"Knight Rider" Knight Rider (2008)

Director:

Steve Shill

Writers (WGA):

Dave Andron (written by)
Glen A. Larson (characters)

TV Series:

"Knight Rider" (2008)

Original Air Date:

17 February 2008 (Season 1, Episode 0)

Tagline:

An Icon Reborn.

Plot:

When a group of ruthless mercenaries kill a reclusive scientist, his creation, a new model of artificially intelligent supercar, escapes to find his daughter and recruit a ex-soldier to thwart them.

Plot Keywords:

Car | Ex Soldier | Mercenary | Escape | Debt

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Justin Bruening	...	Mike Traceur
Deanna Russo	...	Sarah Graiman
Sydney Tamiia Poitier	...	Carrie Rivai
Bruce Davison	...	Charles Graiman
David Hasselhoff	...	Michael Knight
Greg Ellis	...	Welther
Chris Mulkey	...	Sheriff Ramsey
Wayne Kasserman	...	Dylan Fass
Jonathan Chase	...	Kevin
Susan Gibney	...	Jennifer
Kevin Christy	...	Belle
Jack Yang	...	Cross
Kevin Dunigan	...	Smoke
Jelly Howie	...	Woman in Bed
Hope Riley	...	Amber
Leah Fitzpatrick	...	Sadie
Blake Silver	...	Dustin Carey
Justin Schaefers	...	Stoner Kid (as Justin Schaeffers)
Phil Laak	...	Poker Pro
Lucas Fleischer	...	Priest
Matthew J Cates	...	Truck Driver
Matt Leonard	...	Zion
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sara Holden	...	Bar Girl
Aisha Kabia	...	Robin
Dawn Olivieri	...	Constant Savage
Jeffrey Pierce	...	Ryan Arrow
Tia Barr	...	Hot Poker Pro (uncredited)
Benjamín Benítez	...	Esteban Bahia (uncredited)
Veronica Bennett	...	Bikini Girl / Hot Babe (uncredited)
Charlotte Bjornbak	...	SSC Tech (uncredited)
Troy Butcher	...	Stanford Student (uncredited)
Paul Campbell	...	Billy Morgan (uncredited)
Assaf Cohen	...	Amir (uncredited)
Sven Holmberg	...	Dimitri (uncredited)
Val Kilmer	...	K.I.T.T. (voice) (uncredited)
Doug Scott Kramer	...	Euro Trash Guy (uncredited)
Peter McKernan	...	Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Anya Monzikova	...	Ivana Alexandrovna (uncredited)
Casey O'Neill	...	Guard (uncredited)
Kimberly Wallis	...	Cody's Mom (uncredited)
Bellamy Young	...	Amy Clark (uncredited)

Directed by
Steve Shill

Writing credits (WGA)
Dave Andron		(written by)
Glen A. Larson		(characters)

Produced by
Dave Andron	....	supervising producer
Dave Bartis	....	executive producer (as David Bartis)
Sara Fischer	....	co-producer
Geoff Garrett	....	co-producer
Glen A. Larson	....	executive producer
Doug Liman	....	executive producer
Sean Ryerson	....	producer
Steve Shill	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Christopher Tyng

Cinematography by
Jamie Barber		(director of photography)
Kris Krosskove

Film Editing by
Stewart Schill
William B. Stich

Casting by
Collin Daniel
Brett Greenstein

Production Design by
Richard Toyon

Art Direction by
Gerald Sullivan

Costume Design by
Amy Stofsky

Makeup Department
Allan A. Apone	....	makeup department head
Jeri Baker	....	assistant hair department head
Adam Brandy	....	assistant makeup department head
Carla Farmer	....	additional hair stylist
Tina Hoffman	....	additional makeup artist
Linda Kahn	....	additional hair stylist
Barry R. Koper	....	makeup artist
Pauletta O. Lewis	....	additional hair stylist
Brad Look	....	special makeup effects artist
John Maldonado	....	additional makeup artist
Cheryl Ann Nick	....	additional makeup artist (as Cheryl Nick)
Rhonda O'Neal	....	additional hair stylist
Lygia Orta	....	additional makeup artist
Robert L. Stevenson	....	hair department head
Sara Vaughn	....	additional makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	second unit director
James Giovannetti Jr.	....	first assistant director
Eric Fox Hays	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Eric Hays)
Leah King	....	second assistant director
Jessica Lowrey	....	second second assistant director
Eric A. Pot	....	first assistant director
Bill Purple	....	second assistant director: second unit
Matthew D. Smith	....	second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
John Baldwin	....	general foreman
Jody Bergman	....	shopper
Chris Buchinsky	....	storyboard artist
Ron Churchman	....	propmaker foreman
Brian Di Valerio	....	toolroom keeper
Bruce Di Valerio	....	construction coordinator
Philip Ginolfi	....	labor foreman
J. Bryan Holloway	....	sculptor
Holly Jeter	....	art department coordinator
Brian Jewell	....	set designer
Tom Kilbourne	....	art pa
Todd McKibben	....	propmaker foreman
David Napoli	....	set dresser
Karen Teneyck	....	assistant art director
Karen Teneyck	....	graphic designer
Jimmy Wardell	....	leadman

Sound Department
Tim Chilton	....	foley artist
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor
Rob Cunningham	....	boom operator
Bill Devine	....	adr mixer
Paul Drenning	....	adr mixer
Michael Ferdie	....	dialogue editor
Lee Gilmore	....	sound editor
Tiffany S. Griffith	....	dialogue editor
Kirk Herzbrun	....	assistant sound editor
Joe Kenworthy	....	production sound mixer
Kevin Meltcher	....	assistant sound editor
Brad North	....	sound designer
Brad North	....	supervising sound editor
Jeff Rosen	....	supervising sound editor
Craig T. Rosevear	....	foley supervisor
Aaron D. Weisblatt	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Chris Cline	....	special effects technician
David Waine	....	special effects coordinator
Tim Walkey	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
A.J. Calomay	....	assistant visual effects editor
Elan Dassani	....	main title designer
Elan Dassani	....	video playback supervisor
Rajeev Dassani	....	main title design
Saeed Faridzadeh	....	digital compositor
Meliza Fermin	....	compositor
Diego Galtieri	....	digital compositor
Ragui Hanna	....	digital compositor
Daniel Kumiega	....	visual effects
Jeremy Lang	....	head of information technology
Tavis Larkham	....	visual effects coordinator
Frank Lawas	....	visual effects I/O supervisor
Derek Ledbetter	....	digital compositor
Christopher D. Martin	....	digital compositor
Heather McAuliff	....	digital compositor
Sam Nicholson	....	visual effects supervisor
Anthony Ocampo	....	3D artist
Scott Ramsey	....	visual effects supervisor
Steven Joseph Rogers	....	visual effects artist
Nobuteru Sasagawa	....	digital artist
David Takemura	....	visual effects coordinator
Sean Ware	....	visual effects cinematographer
Ryan Wieber	....	digital compositor
C. Jerome Williams	....	roto artist/compositor

Stunts
Troy Brown	....	stunt double
Antal Kalik	....	lead stunt double
Don Lee	....	fight choreographer
Jason Ybarra	....	stunts
Alina Andrei	....	stunt double (uncredited)
John Butterfield	....	precision car driver (uncredited)
Ilram Choi	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Edward Conna	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Jeremy Fitzgerald	....	stunts (uncredited)
Denise Gallo	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Riley Harper	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Thomas Robinson Harper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dino Haynes	....	fight coordinator (uncredited)
Oliver Keller	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Michelle Lee	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Oakley Lehman	....	stunts (uncredited)
Matt Leonard	....	stunts (uncredited)
Matt McColm	....	stunts (uncredited)
Julie Jean Naylon	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Casey O'Neill	....	stunts (uncredited)
Efosa Otuomagie	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Denney Pierce	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dieter Rauter	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rex Reddick	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tim Rigby	....	stunts (uncredited)
George A. Sack Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ann Scott	....	stunts (uncredited)
Karin Silvestri	....	stunt double: Deanna Russo (uncredited)
Jake Swallow	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Matthew Taylor	....	stunts (uncredited)
Xuyen Valdivia	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Chrissy Weathersby	....	stunts (uncredited)
Stuart F. Wilson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Scott Workman	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Arthur Scipio Africano	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Tony Bendt	....	grip
Mark Carlile	....	lighting technician
Jesse Crusing	....	set electrician: second unit
Alfredo Denila	....	grip
Mark Edwards	....	assistant camera
Danny Falkengren	....	dolly grip
Brandon Flohr	....	grip
Steve Galvin	....	rigging consultant
Seth Greenwald	....	key grip
Kevin Huver	....	second assistant camera:second unit
Kris Krosskove	....	camera operator
Kris Krosskove	....	director of photography: second unit
David Leite	....	grip
Markus Mentzer	....	assistant camera: second unit
Kenneth Mills	....	grip
Tony Olivieri	....	camera operator: water camera
Ray Patrick	....	super technocrane operator
Chad Rivetti	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Ralph Scherer	....	dolly grip
Daniel Shepard	....	rigging grip
David C. Smith	....	cinematographer: chroma backgrounds
Adan Torres	....	assistant camera
Kenny Tucker	....	lighting technician
Ali Vossough	....	camera utility
Sean Ware	....	assistant camera
Clinton Weathers	....	electrician
Justin Wells	....	digital imaging technician: second unit
Ramian E. Williams	....	rigging electrician
Stephanie Dufford	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Stefan Tarzan	....	additional camera operator: 2nd unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Katja Blichfeld	....	casting coordinator
Chris Bustard	....	extras casting
Kendra Shay Clark	....	casting associate
Sherie Hernandez	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laura N. Flores	....	set costumer
Matthew A. Hoffman	....	set costumer
Jane Janiger	....	costume supervisor
Erika Walthall	....	assistant costume designer
Gillian Zwick	....	wardrobe production assistant

Editorial Department
Seth Brown	....	post-production coordinator
Carmelo Casalenuovo	....	additional editor
Peter Fausone	....	on-line editor (as Pete Fausone)
David Grecu	....	assistant editor
David Hill	....	assistant editor
Robert Tomaszewski	....	colorist

Music Department
Kevin J. Edelman	....	music supervisor
Scott Schirle	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Tim Abbatoye	....	transportation coordinator
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Don Haggerty	....	driver
Steve Lewis	....	unit driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Keith Balser	....	set production assistant
Chuck Barnhart	....	set production assistant
Michael Boidy	....	aerial crew
Alasdair Boyd	....	location manager: second unit
Rebecca Boyle	....	script supervisor
Michael T. Brady	....	marine coordinator
Dana Curt	....	set medic
Adriana De La Cruz	....	set medic
Manrico Erasmi	....	set production assistant
Carol Kravetz	....	production coordinator
Fireball Tim Lawrence	....	car designer (as Tim Lawrence)
Todd Manes	....	set production assistant
Dianne Mapp-Cheek	....	production accountant
Joseph Massoud	....	production assistant
Rachel McDonald	....	set production assistant
Tracy L. Moody	....	script supervisor: second unit
Julie Jean Naylon	....	assistant to producers
Jeffrey Keith Negus	....	set production assistant
Monika Petrillo	....	script supervisor: second unit
Michael Plewa	....	production assistant
Airica Prange	....	set production assistant
Mark A. Soo Hoo	....	first assistant accountant
Gregory Tapscott	....	key assistant location manager
Lynn M. van Kuilenburg	....	location manager
Cristina Wildzumas	....	assistant: David Bartis
Kayreth Williams	....	production assistant
Jorge Luis Alvarez	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)
Nancy Lopez	....	production assistant (uncredited)
George Mims	....	stand-in (uncredited)
George Mims	....	voice stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Dutch Oven
• Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2008) (USA) (TV)
• CanWest Global Television Network (2008) (Canada) (TV)
• 7 Network (2008) (Australia) (TV)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL7)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  hydrascope telescoping crane arm
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• Flashpoint Studios  production assistance
• LCW Props  set equipment
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals

Runtime:

120 min (including commercials) | Netherlands:110 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

California State University Northridge - 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dutch Oven

Trivia:

This film effectively removes all previous "revivals" - Knight Rider 2000 (1991) (TV), Knight Rider 2010 (1994) (TV) and "Team Knight Rider" (1997) - from the Knight Rider "timeline".

Goofs:

Factual errors: During the first chase, when KITT displays the "Knight Industries 3000 Field Tests" screen, The last item shows "High Velocity Breaking Index" where "Braking" is likely meant. Capitalization is also inconsistent throughout the display, i.e. "Nanoskin modification speed test".

Quotes:

K.I.T.T.: You would not be pleased if I dropped food on you.
Sarah: [Mike is being rude to K.I.T.T] Do unto others.
K.I.T.T.: [pulls up the verse she is referring to on the computer] From the book of Matthew - Chapter 7; Verse 12.
Mike Traceur: This is intolerable.
Mike Traceur: [KITT does a 180, tossing everyone around in the car] Sorry, I'll pick up the chip!

Movie Connections:

References Knight Rider 2000 (1991) (TV)

Not as good as the original

I can understand why they would update the technology of K.I.T.T, I really didn't enjoy this remake. I'm a huge fan of the original series and I guess for me this remake was always destined to fail before it even started.

I hated the new opening theme too, they should have kept the original.

The only reason I didn't give this less marks was because Val Kilmer did a good job as the voice of K.I.T.T.

I will be continuing to watch future episodes as I'm hoping to see David Hasselhoff make more appearances. I just wish it was 'The Hoff' doing all the action and driving scenes, even if he is 25 years old than he was in his prime.