Poitier Joins NBC's Knight Rider

An additional cast member was revealed today:

Actress Sydney Poitier (Grindhouse's "Death Proof," "Veronica Mars") has landed a role on NBC's two-hour movie "Knight Rider," which will serve as a pilot for a possible remake of the TV series about a man and his talking car. The Transformers-inspired sequel centers on Mike Tracer (Justin Bruening), the son of Michael Knight, the character played by David Hasselhoff in the original production. Poitier will play a feisty FBI agent who dislikes Mike.

Sydney Poitier is the daughter of Sir Sidney Poitier