Another TV Remake Coming
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2007/09/27/another-tv-remake-coming/
Remaking classics and not-so-classic entertainment doesn’t just occur in movies. It is happening a lot lately for television productions as well.
We have seen the return of “Battlestar Galactica†and the “Bionic Woman,†for example. Now NBC is looking to bring back “Knight Rider†to the small screen.
The old TV story about a man and his talking car out there fighting crime is already under development for a big screen movie feature. With the success of “Transformers†in theatrical release, NBC is hoping to rework “Knight Rider†into a Transformer-esque skein, which will be a total reimagining from the original 1980’s show which starred David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight and Emmy winning actor William Daniels providing the voice for K.I.T.T..
Doug Liman, executive producer of the highly successful “Bourne†films and who has seen success on television with such shows as “The O.C.†and “Heist,†is set to produce “Knight Rider.†Liman will also be directing the big screen flick “Jumper,†starring Samuel L. Jackson and Hayden Christensen. Screenwiriter Dave Andron (â€Rainesâ€) will pen the script for several episodes, including the proposed pilot.
Like “Battlestar Galactica,†Glen Larson is the creator of the original “Knight Rider†series for Universal Television.
It won't be Knight Rider unless I'm being Hassled by the Hoff!
I never liked the original so I am not going to watch this. Airwolf would be my pick for a remake. I loved that show!
What's next the A-Team? sheesh! Talk about no imagination anymore!
Kevin
I loved Knight Rider when I was a little kid. You may be right billybob, it may not be the same without David Hasselhoff. What I find really funny about that show today is that Michael always kissed a different girl in every episode.
Quote from: PepperDude on September 27, 2007, 07:22:40 PM
I loved Knight Rider when I was a little kid. You may be right billybob, it may not be the same without David Hasselhoff. What I find really funny about that show today is that Michael always kissed a different girl in every episode.
I think that was part of his contract. I tried to get that into mine but they dont go for that in the IT world :)
Quote from: PepperDude on September 27, 2007, 07:22:40 PM
I loved Knight Rider when I was a little kid. You may be right billybob, it may not be the same without David Hasselhoff. What I find really funny about that show today is that Michael always kissed a different girl in every episode.
Then again, I said the same thing about a female Starbuck. That changed quickly. I love Katie. However, remember Knight rider 2000? That was
bad!
Ok, who should play Michael Knight ? Please - no votes for Hasseledhoff
They left out something...the part about it being "Darker, edgier and more realistic" didn't they? That is prettymuch what they say about all "re-imaginings" now isn't it?
That said, the old show did have a bit of a goofy charm to it and I enjoy the occasional rerun on TV Land.
Quote from: Ktrek on September 27, 2007, 07:06:03 PM
What's next the A-Team? sheesh! Talk about no imagination anymore!
Kevin
An A-Team movie has been in development for a while.
Watched Knight Rider tonight. Saw what I expected:
Great visual effects
Poor script writing
Poor acting
Lots of things to do with cars
(woman actor did nothing for the series)
Sorta-ok plot
I saw what I expected, a flunky show with an ok start. If David Hasselhoff had been in there, it would have been no different. I say boo to this series. I might watch again, but I doubt it.
King
Yeahhh, I kinda liked the Hoff knight rider adn the new one, it is bad, KITT transforming into a truck? and KITT not having a snappy 70s remark for everything? it looks like Transformers for adults...
Quote from: billybob476 on September 28, 2007, 06:16:31 AMHowever, remember Knight rider 2000? That was bad!
What about TKR (
Team Knight Rider (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Knight_Rider))? It was bad, but watchable. It was the kind of bad that's entertaining.
I have to say I LOVED the show. I remember watching the first series and it has the spirit of it in spades. I wasn't expecting a masterpiece, I was expecting a show about a boy and his car and I got it.
If anyone recently watched any of the old series they would see that this is a pretty good step up. It uses the same formula, but has a bit more edge to it.
It was a fun ride that I'll take again next week.
I'll check it out one more time, but frankly, it wasn't super family friendly and the sex jokes got old quick. If the acting would have been more believable I might have enjoyed it more. I did like the special effects, but found the characters dull. They relied on eye candy to drive (pardon the pun) the show.
the show was a little well...
lets say you're eating dinner, and the food really tastes like... salt..
the show needed other spices, herbs and stuff.
it was like, "we don't need actors, just models."
however it still does not top Flash Gordon in retardedness. :)
I will be honest, I enjoyed Knight Rider. I do see where it has some flaws, and lacks some polish of some other prime time shows, but for what it is, it delivered an entertaining show for me. I really disliked the TV movie, so was pleasantly surprised with this first episode.
I am not sure if it will last the long term, as the complaints some of you had, might be what sinks it in the long run, when it is compared to other shows. I enjoyed it a lot, but it feels more like I cable show to me, then a network show. I thought the effects with KITT and the action sequences were well done, the acting and some cringe worthy scenes need a bit or work.
If they called it something to do with a robot car and not Knight rider I would ease up on the hate of the show, KITT turning into a truck COME ON!
Well, I watched it and didn't hate it. It's kind of fun but the show has a lot of problems. Script for episode one was all over the place. The characters don't seem real at all to me. The acting was pretty bad. And frankly there is almost too much tech. KITT seems to be able to do just about anything now - but it can't put out a fire on it's body?? Hmmm.... Anyway, I'll probably watch now & then and see if it gets any better but for me it was pretty weak, I thought.
I found nothing at all good about this show. I agree with the review below by Mania (aka Cinescape). I did enjoy the new show Mentalist though which caught me off guard...
http://www.mania.com/knight-rider-knight-shining-armor_article_87455.html
NBC sends good message to bad show, picks up order for more scripts; will Knight ride on?
Super sports car K.I.T.T. is closer to becoming a pickup. NBC has inched closer to ordering a full season of Knight Rider, defying odds and critics' voices at the same time.
Knight Rider at Kath & Kim's funeral.
Knight Rider at Kath & Kim's funeral.
The network has ordered more scripts of the freshman series, says The Hollywood Reporter, which is generally a good inkling that Knight Rider will be give a full-season pickup.
This probably comes as a shock to the many television critics across the country, as Knight Rider has been totaled by boob-tube journalists and is by far the worst reviewed show of the new season, according to Metacritic.com.
Still, struggling NBC has surprisingly ordered four more scripts of the remake. So far, the ratings have been a bit of a disappointment since Knight Rider went to series. The mini-series/backdoor pilot that aired earlier this year did surprisingly well, but since its regular debut last month, numbers have been down and sliding.
Knight Rider stars Justing Bruening as Michael Traceur, who forms a crime-fighting duo with his high-tech sentient car K.I.T.T. Also starring are Deanna Russo as the token hottie (and she does a great job at that), Sydney Tamiia Poitier, and Bruce Davison.
The only other show to receive an order for more scripts so far has been CBS' Mentalist, which has performed stellar. New shows 90210 and Fringe are the only two to have already received full-season pickups.
There is no justice!
lol, well unless they call it Transformers, The rogue trooper and it is revealed that kitt is a transformer and goes berserk killing everyone except Micheal I may watch, then the acting would not be as bad seeing only one human is alive
I've been avoiding the show, but some poor guy in my TV Programming class had to review this for a project, and he showed a two-minute clip of it in class. It was... pretty bad, to say the least. And the guy even said that it was the only good part of the pilot. So I definitely agree with Rico when he says that there is no justice.
I just saw KITT transform from a large black van into a black mustang. That's all I needed to see.
New "Knight Rider" Gets Rebooted
By Garth FranklinTuesday, November 11th 2008 7:54am
NBC will reboot "Knight Rider" yet again as the critically-panned new incarnation fails to bring in viewers.
Despite the unanimously woeful reviews, the mini-series remake of the classic 1982 show early in the year was successful enough to green light a weekly series. That show premiered in September with only a modest audience of around 10 million, and over the subsequent six episodes the show has lost half its audience.
Yet three weeks ago NBC gave the series a full season order of 22 episodes, leading many to ask the simple question - why? Well now its been revealed.
According to Reuters actors Bruce Davison, Sydney Tamiia Poitier and Yancey Arias did not see their contracts renewed for the 'back nine' episodes and in fact a mid-season two-parter will retool the series which aims to bring the show back in line with the original series.
Showrunner Gary Scott Thompson says "We're moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week formula and closer to the original, making it a show about a man and his car going out and helping more regular people, everymen."
That, along with cost-cutting, means the show will go on with only five regulars - Mike (Justin Bruening), Sarah (Deanna Russo), Billy (Paul Campbell), Zoe (Smith Cho) and of course the car itself - KITT (voiced by Val Kilmer).
Doesn't matter how much you polish a turd.......... ;)
Yeah - let the thing go.
Looks like it's pretty much over for KITT....
Inside sources confirm that NBC has decided not to order any more episodes of Knight Rider this season and will close production after the cast and crew complete the 17th episode, which is filming this week.
So will the show live on to see a season two? Find out...
According to sources close to the series, there is no official kill order on Knight Rider, so the future of the show depends almost entirely the ratings for the remaining 10 unaired episodes. The decision on season two will come next year.
As you may have heard, NBC has been working under KITT's hood for a while now, trying to rev up the ratings. Bruce Davison, Yancey Arias and Sydney Tamiia Poitier were let go earlier this year in an effort to tighten and brighten storylines.
What do you think of this news? Based on the fan emails we get, many of you are watching and enjoying this series. But you'll need to help spread the word among your friends if you want this series to stick around.
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Did not think much of this new version at all. I was a BIG fan or the original series but they seem to have tried to do TOO much technologically with KITT in this show at the expense of plot, good acting and writing. I mean, just how many vehicles can KITT become? Feels like I'm watching a commercial at times...
Despite all of this advanced kit (no pun intended) including the fancy 'nanobot rengeneration' or whatever it is called that repairs all damage, all you have to do is turn KITT off and you can wreck the car! LOL
Why do shows like this get picked up and shows like Journeyman get cancelled?
Someone high up at NBC must really love the idea of this show. Many much better shows have not gotten the chances that this crap has.
Hmm, i hated it, so I'll start up my own petition to get it scrapped and get the decent shows that have been cancelled put back on.
"Knight Rider" Cancelled
March 6, 2009 by Michael Hickerson || Category: TV
A few weeks ago, the cast of "Knight Rider" implored viewers to keep watching their series. Apparently those pleas fell upon deaf ears.
The return of "Knight Rider" is over. NBC made it official yesterday, canceling the reboot of the popular 80's series.
In the end, it was low ratings that doomed the series according to Alpha Airlock. "Knight Rider" debuted with a 4.5 rating/7 share overnight at the end of September and saw ratings grow over its first four episodes rising as high as a 4.9/8 by mid-October. However, two episodes later, "Knight Rider" would crash into the wall head on, falling to a 3.3/5 by November sweeps — an audience loss of nearly 33 percent — and never recovering.
yeah, the later episodes were a lot better, but it was too late. Shame.
I'll be honest, even after watching a couple after the "remake" of the remake it still didn't interest me that much. The whole idea of the show is kinda weak and always reminds me of the quote made my "The Hoff" in the original series.
"An invincible car and its driver, we could go places with this" or something like that. (No, not an exact quote)
Is it just me, or am I the only one noticing that's just not a great idea? Its why Knights are usually the main focus in every story. Not their horses (or cars in this case). Why is this? Its just not nearly as interesting. (The only exception being dragons in the rare case) Horses/cars can't go places that People can so its always them on the outside waiting for their master to come back out. (A main point of annoyance with this series. Kitt was always on the outside and never enough of him, talking or action). That's why the series suffered. Its just a concept that doesn't work.
And one thing I did lol at was one "chase scene" they had. It had Mike basically chatting with everyone back at base having "deep" conversations and paying no attention to the scene in front of him. No focus at all on the road or catching up to the people running away. It was very fake and didn't work for me at all.
Thus, this is my long :2cents
King
So they finally put it out of it's misery eh?
Probably the right decision. I was VERY excited when I heard they were making this but I just didn't think it was very good and stopped watching after about 3 episodes.
Hopefully it's slot will be taken up by something interesting.
To paraphrase the intro to the original series: "...Knight Rider-- A shadowy voyage into the world of a show.. That should not exist." (at least as a remake)
Its about time
I was actually enjoying it. It wasn't must see tv, but it was on par with the original. It also wasn't Flash Gordon.