{"id":1983896,"date":"2025-08-28T02:17:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1983896"},"modified":"2025-08-28T02:17:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:17:17","slug":"cobra-kai-creators-in-talks-to-write-knight-rider-for-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cobra-kai-creators-in-talks-to-write-knight-rider-for-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"COBRA KAI Creators in Talks to Write KNIGHT RIDER for Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After an unprecedented six seasons and 65 episodes, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/cobra-kai-season-5-which-characters-belong-to-which-dojo-miyagi-do\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cobra Kai;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cobra Kai<\/a><\/em> took its final bow earlier this year. Diving back into the world of the original <em>The Karate Kid<\/em> films, <em>Cobra Kai<\/em> switched focus and brought an unfolding, martial arts-driven narrative to years-long storytelling. The folks behind that show were co-creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, who also gave us <em>Hot Tub Time Machine<\/em> and the <em>Harold &amp; Kumar<\/em> films. So what will the trio tackle next? Well, if they could turn a movie into a TV show, why don\u2019t they try turning a TV show into a movie? And why can\u2019t that movie be 1980s sci-fi favorite <em>Knight Rider<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/cobra-kai-creators-tackling-knight-rider-movie-universal-1236353961\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:to The Hollywood Reporter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">to <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>, Heald, Hurwitz, and Schlossberg are in early talks to adapt <em>Knight Rider<\/em> for the big screen. They\u2019ll also produce the movie along with Kelly McCormick and David Leitch (<em>The Fall Guy<\/em>), who are producing through their banner 87North. <em>The Fall Guy<\/em> was, of course, also a big screen adaptation of an action show from the \u201980s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>NBC Universal<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Knight Rider<\/em> ran for 90 episodes from 1982 to 1986 on NBC. It starred David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, a police detective who receives a new face following a gunshot injury and becomes the lead agent in the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG). Helping Michael with his activities is a state of the art AI-powered Trans Am called Knight Industries Two Thousand (or KITT). So it\u2019s a cop with a talking car, but the car also has cool gadgets and stuff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Like <em>The Fall Guy<\/em>, <em>Knight Rider<\/em> was the creation of prolific TV producer, Glen A. Larson, who also created <em>Battlestar Galactica<\/em>, <em>Buck Rogers in the 25th Century<\/em>, and <em>Magnum, P.I.<\/em> So it seems as though Universal is striking the Larson anvil once again. This will be the first feature film based on <em>Knight Rider<\/em>, however several TV movies followed the original\u2019s cancellation, as well as a pilot film for the short-lived 2008 series revival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. He hosts the weekly pop culture deep-dive <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/laserfocus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:podcast Laser Focus;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">podcast Laser Focus<\/a>. You can find his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/tags\/kyle-anderson-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:film and TV reviews here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">film and TV reviews here<\/a>. Follow him on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/kyle_anderson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Letterboxd;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Letterboxd<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an unprecedented six seasons and 65 episodes, Cobra Kai took its final bow earlier this year. Diving back into the world of the original The Karate Kid films, Cobra Kai switched focus and brought an unfolding, martial arts-driven narrative to years-long storytelling. The folks behind that show were co-creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1983897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[356616,356621,350122,356615,356622,356617,356620,356618,356619],"class_list":["post-1983896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-cobra-kai","tag-david-hasselhoff","tag-david-leitch","tag-hayden-schlossberg","tag-hot-tub-time-machine","tag-jon-hurwitz","tag-josh-heald","tag-knight-rider","tag-michael-knight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/COBRA-KAI-Creators-in-Talks-to-Write-KNIGHT-RIDER-for.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1983897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}