[Theepistle] Val Kilmer is K.I.T.T. in Knight Rider -- Tonight!

[Dan Bodenheimer]

Val Kilmer is K.I.T.T. in Knight Rider

[http://www.nbc.com/Knight_Rider/]
 <http://www.saint.org/blog/uploaded_images/val-kilmer-as-kitt-knight-rider-
2-792147.jpg> One of the most famous television cars is The Saint's Volvo
P1800, and Val Kilmer drove a Volvo C70 in the 1993 movie of The Saint.
Well, we now hear that Val Kilmer will be the new voice of K.I.T.T. on
Knight Rider -- another famous television car to rival the Volvo!

Keeping it in the family, the new K.I.T.T. is a Ford Mustang, and as you
know, Ford owns Volvo.

>From SlashFilm 
<http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/02/06/val-kilmer-is-kitt-in-knight-rider-repl
aces-will-arnett/> :
> Oooh, K.I.T.T. voice draaama! Friend of the world¹s beaches and former Batman
> and Real Genius, Val Kilmer, has signed on to voice the smooth-computin¹
> automobile in the latest TV-reboot of Knight Rider for NBC and Universal. Will
> Kilmer¹s K.I.T.T. (Knight Industries Three Thousand) do a passable Elvis
> impersonation and fire a laser that pops a billion golden kernals? I don¹t
> know wise guy, but I do know that actor Will Arnett (Arrested Development) is
> right bummed right now. Arnett had already finished recording all of his voice
> work for the rebooted show, which premieres in just two weeks, see? And before
> you swipe Kilmer¹s jolly hand away as it attempts to steal Arnett¹s gooey,
> delicious voice of K.I.T.T., know this: it isn¹t Kilmer¹s fault, see?
> 
> In one of the silliest signs of a world run amok in corporate Brawndo tie-ins,
> Arnett has done commercial voice work in the past for General Motors, and
> K.I.T.T., see, is a Ford Mustang. Kablowski! That invisible line in the
> industrial sandbox? Well, Arnett just crossed it. But he still had time to
> jump back over said line, cover his tracks and allow Kilmer to swing in using
> a vine made from his absolutely batshit resume to save the day and grab a nice
> payday (PayDay?).
The new two-hour made-for-TV movie will be shown on NBC on Sunday, Feb 17,
2008. For more information, you can visit the Knight Rider Movie
<http://www.knightridermovie.com/> , the official NBC site
<http://www.nbc.com/Knight_Rider/> , or the web's longest-running Knight
Rider <http://www.knightrideronline.com/>  site.

>From NBC <http://www.nbc.com/Knight_Rider/> :
> This two-hour movie event, based on the iconic 1980's hit television series,
> stars Justin Bruening ("All My Children"), Deanna Russo ("The Young and the
> Restless"), Sydney Tamiia Poitier ("Veronica Mars," "Grindhouse") and Bruce
> Davison ("Breach," "Close To Home"). In addition, David Hasselhoff (NBC's
> "America's Got Talent") -- who starred in the popular lead role as Michael
> Knight for four seasons during the original series' run -- returns as the same
> character during a special guest-star appearance.
> 
> As the original story resumes, the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand)
> is absolutely the coolest car ever created: its supercomputer capable of
> hacking almost any system; its weapons systems efficient; and its body --
> thanks to its creator's work and nanotechnology -- is capable of actually
> shifting shape and color. Plus, its artificial intelligence makes it the ideal
> good cop partner: logical, precise and possessing infinite knowledge. It is
> the ultimate car -- and someone will be willing to do anything to obtain it.
> 
> The three cars featured in the series include the KITT Hero -- a Ford Mustang
> Shelby GT500KR that is playing the part of the everyday Hero car with 540
> horsepower; the KITT Attack -- a super high-speed version of the Ford Mustang
> Shelby GT500KR Hero car that transforms into Attack mode with the help of
> air-ride technology and specialized body parts -- and a KITT Remote, which is
> a driverless Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR version of the Hero vehicle.
> 
> Sarah Graiman is a 24-year old Ph.D candidate at Stanford University,
> following in her genius father Charles' (Davison) footsteps. But when men
> attempt to abduct her, Sarah receives a mysterious call from KITT warning her
> that he's a creation of Charles, who also invented the first KITT 25 years ago
> -- and that her father is in serious danger.
> 
> Sarah and KITT track down her best friend from childhood, Mike Tracer
> (Bruening), a 23-year-old ex-Army Ranger, whom Sarah hasn't seen since he left
> home at 18. Having served in Iraq, Mike is now jaded and lost and initially
> resistant. Eventually he agrees to help Sarah and the two set out to discover
> who's behind the attempt to procure KITT and find Charles. Along the way,
> Carrie Rivai (Poitier) plays the agile yet tough FBI agent who has a
> long-standing friendship with Charles and Sarah. Due to those ties, she is
> brought into the mix to help in the search.
> 
Credits: Dave Bartis ("Heist") and Doug Liman ("Mr.  Mrs. Smith") serve as
executive producers. David Andron is supervising producer and writer. Steve
Shill ("Dexter" "The Tudors"), also a co-producer, directs the two-hour
movie from Universal Media Studios and Dutch Oven Productions.


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Posted By  Dan Bodenheimer  to  The Saint and Leslie Charteris Blog
<http://www.saint.org/blog/2008/02/val-kilmer-is-kitt-in-knight-rider.html>
at  2/16/2008 01:21:00 PM

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