eric Mitchell, the heart of the group. He is in a relationship with Lizzie.
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Breanna Yde as Gina, a tough and self-assured athlete who tries to live up to her family's legacy of great swimmers
Recurring
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Ian Ziering
Ian Andrew Ziering (; born March 30, 1964) is an American actor best known for his role as Steve Sanders on the television series '' Beverly Hills, 90210'', which he played from 1990 to 2000. He is also the voice of Vinnie on '' Biker Mice from ...
as Garvin Cross, the director of the program determined to get the Flounders kicked out of the program
* JT Neal as Brody, a returning tower captain who hates the Flounders and wants them kicked out
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Bryana Salaz as Logan, Brody's friend, who eventually befriends Dylan. She lost her chance to become a tower captain because there is usually only one girl captain
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Jeremy Howard as Vooch, a bus driver and friend of the Flounders who also operates a food truck
* Camaron Engels as Spencer, Brody's friend and captain for Tower 3.
* Zahf Paroo as Thornton Pavey, a rich donor who later runs the Malibu junior rescue program to sabotage the Flounders
* Ryder Blackburn as Beans, a lifeguard friend who seems to always be getting into trouble or sleeping
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Jeff Meacham
Jeff Meacham (born April 4, 1979) is an American actor best known for his role in the television comedy series ''Black-ish'' and ''The Thundermans''.
Early life
Meacham attended Booker High School in Sarasota, Florida.
Career
After graduating ...
as Roger Gossard, Tyler's stepfather
* Ella Gross as Sasha Gossard, Tyler's stepsister
Guest
Episodes
Movie (2019)
Season 1 (2019)
Movie (2020)
References
External links
Pacific Bay Entertainment website*
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Malibu Rescue Press ReleaseMalibu Rescueat Rotten Tomatoes
Malibu RescueThe Series at Rotten Tomatoes
Malibu RescueSeason 2 Press Release
{{Netflix original ended series (2019–present)
2019 American television series debuts
2020 American television series endings
2010s American teen sitcoms
2020s American teen sitcoms
American action adventure television series
English-language Netflix original programming
Television shows set in Malibu, California
Television series about teenagers
Television series created by Savage Steve Holland