New voice of KITT: Will Arnett?

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New voice of KITT: Will Arnett?

Post by Michael Pajaro » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:44 pm

Shapeshifter has been very kind to share what info he has from his connections with the NBC production (thank you!). But when he mentioned this I felt it deserved its own thread:

"I've also heard that the voice of KITT will be Will Arnett (Blades of Glory)."

I can't speak for Shapeshifter, and I want to be clear that he is not declaring this as fact. I'm just treating it as rumor and speculation at this point.

I like Will Arnett a lot (although he hasn't found the right breakthrough movie role yet.) He plays smug characters very well, which would tie in very nicely with the idea of KITT.

So IF this turns out to be true - again, no one is claiming it's a fact - I for one could be happy with it.
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Post by Shapeshifter » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:59 pm

Michael, you're absolutely right. Until this gets confirmed in the trades, it should not be treated as fact. And I will admit that I'm not as sure about this call as I have been on some of the earlier calls I've made. After all, this is very important casting--the show will be greatly affected by this person, and I'd hate to get it wrong.

If the usual pattern holds, it should be confirmed (or proven not true) in the next few days.
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Post by JimmyPSHayes » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:21 pm

I can happily live with that! :D If it turns out to be true.
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Post by Knight Racer » Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:59 pm

I'm just trying to picture his voice saying,"I am the voice of the Knight Industries Three Thousand microprocessor.K-I-T-T for easy reference,Kitt if you prefer." out of a 2008 mustang.
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Post by knightprobe89 » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:39 am

will arnett should be good as the voice of kitt, as he has done voice work for gmc and the lamisil commercials, he has a very good voice.
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Post by Stargazer » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:09 am

I would have to go with - > don't throw lemmons at me please - > Drew Carey for KITT if for some reason William Daniels doesn't sign on for it.
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Post by Shapeshifter » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:09 pm

I can now confirm, Will Arnett is the voice of KITT. Confidence is high.
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Post by Michael Pajaro » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:06 pm

The new KITT:
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(Will Arnett on a Segway)
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Post by JimmyPSHayes » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:33 pm

Michael Pajaro wrote:The new KITT:
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(Will Arnett on a Segway)
Do you think that thing has turbo boost? :D
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Post by infiniti_mike » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:38 pm

in '05, Will Arnett was in the movie Monster-in-Law w/ Jennifer Lopez. Guess what his Character's name was...
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Post by MJknight » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:55 pm

Is he any good?

Does he have the similar kind of tone to Daniels or is he something else in terms of personality in his voice?
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Post by JimmyPSHayes » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:07 pm

I think he's awesome. I'm sure if you enter his name on youtube.com you can find some stuff he's done. He does a lot of voices, so I think he's a great choice.
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Post by maverik » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:23 am

but his voice is very villainous and menacing. I think he'd be a great Karr but highly skeptical about kitt.
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Post by Lost Knight » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:18 am

I've never seen any of his work, nor have I heard his voice. So I don't have an opinion on the casting one way or another. I will wait and see when the telepic premieres.
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Post by neps » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:59 am

Here are a couple of samples of his VO work.

http://www.abramsartists.com/voicereels ... .Promo.mp3

http://www.abramsartists.com/voicereels ... railer.mp3

He was quite good in Arrested Development, played arrogant really well. Because of that I'm curious how they're gonna have this KITTs personality be - jerky or like original KITT.

Those voice over samples give me good confidence for honoring KITT.
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Post by JimmyPSHayes » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:36 pm

WOW!! I had no idea that he'd done so much voice over work. I just know him from 30 Rock and all the comedy movies.
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Post by HungarianKnight » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:04 pm

Good choice for Kitt's voice! It has character. I wanted John Billignsley to be Kitt but now I changed my mind :D
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