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With Doug Liman set to produce
Whilst the Weinstein’s try and decide whether or not they’re actually going to do the long-talked-about film version (doubt it’ll ever happen), “Bourne Identity” director Doug Liman has actually gassed up his version and inked a deal to bring K.I.T.T back to TV.
NBC have agreed to pick up the new Liman-produced “Knight Rider”, greenlighting a two-hour pilot for a possible series. It’ll air as a telepic sometime later this year. Depending on how the telepic fares, the show could be on air as early as next fall.
According to Variety, 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.
Though it’ll again focus on a Michael Knight-ish hero and his talking car, the new series will explore the idea of “evil” cars.
“Knight” originally aired on NBC from 1982 until 1986, with Davis Hasselhoff playing smooth crimefighter Michael Knight. A spinoff skein, “Team Knight Rider,” aired in syndication during the 1997-98 season.
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