Even those who enjoyed the recent “Knight Rider” TV movie have to admit it needs work. NBC may agree, and has started to inject new blood. Variety has:

NBC is adding some fuel to its new “Knight Rider” series, signing “Fast and the Furious” scribe Gary Scott Thompson to serve as exec producer and showrunner.

Producer Universal Media Studios has also made a two-year overall deal with the scribe, who most recently shepherded the Peacock’s “Las Vegas.” Thompson will work alongside exec producers Doug Liman and Dave Bartis, as well as scribe-producer Dave Andron, who wrote the pilot and is remaining with the series.

Thompson definitely knows how to write movies centered around cars. The car was the best part of the TV movie (even with Kilmer as the voice). Even though I’d like to see the lead [Michael] replaced, it won’t happen. Hopefully he can get better directing, and also alter the character a little bit.

“Knight Rider” has potential. Hopefully they live up to it.

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