{"id":29162,"date":"2013-06-25T22:02:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T02:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=29162"},"modified":"2018-12-09T00:49:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T05:49:59","slug":"knight-rider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/25\/knight-rider\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Screen KNIGHT RIDER Gets A Screenwriter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"knight-rider\"<\/a>Popular 80s television series Knight Rider<\/em> is zooming its way towards the big screen. The Weinstein Company has hired Brad Copeland to draft a screenplay that will bring its story of a trouble shooter who travels the country in a high-tech, computerized Trans Am.<\/p>\n

The LA Times<\/em><\/a> notes that the project will be a “somewhat higher-budget, more action-oriented movie than Weinstein’s typical prestige fare,” which makes Copeland’s hiring a bit strange. The writer is a veteran of the Arrested Development television series writing staff, wrote the 2007 comedy Wild Hogs<\/strong> and has been attached to a big screen adaptation of Gilligan’s Island<\/em>. That certainly isn’t the resume I would think that one would be looking for when hiring a writer to pen a car movie in a post-Fast And Furious<\/strong> world.<\/p>\n

The original television series debuted in 1982 and was an immediate hit for NBC. It ran for four years and launched its star David Hasselhoff into worldwide stardom. A revival series was attempted in 2008 but it was cancelled after 17 episodes aired. The new film would very likely be a fresh telling of the Knight Rider<\/em> lore, though Hasshelhoff has expressed a desire to be a part of it, but to me that would be like letting Adam West pop back up in a modern Batman<\/strong> film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is a comedy writer the right choice to launch an action franchise?<\/div>\n

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