"Saved by the Bell" is looking for the next Justin Bieber — no pressure.
Peter Engel, a producer on the hit '80s to '90s sitcom, is looking to make a musical version of the show with a Bieber-esque singer playing the role of Zack Morris, TMZ reports.
Engel said he's looking for more of a "2012 Bieber" — so today's tatted, bad-boy Bieber wouldn't do. Plus, he's probably too big now to sign on, according to the gossip site.
(From l.) Mario Lopez as A.C. Slater, Dennis Haskins as Richard Belding, Lark Voorhies as Lisa Turtle, Tiffani Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano, Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Zach Morris and Dustin Diamond as Screech Powers in "Saved by the Bell."
(NBC/NBC via Getty Images)"The cast won't come back," Engel told TMZ. "They are just so busy and they're old enough to be the teachers or principal."
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Ideally, Engel said, the actor/singer would be between 18 and 22 years old in order to believably play a high schooler.
While there's no word yet on when the musical would go into production, Engel tells TMZ he has another famous musical creator on his side — Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is apparently a big "Bell" fan.
Engel said he is hoping Miranda would help him out in any way he could.
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(Isaac Brekken/Isaac Brekken/Invision/AP)"Saved by the Bell" aired from 1989 to 1992 and centered on a group of high school studens during their years at California's Bayside High School.
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The series starred Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Morris, Mario Lopez as A.C. Slater, Dustin Diamond as Screech, Lark Voorhies as Lisa Turtle, Tiffani Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano and Dennis Haskins as Bayside principal Richard Belding.
A 1993 spin-off, "Saved by the Bell: The New Class," aired from 1993-2003 and starred Haskins and Diamond alongside a fresh cast of characters.
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