Thursday, September 27, 2007
Knight Rider returns! (Sans Hoff)
Several months ago, I asked Creeder Readers to ponder this question: What will Hollywood do when every movie in existence has been re-made? Answer? Start re-making "classic" television shows. To wit:
"NBC has tapped filmmaker Doug Liman to produce a Transformers-inspired reworking of the 1980s hit action-drama Knight Rider, Variety reported.
"The network is readying a two-hour backdoor pilot for the series, with tentative plans to air it as a TV movie later this season. Liman is open to the idea of directing, assuming his feature schedule allows. If the TV movie clicks, a new-model Knight Rider could be on the air as early as next fall, the trade paper reported. ...
"The new show will explore the idea of 'evil' cars to offset the heroic talking K.I.T.T. car of the original series, which starred David Hasselhoff.
"The original Knight Rider aired on NBC from 1982 until 1986, with Hasselhoff playing crime fighter Michael Knight. Glen Larson created the original series for Universal Television. (NBC and Universal Media Studios are owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.)"
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Thursday, September 27, 2007 
