With today ’s news thatcar - a - holic director Justin Lin is spearhead a “ digital reboot ” of classic 1980s NBC action show Knight Rider , we got to thinking : precisely how many reading of Knight Rider have strike the airwaves so far ? The answer is “ way more than you realized . ”
Here ’s a timeline :
Knight Rider
The classic Knight Rider TV serial debut in 1982 , create and bring about bylate TV guru Glen A. Larson , whose run of 1970s-’80s winner include Battlestar Galactica , B.J. and the Bear , The Fall Guy , and Magnum P.I. David Hasselhoff — hot off his role as “ Dr. Snapper Foster ” on The Young and the Restless — wizard as the magnificently set Michael Knight , superstar field agent for the do - gooding Foundation for Law and Government ( FLAG ) .
His partner in contend crime is a Pontiac Trans Am , the Knight Industries Two Thousand ( KITT ) , tricked out with enough bells and whistles to make James Bond drool , let in extremely advanced artificial news . KITT ’s vocalization is provided by William Daniels , whose biggest quotation of the 1980s was medical dramedy St. Elsewhere , though today he ’s probably best - hump as Mr. Feeny on Boy Meets World . The show runs until 1986 .
Knight Rider 2000
In 1991 , the year 2000 still maintain muckle of mystique . Michael and KITT ( in the upgraded “ Knight 4000 ” version ) reunite after a certain amount of reassembly require — for a abbreviated while , KITT ’s “ brain ” inhabit a Greco-Roman Chevy instead of a sleek mutant automobile .
The plot of land regard a madman ( Mitch Pileggi , pre - X - file but post - Shocker ) who ’s just been released from a futuristic Texas prison ; corrupt cops who are desperate to convey back real gun ( instead of the wimpish stun artillery they ’ve been replaced with ) ; and other “ in the year 2000 ” trappings like practical reality and mind - implanted silicon chip . Also , the new KITT can transmute into a gripe - ass speedboat .
Knight Rider 2010
This 1994 “ in name only ” television receiver sequel does n’t have Michael Knight or KITT or anything else much that resembles Knight Rider , other than it ’s about a lone wolf for Justice Department who drives a talk car . The take after ( fan - made ? ) prevue , which seems to have some of the only footage proving this syndicated television picture actually exist , does n’t contain any dialogue . This means we do n’t get to hear the one thing that distinguished Knight Rider 2010 : for the first time , the car has a female voice .
Team Knight Rider
fructify 10 years after Knight Rider , this 1997 - 98 serial publication go on the deputation of FLAG legends Michael and KITT — except this time , there are “ five unfearing agents ” and “ five pressurise vehicles ” lend “ five time the position . ”
The vehicles included a Mustang convertible with the phonation of Nia Vardalos ( driven by a female agentive role , natch ) , as well as a couplet of motorcycles that can connect together to organise one mega - cycle , and a talking payload airplane . Despite all this potential difference for awesome ( and , lest we draw a blank , all that attitude ) , Team Knight Rider run for only one season .
Knight Rider (the 2008 reboot series)
First a made - for - TV picture , then a 2008 series , this Knight Rider takes place 25 years after the original show , and follow Michael Knight ’s son ( who is also named Michael Knight , play with swell insipidity by Justin Bruening ) . astonishingly , there ’s a very old page lurking around NBC that still containsthe adopt description of the show :
On the heel of NBC ’s hit movie , the iconic 1980s boob tube classic comes roaring back to aliveness as a reinvented , updated and super - charge activeness serial publication showcasing the new KITT ( Knight Industries Three Thousand ) . Absolutely the coolest car ever created , KITT is fit with an “ AI ” ( artificial intelligence ) that is up to of hacking almost any system . Its weapons systems match that of a jet fighter , and its eubstance is subject of actually metamorphose into other vehicle and using sophisticated holographic imagery to circumvent villains .
Despite the presence of “ the cool car ever created ” ( voice by Val Kilmer ! ) , NBC cut back the show ’s number of episode in the middle of its first season , and it was not renewed .
Knight Rider (the digital series)
This is the Justin Lin - produced “ digital reboot ” we just acquire about today , and do n’t fuck much beyond that . It ’s slated to air in 2017 .
https://gizmodo.com/knight-riders-getting-a-digital-reboot-from-fast-and-fu-1788190146
Knight Rider (the feature film)
Technically , this is a TV list ( that ’s why we ’re not including , for instance , all the Knight Rider video secret plan ) , but this is interesting enough to admit . In early 2014,there were rumors of a big - screen remakewith Chris Pratt ( pre - Guardians of the Galaxy superstardom ) and Danny McBride ( as Michael and KITT , respectively ) . Two days after , the undertaking seems to still be marked “ in development , ” which is potential Hollywood - speak for “ do n’t defy your breath . ”
Knight Rider Heroes
The manifestly prescribed trailer drop last December , but we ’re still not certain what the hell this is , other than part of someyet - to - be - realise Hasselhoff - ian dream .
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