NBC: "Knight Rider" marries "Transformers"

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Only in HollyWeird <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br />Doug Liman did the "Bourne" series.<br /><br />Variety story....<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p><b>NBC taps Liman for 'Knight Rider'</b><br /><br />NBC is bringing back "Knight Rider," tapping Doug Liman to produce a "Transformers"-inspired reworking of the 1980s hit action-drama series about a man and his indestructible supercar.<br /><br />Peacock is readying a two-hour backdoor pilot for the project, with tentative plans to air it as a telepic later this season. Liman is open to the idea of directing, assuming his feature sked allows. If the telepic clicks, a new-model "Knight Rider" could be on the air as early as next fall.<br /><br />Dave Andron ("Raines") is writing the pilot script and will serve as supervising producer alongside exec producers Liman and Dave Bartis ("The O.C.," "Heist") for Universal Media Studios and Dutch Oven Prods.<br /><br />Success of "Transformers" had a role in inspiring NBC Entertainment chief Ben Silverman's decision to revive "Knight." The thinking is that smallscreen f/x have advanced to the point where it'd be feasible to have a weekly series in which cars shift shapes.<br /><br />It's also likely the new show will explore the idea of "evil" cars to offset the heroic talking K.I.T.T. car of the original skein, which starred David Hasselhoff. That said, skein is expected to essentially remain focused on the story of a single man fighting for justice with the help of his superadvanced car.<br /><br />There's also huge potential for advertiser integration. General Motors was all over "Transformers," and it's easy to see NBC striking a rich deal with a single automaker to serve as the exclusive auto brand for the new "Knight." It's understood preliminary talks have already begun.<br /><br />Peacock is also veering from current conventional</p></blockquote> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Mee_n_Mac]

<font color="yellow">NBC is bringing back "Knight Rider ...</font><br /><br />This is sure proof that evil lurks in the world. I'm not sure I can live in a world where KITT is back (and rated above Robby). Some things can't be allowed in a rational world. No, noo, noooooooo ...wldskvlsdjbl fsdvkm asnasdv elbub mug swbbsd vavohobvadbvbasv...<br /><br />{more incoherent ranting as brain meltdown continues}<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask not what your Forum Software can do do on you,</font></p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask it to, please for the love of all that's Holy, <strong>STOP</strong> !</font></p> </div>

 

[Aetius]

I'm all in favor of the edgy, dark treatment given to re-imaginings of old shows like <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> (when it's well done), but I wish they'd take a chance and try something new.

 

[a_lost_packet_]

I would rather be shot in the anus with a bazooka than have that stupid show back on the air.<br /><br />My god! Doesn't anyone have an decency left?<br /><br />They should lobotomize everyone who is on this project, tape 50 hour-long segments of them standing there, drooling and then put it on the air for three years. Then, they could be twice as entertaining as "Knight Rider" was.<br /><br />I do not see how it is possible for a studio to back this move. In order to justify this crime, they had to have had a few things:<br /><br />1) A large supply of K-Y jelly.<br />2) Swimming goggles.<br />3) A shower cap.<br />4) A very large shoehorn.<br />5) The ability to contort themselves in such a manner as to efficiently place their cranium in contact with their anus.<br />6) A forceful push. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[drwayne]

Are you sure that it is totally the producers doing something safe, or that there is an element of giving people what they want?<br /><br />I admit to no interest in Knight Rider, but I thought the concept of redoing Kolchak had quite an appeal for me.<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[Mee_n_Mac]

<font color="yellow">Are you sure that it is totally the producers doing something safe, or that there is an element of giving people what they want? </font><br /><br /><br />dfgjjj dgdjjp]ojpi ljsfjg getting hsd better .... there OK I feel much better now. While I can see the return of <i>Night Stalker</i> being done "right", there's just no way I can see <i>Knight Rider</i> being right. It was just flawed from the gitgo. It should have stayed in cartoon land (Speed Racer) where the suspension of belief was a given. What bothers me to the core, indeed scares me to no small degree, is that you're probably 100% correct in that there may be people out there who are asking for KITT to come back. No, noo, nooooo ... wtkihnsduh usfhuj dfsdhsuh knuubnvksnn[spubvpvb vs[ovnojbnvjv .... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask not what your Forum Software can do do on you,</font></p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask it to, please for the love of all that's Holy, <strong>STOP</strong> !</font></p> </div>

 

[drwayne]

I understand!<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[elguapoguano]

Ahhh man, poor KITT. While I watch the reruns and, wow it was pretty bad. I really enjoyed it as a kid growing up. I even got my picture taken inside one the the KITT mockups at a car show one year.<br /><br />So, yeah, I wanna see it return. Hopefully it can achieve the same level of "betterment" that Battle Star has been. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#ff0000"><u><em>Don't let your sig line incite a gay thread ;>)</em></u></font> </div>

 

[drwayne]

I have to admit to having a daliance with the TV series "Airwolf" during the 80's near the time of "Knight Rider"<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>