NBC Takes Knight Rider for Another Spin

David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight by Paul Drinkwater/NBC/Sleuth

"Michael, I don't like the sound of this.... "

NBC has put director Doug Liman in the driver's seat of a two-hour TV-movie that will reboot that '80s show Knight Rider and ideally serve as a backdoor pilot for a new series. ("No, Michael, not the back door.... ") Variety reports that the plan is to air the flick later this season, and if successful/not entirely abysmal, have a new series ready for fall 2008. Dave Andron (Raines) is penning the script and will exec-produce with Liman and Dave Bartis (Heist).

The vision for this redo is to take advantage of current TV special effects to allow K.I.T.T. some Transformers-esque shapeshifting. (But no, Hoff, no amount of state-of-the-art trickery will get you your old job back.)

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Matt Webb Mitovich

Sep 27, 2007 11:26 AM

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Speaking of The Hoff... Matt, did you also hear that Ryan Seacrest is producing a new show chronicling the highs and lows of the newly dating Hoffmeister.. called Tales From The Hoff? Isn't this like a sign of the apocalypse or something?
Posted by Daesey Sep 27, 2007 11:35 AM Report Abuse

Yeah, I've had that press release sitting on my desk but each time I start to write it up for you all, ratings or some other larger priority comes in.
Posted by Matt Webb Mitovich Sep 27, 2007 12:01 PM Report Abuse

I think I was there for that meeting to bring Knight Rider back. Here's how it went... You know, they released all those great 80's TV shows on DVD and they are selling well. And did you see how well Transformers did at the theater. I have a great idea for us to make some quick money. Let's mangle the classics and remake it. That will surely give us 3 episodes before it gets cancelled.
Posted by Mannie_Annie Sep 27, 2007 12:05 PM Report Abuse

Let's mangle the classics and remake it. I think you're a little confused. This article is about remaking Knight Rider.
Posted by brian73107 Sep 27, 2007 12:25 PM Report Abuse

Very interesting.
Posted by Lester/DryedMangoez Sep 27, 2007 12:37 PM Report Abuse

Can My Mother the Car be far behind?
Posted by EmilyDu Sep 27, 2007 12:54 PM Report Abuse

Oh good grief!!!!!! Knight Rider? Please! Anything to do with the Hoff is bound for disaster!!!!!!!!
Posted by iamjillian Sep 27, 2007 12:59 PM Report Abuse

But they've already TRIED to bring back Knight Rider once before....what was it called? Knight Rider 2000, I think? Granted, if Bionic Woman, Battlestar Gallatica and the various movies do well...that means KR will too??? I dunno...if they change it up a bit, make KITT a bit more transformerish and the lead actor is charming enough it could work, but do we want it to work is the next question.
Posted by Leslie Sep 27, 2007 1:18 PM Report Abuse

Can anyone in Hollywood come up with an original idea? I know...Stupid Question!
Posted by purrpower Sep 27, 2007 1:21 PM Report Abuse

did you also hear that Ryan Seacrest is producing a new show chronicling the highs and lows of the newly dating Hoffmeister. - I bet it will be a huge hit in Germany.
Posted by Jayhawks 2008! Sep 27, 2007 1:32 PM Report Abuse

No, Michael, not the back door.... Too funny Matt!
Posted by rammie Sep 27, 2007 3:35 PM Report Abuse

I loved Raines; perhaps the script will be witty, but do we really need Michael Knight back on TV?
Posted by monkey65 Sep 27, 2007 4:04 PM Report Abuse

I'm really curious to see how they'll work this. I'm one of the 3 people in the world who actually think the Hoff is still entertaining. We need more Hoff.
Posted by Y2scoob Sep 27, 2007 6:15 PM Report Abuse

Can anyone in Hollywood come up with an original idea? I know...Stupid Question!

People really need to stop blaming Hollywood for all these re-makes. Hollywood does not exist to entertain, nor does it exist to irritate, it's all about making money. Trust me if the public wasn't eating this stuff up, there'd be more original concepts. The problem is that people aren't so willing to try new things.

Posted by 525600min

Sep 27, 2007 6:31 PM

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