The Weinstein Company has acquired the rights to develop and produce a feature film based on the original hit television series "Knight Rider." The rights were purchased from Glen A. Larson ("Knight Rider," "Magnum P.I." "Fall Guy," "Battlestar Galactica"), the original creator of the television show, and he will write the script and executive produce the project through his production company Glen A. Larson Productions. David Price brought the project to The Weinstein CompanyÂ’s attention and will co-produce it.

Based on the 1980Â’s hit television series, "Knight Rider" is a revenge story about a police investigator who is shot on the job and left to die. Nursed back to health by a mysterious millionaire, he regains consciousness a new man with a new face and a new name: Michael Knight. His mysterious benefactor provides Michael with equipment and support so that he can continue his crime fighting work and ultimately get revenge on the people who left him to die.

The original hit television show ran on NBC from 1982 through 1986 and starred David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight.

--Oh, I'm pumped about this. Who do you see playing Michael?

Source: Movies Online

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