The creators of Cobra Kai are all set to revive one other beloved Eighties property. Cobra Kai was a legacy sequel to The Karate Child franchise, one which not solely gave expanded roles to a number of stars of the unique Karate Child trilogy but in addition put the highlight on a brand new era that would carry the franchise ahead. Cobra Kai was a vital hit, and when it moved from YouTube Purple to Netflix, it turned a worldwide sensation, spanning six seasons that concluded in February 2025. Cobra Kai has made The Karate Child franchise the preferred it has been for the reason that Eighties, and now Common Photos hopes the inventive workforce can do the identical for a fan-favorite tv present.
In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald are in talks to jot down and produce a function movie reimaging of the basic tv sequence Knight Rider. Hurwitz and Schlossberg are in talks to direct, having beforehand helmed Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and American Reunion, in addition to a number of episodes of Cobra Kai. Kelly McCormick and David Leitch, who produced No one and Violent Night time for Common Photos, are co-producing Knight Rider via their manufacturing firm 87North.
The Historical past of ‘Knight Rider’
Knight Rider ran for 4 seasons on NBC from Sept. 26, 1982, to April 4, 1986. The sequence starred David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, an agent for the key group Basis for Regulation and Authorities (FLAG), and is teamed with an experimental, artificially clever, speaking Pontiac Firebird Trans Am nicknamed KITT (brief for Knight Industries Two Thousand), voiced by William Daniels. The sequence was created by Glen A. Larson, who created beloved tv staples like The Fall Man, Battlestar Galactica, and Magnum P.I. Regardless of solely lasting 90 episodes, Knight Rider turned a popular culture phenomenon and is without doubt one of the most iconic sequence of the Eighties.
Common has tried to increase the Knight Rider franchise prior to now. Hasselhoff returned for a tv film in 1991 titled Knight Rider 2000. A second movie, Knight Rider 2010, with out Hasselhoff, aired in 1994. Then, in 2008, NBC revamped the franchise with a tv film merely titled Knight Rider, which was set after the occasions of the unique sequence. It was quickly adopted by a tv sequence, which was canceled after one season. Each the 2008 TV film and short-lived sequence are greatest remembered for that includes the late-great Val Kilmer because the voice of KITT. Since then, Common Photos has been trying to carry a rebooted movie to life, with James Wan initially set to provide and James Gunn expressing curiosity within the challenge earlier than changing into the top of DC Studios.
Common taking an opportunity on Knight Rider is actually attention-grabbing, provided that the studio has had a tough time turning former hit tv sequence into blockbuster films. The A-Staff notably underperformed again in 2010, and final summer time’s The Fall Man, directed by Knight Rider govt producer David Leitch, was a field workplace disappointment regardless of constructive opinions. Common Photos can be planning a reboot of Miami Vice with Prime Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski on the helm. Given the truth that Hurwitz, Schlossberg, and Heald all had sucessus with Cobra Kai, Common is relying on them having the ability to do to Knight Rider what they did for Karate Child.