Darren Aronofsky and his production company Protozoa Pictures have just secured the rights to adapt David Gauvey Herbert’s New York Magazine article “Boss of The Beach” into a series with Searchlight Television. Herbert’s article chronicles the history of the New York City lifeguard corps over the past four decades, with a specific focus on the corps’ controversial leader Peter Stein. [caption id="attachment_277281" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Paramount Pictures[/caption] As reported by Deadline, the decorated filmmaker secured the rights after an intense bidding war, which is doubly remarkable considering Herbert’s article was published in …