We have seen the K.I.T.T. headlights flashing with rumors, then confirmation that the quintessential 80’s action drama, Knight Rider, will be hitting the big screen through Spyglass Media. What better time than now to place your order for a Knight Rider K.I.T.T. of your very own? It wouldn’t be the same without Michael Knight and his partners Bonnie Barstow and Devon Miles. Playmobil has thought of everything!
The official details exclaim,” ‘Right away, Michael!’ The most famous talking car of the 1980s is back with the Playmobil 70924 Knight Rider K.I.T.T. with Figures. Complete with Bonnie Barstow, Devon Miles, and Michael Knight, this set once again proves our theory that Germans love David Hasselhoff. Complete with lights and sound, this 3-inch scale vehicle includes articulated figures you can drive around or have around to pretend to repair the chatty Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Headlights go up and down, too!”
We’ll be waiting until the summer to tool around in the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am of every 80s kid’s dreams. Pop the top off and feel the wind blow through your plastic molded hair. And hang out with your plastic pals until David Hasselhoff gives his seal of approval on the movie. Back in January 2021, Mr. Hassehoff opened up about the details close to his heart that would make it or break it for him.
“The details I can share are I have an emotional hand in it and I have a passion,” Hasselhoff told Consequence Film. “The guy who’s writing it is a major Knight Rider fan. He sent me a picture of him in the Knight Rider car. His name is T.J. Fixman. The concept, I don’t really know. I threw my hat in the ring as ‘nostalgia meets Knight Rider of today,’ which is not a new Knight Rider, but a continuation of it. They want to do a script that has my approval on it. Whether I’m in it or not, or whether I approve of it, the answer is: I don’t know.”
He continued, “But I had the rights for about ten years to Knight Rider, and I couldn’t get a bite. And these guys have it now because of the timing, because of the resurgence of nostalgia, because the guy who’s doing it gets it. It’s not about a talking car. It’s about the relationship between Michael and KITT. And it’s also about the action and ‘one man can make a difference.’ And if they do that, I’ll probably support it. If they don’t do that, they’ve hassled The Hoff.”
James Wan set to produce with TJ Fixman scripting was the last word on the reboot that would see the man and his car fighting crime once again. Depending on the direction of the script, be it a reimagining or a continuation, we might just see David Hasselhoff reprise his role. The working synopsis of “a feature film based on the 1982 TV series of the same name about a lone crime fighter battling the forces of evil with the help of his indestructible and artificially intelligent car” gives nothing away. Until then, we can look forward to Playmobil’s Knight Rider Set cruising our way this summer.