Re: Gob out, Batman in as Knight Rider's KITT

To: Wombat-Pipex-News

> Well from what ive seen I think you may be right about the caracter
acting.
> Maybee thats why they chose a crappy voice for KITT.

The voice is Val-Kilmer.... the voice in the previews isn't the voice 
that will be in the movie the Preview voice was Wil-Arnett then they 
changed it several times in the promos... that was revealed on the 
Friday Today show.

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News Release

Will Arnett is out as the voice of KITT in NBC's upcoming Knight Rider 
revival, having been replaced with the Iceman himself, Val Kilmer. 
Arrested Development star Arnett was forced to pull out due to 
contractual conflicts; previously he'd done voice over work for GMC.

The swap comes due to Ford's ponying up huge sums of cash for 
advertising time on NBC to market the casting of the Shelby Mustang 
GT500KR as the show's star, The Knight Industries Three Thousand. It's 
believed that Ford was unhappy with the potential boost GMC ads could 
gain by featuring KITT's voice saying, "It's not more than you need, 
just more than you're used to."

Personally, we think the new voice for KITT is way sexier anyway. The 
media fan-boy in us is positively giddy over the potential homoerotic 
meta-ness Kilmer could bring to the show. "You can be my wingman 
anytime, Michael."
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