NNNNNnnnnooooo......!!!!!
Yet another old show gets the idiotic bugger-it-up "remake" /
"reimagine" treatment. Where is the Hoff when you need him?! :-(
This is from Coming Soon.net ...
Doug Liman Producing New Knight Rider Series
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NBC is bringing back "Knight Rider," hiring Doug Liman
(Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Bourne Identity) to produce a
Transformers-inspired reworking of the 1980s hit
action-drama series about a man and his indestructible
supercar.
Variety says the network is developing a two-hour 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 schedule allows. If the
telepic clicks, a new-model "Knight Rider" could be on
the air as early as next fall.
Dave Andron ("Raines") is writing the pilot script and
will serve as supervising producer alongside executive
producers Liman and Dave Bartis ("The O.C.," "Heist")
for Universal Media Studios and Dutch Oven Productions.
The trade says the success of Transformers had a role
in inspiring NBC Entertainment chief Ben Silverman's
decision to revive "Knight." The thinking is that small
screen f/x have advanced to the point where it'd be
feasible to have a weekly series in which cars shift
shapes.
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 series, which starred David Hasselhoff.
That said, the series is expected to essentially remain
focused on the story of a single man fighting for
justice with the help of his superadvanced car.
What the Beeping Beep Beep Beep does "Knight Rider" have to do with
Tranformers??? Yet another crap quality screwing up of a franchise with
an idiotic "remake" that is recognisable in name only. X-(
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