Knight Rider

Bye bye Knight Rider – We won’t really miss you

So it may come as no big surprise to most of you, but the re-invented Knight Rider show looks set to drive off into the sunset. The number of shows ordered has been cut from 21 to 17 by NBC and the creators aren’t even getting the chance to alter the scripts to suit, which...
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TV Casting News – Numb3rs, Knight Rider & more

There’s a fair bit of casting news out and about this week, so we thought rather than splitting it up and padding posts for no real benefit to you, we’d compile a few of the bigger casting stories into this one past… aren’t we good to you. First up there’s Billy from Battlestar Galactica aka...
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Val Kilmer voices KITT in Knight Rider

  Val Kilmer will assume the role of the voice of KITT — America’s favorite talking car — in NBC’s Knight Rider. Kilmer will play the role of KITT after actor Will Arnett had to withdraw from the role due to a conflicting sponsorship deal. “We feel really lucky to have Val Kilmer on board...
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K.I.T.T. the Shelby Mustang

No more Pontiac adventures for the Knight Rider, the new K.I.T.T. is a Shelby GT500KR and it is one nice looking vehicle. Sure it’s not an Aston Vanquish, but then it’s not a British show, so maybe the ‘stang’ is a far better choice. We reported on Knight Rider a while ago and not much...
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David Hasselhoff Back as Michael Knight?

The rumor mill is whirring with the sound of ‘The Hoff’, that’s David Hasselhoff to us regular folk, appearing in the new Knight Rider series. Apparently the curly haired actor is in talks with NBC to reprise his role as Michael Knight. The new series titled simply ‘Rider’ (working title) focuses on the central protagonist...
By Angela Share

Doug Liman Bringing Knight Rider Back To TV

NBC is planning to bring back the 80′s hit show “Knight Rider” with Doug Liman (Bourne Identity, Mr & Mrs Smith) set to produce the series and possibly direct the pilot. The current plan is to shoot a two-hour pilot and if it performs well expand it into a fully-fledged series next fall. The show...
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