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Learn Who Will Direct NBC's KNIGHT RIDER TV Movie/Backdoor Pilot!! You May Have Seen His Work Already!!
Merrick here...
Somehow, this one slipped through the cracks over the last few days, but we thought it was still worth mentioning all the same...
Last week, we reviewed the teleplay for NBC's forthcoming KNIGHT RIDER TV movie/backdoor pilot. Surprisingly, the script was promising. You can read that review HERE.
Seems a director has now been chosen to drive the project.
THE BAD NEWS? It's NOT Doug Liman, as some had hoped/conjectured. For those unfamiliar with his work, Liman directed the first BOURNE movie (Executive Producing subsequent installments), directed MR. & MRS. SMITH, and helmed the forthcoming JUMPER [TRAILER HERE]. Liman will only act as Executive Producer on KNIGHT RIDER.
THE GOOD NEWS? They went out and got themselves a high-end TV director. His name is Steve Shill. Shill has brought AICN readers some of their favorite & most discussed shows. He's directed for series like THE SOPRANOS, ROME, THE WEST WING, THE TUDORS, and DEADWOOD.
Pretty damn cool.
Can it be...is it even vaguely feasible...that KNIGHT RIDER will actually be groovy by the time all is said and done? Stranger things have happened, and so far indications are promising.
More to come as more comes in.
[[[merrick]]]
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worked with another cheesy glen a. larson show.
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...Season 3 hit DVD?
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Networks must love him. Speaking of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, wasn't that absolute utter shit?
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got yourself a car. heh. thanks but no thanks. I'll stick with hoff's "looking for a freedom." video.
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I keep hearing the DVD's come out in January. That sucks.
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that third minisode deserves a talkback all for itself...frakkin awesome
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According to the Rumor Mill at The Digital Bits, their sources say April 2008 for US/Canada release. Stupid, I know, but in other regions where Season 3 has been released it's missing deleted scenes, Ron Moore's commentary and the Resistance webisodes. I'd rather wait to have these, but you would think they would have wanted this to hit DVD before season 4. That's Universal for you.
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Thank god this show is ending. Now we can get on to Nip/Tuck! and trying to understand why FX is not in HD? And why the day programer sucks for this channel.
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wrong tb that was suppose to go on the damages one.
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Well at least on paper is sounds promising and BSG came out pretty good too. I have only seen 1 episode of Bionic Woman, so I can't comment.
So what show to be remade next??? Manimal, Misfits of Science? -
seeing what problem someone could possibly have with this announcement.
And what *IS* taking so long with Season 3 BSG anyway? -
The guy has made some quality TV, this is looking promising if they keep a lot of the elements from the script, even the "transforming" sounds like it might be cool... hopefully in the pilot KITT will disguise himself as a 80s TransAm if only for a couple of minutes!
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Yes, and even pricey back-ups like Mimi Leder and Philip Noyce turned down the job.
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But I really don't give a shit about any of the new versions they're working on. Just like the Bionic Woman, the IDEA of the show, while great, is extremely dated, even in 2007. And a new "updated" version is just going to be silly.
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listen dude, i'm as nostalgic as anyone for bad 80s TV but, seriously, Knight Rider?
i mean, does anyone think a remake will somehow acheive BSG greatness? at the end of the day, it's David Hasselhoff and a talking fricking car.
this will reek worse than death. -
I can't believe they're making an action movie about a newspaper publishing company. What gives?
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shout out to Big Trouble in last night's Chuck, naming James Wong's wheelchair bound character Lo Pan....
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cool
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is more tv shows with talking cars
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That backtalking boat sets a bad example.
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...bring back AIRWOLF!!!!!!!
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Mr & Mrs Smith was utter shit. Like True Lies directed by a 12 year old.
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while this gets another run...
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Look Michael....A Fjord!!!
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i was really starting to worry about who they would get to direct the pilot for the remake to knight rider...
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It's in the eyes.
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...looks fucking retarded.
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Oct 23, 2007 7:06:57 PM CDT
Merrick, why do you feel the need to summarise a project's histo
by brokentusk
We've all been following the development of the series and for those who haven't – well, they will search and find out the details for themselves. Every article you post has to trace the history of the relevant project from its inception up until the minute piece of news that you posted the article in order to impart. We don't need to know that Doug Liman directed THE BOURNE IDENTITY and the upcoming JUMPER (with a bloody trailer link to boot) if he ISN'T DIRECTING the thing! Sheesh.
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BSG = good, Bionic Woman = bad. This will most likely be the latter, but I'll give it the same chance I gave the aformentioned two shows: three episodes. BSG hooked me with the miniseries, and the show held me. Bionic Woman was just crap. It didn't disappoint me, because I wasn't expecting much.
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One of my favorite shows on the air is in the process of completely jumping the shark, and I don't even have a place to gripe about it.
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Make it like CSI: Alabama... all dark and rednecky
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Oh yes.
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Yeah... like Slone said, the IDEA of Knight Rider was pretty cool but this treatment is *NOT* getting me at all excited for this show... Just like this Bionic Woman project - LAAAAAAME!
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