2008 Television movie
Main article: Knight Rider (2008 film)
On
September 26,
2007,
NBC announced that it was creating a two-hour
backdoor pilot to air later that season.
[8] In the new version,
Justin Bruening stars as the estranged son of Michael Knight, Mike Traceur.
[9] Deanna Russo plays Traceur's one-time girlfriend and love interest, Sarah Graiman.
[9] Bruce Davison co-stars as her father, physicist Charles Graiman, the original designer of KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand).
[9] Wayne Kasserman co-stars as Mike's roommate and friend.
[10] David Hasselhoff also has a cameo as
Michael Knight.
[9] KITT is portrayed as
a black 550 HP Ford Shelby GT 500 KR Mustang.
[11]
Supervising producer
Dave Andron wrote the pilot script,
Doug Liman and
Dave Bartis executive produced it.
[9] NBC announced on
December 13,
2007 that the new 2-hour pilot will air on
February 17,
2008.
Val Kilmer is the voice for the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) Mustang (the part had been recorded by
Will Arnett, but he was asked to withdraw by
General Motors because of Arnett's prior agreements with GM on advertising.
[12]), and
Sydney Tamiia Poitier,the youngest daughter of
Sidney Poitier, plays FBI agent Carrie Rivai.
[13]
After receiving good ratings, NBC announced that Knight Rider will return as a weekly series beginning in the fall of 2008. The show is set to air Wednesdays at 8:00PM/7:00PM CT.
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