ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Writer To Pen KNIGHT RIDER Movie

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Writer To Pen KNIGHT RIDER Movie

Brad Copeland, writer for ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and MY NAME IS EARL to write the big screen treatment for revamped 80's television icon Knight Rider.

By DAGuess - Jun 26, 2013 07:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: bleedingcool.com

A long time ago during in an era known as the 80's, David Hasselhoff starred in a television show in which he drove a car voiced by Mr. Feeny with the technological advancements of today's smartphones. According to Bleeding Cool, KNIGHT RIDER may be returning, this time to the big screen with comedy writer, Brad Copeland penning the story.

Some of you may recall a similar attempt to make KNIGHT RIDER relevant again occurred in 2008 in which KITT, originally a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am was remodeled as a Ford Shelby GT500KR Mustang with transformation capabilities, but the series failed to capture an audience and was cancelled after one season.

It appears that like many cult classics from years past, like the infamous BRADY BUNCH movies or more recently LAND OF THE LOST and DARK SHADOWS, KNIGHT RIDER may be more comic in tone than the original series. Whether this will resonate with today's audience remains to be seen. Perhaps they can have Ron Howard be the new voice and A.I. for KITT.



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TheDARKestKNIGHT
TheDARKestKNIGHT - 6/26/2013, 7:43 AM
If at first you don't succeed....









STOP GOD DAMN IT!!!!
jerryblake
jerryblake - 6/26/2013, 9:24 AM
Hasselhoff was also a guest star in the new Knight Rider tv series.
Wonder if the gonna invite him to do a cameo ?
They should stick to the 80's and make it time period movie.
Find someone who could replace David as Michael Knight and show one of his adventures on the big screen.
ThisIsHeavy
ThisIsHeavy - 6/26/2013, 10:01 AM
Here's an idea: COME UP WITH SOMETHING ORIGINAL HOLLYWOOD!
dracula
dracula - 6/26/2013, 3:11 PM
hey should get
Jeremy Renner As Michael Knight
Scarlette johanson As Bonny Barstow
Michael Cain As Devon Miles
ChanceX74
ChanceX74 - 6/27/2013, 6:53 AM
I even remember the other attempt to make Knight Rider relevant in the 90's with the Pontiac Banshee concept car as a backdoor pilot TVM: Knight Rider 2000, another failed backdoor pilot with Knight Rider 2010 that had nothing to do with the existing property... and then again with Team Knight Rider, cancelled after one season.

Apparently bombing out with 3 attempts in the 90's wasn't enough.
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