With Knight Rider airing this Sunday, NBC was kind enough to send us 5 clips for you to check out. Each clip is approximately :40 seconds in length and are direct clips from the Knight Rider movie.
Bad guys find KITT - [00:57]
KITT saves Sarah from the Bad guys. - [00:39]
NBC aired the longest commercial trailer yet. We show how KITT finds Sarah, KITT meeting Mike, and plot details that might be a bit spoilerish. There is pretty amazing shots of KITT being hit in the windshield and "repairing" himself, and of course lots of action. If you want to keep clear of spoilers - you might want to stop watching thse.
Also another clip that had been airing recently is a Ford commercial talking about how in conjunction with Knight Rider they will be giving away four cars, one being a Mustang. That video is after the jump.
We are back with part 2 of our exclusive interview with Deanna Russo - who plays Sarah Graiman, daughter of Charles Graiman - creator of the Knight Industries Three Thousand and childhood friend of Mike Traceur.
Continue to read our exclusive interview with her. Also be sure to check out our previous interviews with David Bartis, Sydney Tamiia Poitier and Kevin Dunigan.
Just posted on NBC.com is a 2 minute behind the scenes on set of the new Knight Rider. We see interviews with Justin and members of the cast and crew. Also seen is longer parts of the finding KITT and introduction between Mike and KITT. Additionally the last 20 seconds has a brief word by David Hasselhoff.
Watch here if the above player doesn't work.
On Jay Leno's Garage, a web based series featuring Jay reviewing cars, KITT is the focus of this weeks episode. He talks to the creators of KITT, and takes the car for a spin.
There is also some voice over comments by KITT - which is we can confirm the first time you will hear Val Kilmer as KITT. Sounds perfect to us!
Watch the seven minute episode and judge for yourself.
NBC aired another new commercial today. (and boy are we exhausted!) This one is very similar to the "Valet" clip as it's sole purpose is to highlight a feature of KITT rather than drive the pilot of the movie.
This time we see Mike having a little fun with the shapeshifting abilities of KITT, much to KITTs annoyance. Also we hear another remix of the Knight Rider theme song, I wonder what the final one will sound like!
NBC tonight aired this new :30 second commercial during Las Vegas. Here we see alot more of the relationships between characters and a bit more of the action. Some interesting stuff going on in that interior as well...
Also added to YouTube:
We've also contacted executive producer David Bartis for a comment on the voice actor used here. We know that Val Kilmers dialog was just recorded yesterday - and to us this doesn't sound like Will Arnett - so we're not sure who has been doing the voice overs.
Familiar to faces as Logan Armstrong in the Young and the Restless, Deanna Russo comes to Knight Rider very eager for action. In the NBC Knight Rider movie airing February 17th, Deanna plays Sarah Graiman, daughter of Charles Graiman - creator of the Knight Industries Three Thousand and childhood friend of Mike Traceur. We speak to her about her characters pivotal role.
Continue to read our exclusive interview with her. Also be sure to check out our previous interviews with David Bartis, Sydney Tamiia Poitier and Kevin Dunigan.
After a successful career in security in the entertainment industry protecting people like Arsenio Hall, En Vouge and Toni Braxton; he decided he wanted to give acting a chance, and fulfill a life long dream. On Sunday February 17th you can see him in the character of "Smoke" as part of an elite force trying to capture KITT
Continue to read our exclusive interview with him. Also be sure to check out our previous interviews with David Bartis and Sydney Tamiia Poitier.
In a story we exclusively broke to you yesterday: Will Arnett had to drop from the Knight Rider project - Val Kilmer has stepped into his place. And now - proper media channels are reporting it too:
From Variety:
Val Kilmer voices 'Knight Rider' Actor replaces Will Arnett as NBC's KITT By JOSEF ADALIANA carmaker conflict has caused NBC to hire Val Kilmer to replace Will Arnett as the voice of KITT on its "Knight Rider" revival.
Arnett ("Arrested Development") had already completed his part for the pic, which is slated to debut on NBC in less than two weeks. Producers Doug Liman, Dave Bartis and Dave Andron -- along with the network and studio -- were all fine with his performance.
Problem is, Arnett had a contractual conflict of interest.
For the better part of a decade, Arnett has done voice-over work for General Motors -- as the voice of GMC Trucks. NBC's new "Knight," however, is "played" by a Ford Mustang.
What's more, Ford isn't simply providing cars for "Knight Rider." It's taking an active role in the marketing and branding of the pic, a backdoor pilot for a possible series. Ford's logo even appears all over NBC's on-air promos for the pic.
Not surprisingly, when GM found out about the Ford connection, it asked Arnett to pull out.
"I was very excited at the prospect of playing the part of KITT in the new 'Knight Rider' movie," Arnett said. "However, because of a long relationship with General Motors as the voice of GMC Trucks, I had to respectfully withdraw from the project."
While NBC and Universal Media Studios will have to scramble to replace Arnett's dialogue with Kilmer's work, the upside is landing a well-known name for the part. In addition to his roles in pics such as "Batman Forever," "Heat" and "Top Gun," Kilmer has done plenty of voice-over work, including the voice of Moses in 1998's "The Prince of Egypt."
From BBC:
Kilmer 'will voice' Knight RiderVal Kilmer is to provide the voice of talking car Kitt in the TV movie remake of the 1980s series Knight Rider, trade magazine Variety says.
He replaces Will Arnett, star of comedy Arrested Development, who pulled out after a row over motor company Ford's sponsorship of the film, Variety adds.
It said Ford's rival, General Motors, asked him to step down because he had voiced adverts for the firm.
The film is due to air on the NBC network in the US on 17 February.
Guest appearance
Arnett told Variety he had been "very excited" about voicing the part of Kitt, which he had already recorded.
"However, because of a long relationship with General Motors as the voice of GMC Trucks, I had to respectfully withdraw from the project," he added.
Bourne Identity director Doug Liman is executive producer of the pilot, which will lead to a TV series if successful.
Soap actor Justin Bruening, 28, stars as the son of David Hasselhoff's original character, Michael Knight.
Hasselhoff will also make a guest appearance, reprising his career-making role.
Here we have our first look at the new poster for Knight Rider airing February 17th on NBC. Very similar in style to their official website.
Credit to Knight Rider UK for the find! Posted on our forums here.
I mentioned last week there would be an announcement, well here it is, and only on KRO.While we are a fan of Will Arnetts, and very sad to hear that he had a conflict, we are very excited to have someone with such caliber as Val Kilmer on board, and look forward to hearing him as KITT very soon.Will Arnett has had to back out of voicing KITT because of a contractual conflict. This happened a few weeks ago.
I was asked not to release this information until they figured out what they were going to do. Finally, as of last night, contracts with the replacement have been signed.
The new voice of KITT will be...Val Kilmer. He's a bona-fide movie star who has not done a lot of television, a very smart guy with and great voice and a lot of range, and the producers are very happy with the choice. They start today to re-voice the movie.
This 30 second commercial is out first look at a lot of the action and plot in the TV Movie. We also see KITTs voice modulator for the first time. This is believed to have premiered on last night on NBC.
Also available on YouTube:
Sydney Tamiia Poitier plays Carrie Rivai, an FBI agent with connections to Charles Graiman, who in this version created the original KITT and the new Knight Industries Three Thousand. We were fortunate to speak to her about her character via telephone on January 17th.
Welcome back to Part 2 of our interview with David Bartis the Executive Producer of he new Knight Rider movie airing on February 17th.
You can read part one here and learn about the backstory of this Knight Rider project - or continue on to hear more from our interview.
We were thrilled to get the chance to speak to David Bartis. Mr. Bartis is the Executive Producer of the new Knight Rider Pilot and we spoke to him via phone at the Dutch Oven offices on January 9th 2008. This is the first part of a two part interview.
