Justin Bruening is set to star in the upcoming two-hour pilot of NBC's Knight Rider. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series redo was inspired by the Transformers movie that came out this summer.

Bruening will be playing Michael Knight's son on the new version of this old classic. Steve Shill is going to direct the Knight Rider pilot. The teleplay was written by Dave Andron.

The pilot is set to start shooting before the end of the year.