Archive for the 'Knight Rider' Category

New “Knight Rider” Showrunner hated TV-movie

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

We loved the concept, but hated the execution. It appears so did Gary Scott Thompson, the new show runner. AintItCool has this quote:

“There was the original Knight Rider series which we all love, there was the 2-hour movie, and now there’s the new series. And they share in common a car named […]

Zap2It recasts “Knight Rider”

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Even NBC agrees that “Knight Rider” needs some work before it debuts next fall. Over a Zap2It they’ve got a few suggestions for replacement cast. I like the first one especially.

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If you’re going to get a brooding hero who looks good behind the wheel of a car, why not ring up Nathan […]

Knight Rider Learns From Other Series’ Mistakes

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

The people behind the new Knight Rider are desperately trying their best to make it right and to make it last and do both at the same time. But what they aren’t doing is rushing it, and just throwing it at us and giving us a few explosive episodes and dropping the ball later in […]

“Knight Rider” gets Fast and Furious

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

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 […]

“Knight Rider” new show a go

Monday, March 31st, 2008

NBC has announced plans to develop a new “Knight Rider” series following the February TV movie. Variety has the story:

Many of the series in contention for the Peacock lineup boast a fantasy or action element, including one show just added to NBC’s 2008-09 roster: “Knight Rider,” the Doug Liman-produced actioner whose two-hour backdoor pilot […]

Val Kilmer the new voice of K.I.T.T.

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Only a few weeks before the debut, Will Arnett has been replaced as the voice of K.I.T.T. in the upcoming Knight Rider TV Movie/Pilot. Knight Rider Online has the original announcement:

I mentioned last week there would be an announcement, well here it is, and only on KRO.
Will Arnett has had to back out of […]

Knight Rider 2nd Teaser

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

I know, K.I.T.T. is a Trans-Am, not a Mustang. Knight Rider was 80’s cheese, and Team Knight Rider was worse. But hey, we gave Battlestar Galactica a chance. Here, again via the automotive blog Jalopnik is the video of the second teaser.

OK, so the new K.I.T.T.’s a Mustang GT500KR, right? And it’s […]

Teaser For New Knight Rider Debuts

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Sunday night, during NFL on NBC, the teaser for the new Knight Rider TV Movie premiered. The auto site Jalopnik.com has a description and video.

The rainbow-colored network dropped their first promo for the new Knight Rider TV movie. It was only a few seconds long, but as soon as we saw the Ford/Shelby GT500KR […]