For all of you KITT fans out there, the car is back in business, but for all the David Haselhoff fans, he isn’t. Not entirely.
The new TV movie “Knight Rider” premieres on February 17, at 9 p.m., on NBC starring “All my Children” Justin Bruening, as Mike Tracer, the estranged son of Michael Knight, and the new KITT 3000, a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR.
We all know the things old Trans Am KITT could do back in the 1980s, like almost everything, but what about KITT 3000?
One of the executive producers, David Bartis promises us that the new KITT has many surprises in store for us.
Bartis says: "I think everybody knows already that the car has the ability to morph. It can shape shift a little bit in ways that enhances its handling and its abilities on the road. It also has some sort of weapon defense systems that are based on nanotechnology that I think are going to be pretty amazing when people see the way we've built the effects there. It's got a pretty deep arsenal of abilities and tricks there," mercurynews.com reports.
The movie suffered a last minute change. As Variety announced that the new voice of KITT will be that of Will Arnett, who does the commercials for GMC Trucks, the General Motors had a change of hearts and said it didn’t want Arnett for the Ford Mustang’s voice in the new movie. So Val Kilmer came in to fill the role.
You have to know that the new “Knight Rider” is not a remake of the original 1982-86 series, which had Glen A. Larson as its original creator, but a sort of pilot for a possible series producers hope for if the movie has enough viewers.
Besides Bruening in the role of Mike, we get to see Deanna Russo as ex-girlfriend Sarah Graiman and Sydney Tamiia Poitier as FBI agent Carrie Rivai.
In an interview Bartis said that Larson, who has the movie rights, has been working for a big-screen launch since 2002.
In the new movie, Mike Trance is the estranged son of Michael Knight, whose existence Knight was not aware of. Mike grew up with his mom, Jennifer Knight (Mary Kate McGeehan), who, if fans remember, appeared only once in the old series as the daughter of Wilton Knight, the founder of the Knight Industries. Jennifer took over the foundation in the fourth season opener.
A new character makes his way in the new movie, which connects it to the original series. That is Charles Graiman (Bruce Davison), Sarah's dad, who is the original creator of KITT, since from the original series we don’t know anything about who built the car ad the technology.
Will just have to see and wait if the new “Knight Rider” can lift up to the expectations of a series which made history back in the 80s and a star out of Haselhoff.
《霹雳游侠》,英文名称《Knight Rider》,是1982年至1986年在NBC播出的热门科幻电视剧(右图)。全剧4季共84集,其中有6集为每集1.5小时。故事讲述了Michael Knight驾驶着那辆具有高度AI的跑车KITT,在罪犯横行于法律之上的世界里支持那些无辜及无助的人。可能你一下子记不起来《霹雳游侠》,但当你看见霹雳车前面来回扫描的扫描器,以及那经典的片头音乐,保证你一下子就能从记忆找到它。
"请别叫我 '汽车' 或是 '几只轮子' ,我是奈特工业3000号。"--KITT
"我喜欢麦克。"--KITT
"如果我们失败了,我想告诉你,我们是好搭档。"--KITT
"我们是手心手背儿。"--KITT
当年霹雳车这些幽默的台词依然深深印在我们脑海里。
2008年2月17日,霹雳车KITT就要载着它勇猛无惧的主人Michael Knight重回银屏了!NBC在最近的媒体见面会上,终于完整地公布了复制版《Knight Rider 霹雳游侠》的拍摄计划,并确定了播出时间。根据NBC的计划,《霹雳游侠》将首先以迷你剧/电视电影的形式与观众见面,然后再根据收视率情况决定是否发展成为正式剧集。
在NBC公布的计划中,肥皂剧《All My Children》中的当红小生Justin Bruening(题头图右二)成为新一代 "霹雳游侠" Mike Tracer,《Veronica Mars》和《Joan of Arcadia》中的女演员Sydney Tamiia Poitier(题头图左二)则扮演女主角Sarah。联合主演中还包括扮演FBI女特工和 "霹雳游侠" 心爱女孩双重身份的Deanna Russo ("NCIS," "The Young and the Restless")(题头图右一)和扮演Sarah父亲的Bruce Davison ("Breach," "Close to Home")(题头图左一)。
"霹雳车" KITT(即Knight Industries Three Thousand的首字母简称,中文名叫"奈特工业3000号")是本剧中最为重要的道具。据悉,复制版的《霹雳游侠》中,"霹雳车" 一共有三个版本。第一个版本叫 "KITT英雄" ,是主人公的日常用车。这是一辆经过改装的福特野马Shelby GT500KR型跑车,最高马力可以达到540。第二个版本名叫 "KITT攻击者" ,是 "KITT英雄" 变形后的产物。当 "KITT英雄" 进入战斗模式并通过 "空气运动悬挂系统" 和特殊的内部结构变形为 "KITT攻击者" 之后,就成了一辆速度非凡、火力强大的超级战车。第三个版本名叫 "KITT遥控车" ,即无人驾驶状态下的 "KITT英雄" 。为 "霹雳车" 配音的是Will Arnett (NBC's "30 Rock," "Blades of Glory")。福特公司表示,还将为该剧精心制作其他专用交通工具。
复制版的《霹雳游侠》将由Dave Bartis ("Heist," "The O.C.")及Doug Liman ("Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "The Bourne Identity")担任执行制片人;原版《霹雳游侠》中 "霹雳游侠" Michael Knight的扮演者David Hasselhoff将以特别客座演员的身份出现在复制版《霹雳游侠》的首集中,仍然扮演他的 Michael Knight.
复制版的《霹雳游侠》将由Dave Bartis ("Heist," "The O.C.")及Doug Liman ("Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "The Bourne Identity")担任执行制片人;原版《霹雳游侠》中 "霹雳游侠" Michael Knight的扮演者David Hasselhoff将以特别客座演员的身份出现在复制版《霹雳游侠》的首集中,仍然扮演他的 Michael Knight。
在剧情方面,NBC采用了和《Bionic Woman 无敌女金刚》同样的创作思路,即沿袭原剧的结构,但是大规模进行内容改造,并融合现代元素。很多人对此表示出了忧虑--众所周知,《Bionic Woman》也是在70年代同名老剧集的基础上改编而成的,但是却没能取得它前辈那样的成功,反而遭到了大多数评论家和观众的批评,收视率也从第一集的1300万人掉到第八集的612万人,并被NBC排到了即将被取消的剧集名单中。《Knight Rider》会不会重蹈覆辙?现在谁也说不清。
和原版的《霹雳游侠》一样,KITT是电视节目中出现过的最酷的交通工具:它拥有一台无所不能的超级计算机,几乎能攻破世界上所有的系统;它的武器系统十分先进有效;它的躯体是由纳米材料所制成,可以变换形状和颜色。此外,KITT的人工智能系统是一个非常滑稽可笑的东西,就像《Lexx》中的790一样。这个人工智能在对付犯罪方面充满了理想主义,但又几乎无所不知,拥有无穷无尽的智慧。这是一辆梦幻车,很多人不惜一切代价都想得到他。