Whilst the Weinstein’s try and decide whether or not they’re actually going to do the long-talked-about film version (doubt it’ll ever happen), “Bourne Identity” director Doug Liman has actually gassed up his version and inked a deal to bring K.I.T.T back to TV.

NBC have agreed to pick up the new Liman-produced “Knight Rider”, greenlighting a two-hour pilot for a possible series. It’ll air as a telepic sometime later this year. Depending on how the telepic fares, the show could be on air as early as next fall.

According to Variety, Dave Andron ("Raines") is writing the pilot script and will serve as supervising producer alongside exec producers Liman and Dave Bartis ("The O.C.," "Heist") for Universal Media Studios and Dutch Oven Prods.

Though it’ll again focus on a Michael Knight-ish hero and his talking car, the new series will explore the idea of "evil" cars.

"Knight" originally aired on NBC from 1982 until 1986, with Davis Hasselhoff playing smooth crimefighter Michael Knight. A spinoff skein, "Team Knight Rider," aired in syndication during the 1997-98 season.

Cool.

There were other KITT type cars in the show that were bad, so that really isn't any thing new.

Christopher Walken is too cool to be KITT, it needs to be another effeminate voice that sounds like he is talking down to everyone, like the original.

Seems Michael Knight and K.I.T.T weren’t an item after all – or maybe they were, and this kid will eventually grow mag wheels? – with the very human-looking Justin Bruening announced as playing ‘Son of the Hoff’ on the new “Knight Rider” series today.

Bruening will play the son of Michael Knight, the fluffy-stomached leather-clad crusader of the popular 1980s series. From all indications, it seems David Hasselhoff won’t be invited back to cameo.

As the trades point out, Bruening’s casting is reminiscent of Hasselhoff’s when he did “Knight Rider” – both come from Soap backgrounds (The Hoff with “Young and the Restless”, Bruening with “All My Children”). Eventually, Bruening will release an album that only Germans will buy.

Steve Shill is directing the new two-hour telemovie that will hopefully – if the network lies the telemovie and it rates – path the way for a series. Something smells very “Bionic Woman” about this one…. But ya never know, we could have the next “Battlestar Galactica” on our hands.

As long as they keep this, hey?.....

Wonder who's gonna play the lead