I shan’t judge it just yet, but here’s my idea for a Knight Rider reboot, picking up after the original series and ignoring whatever nonsense was in the earlier sequels:
Los Angeles. Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff) lives quietly as a widowed single dad, raising his mixed-race teenage daughter, Angel (Amandla Stenberg). He promises her a car for her birthday, and she picks out a nice used Yaris. On their way to pick it up, however, he takes her to a storage unit in an odd out-of-the-way industrial area instead of Brubaker Toyota.
“I’m afraid we couldn’t afford the Yaris, but I got an older model I think you might like,” says Michael, thumbing a garage door opener. The door starts to creak up before them.
“Dammit, dad, just another broken pr—” Angel’s voice trails off as she sees a weird red light swoosh back and forth in the dark garage.
The door clunks open but only a thin wedge of light falls over the vehicle.
“Hello, Michael,” says KITT. “It’s been a while. Aren’t you going to introduce us?”
Ignoring Kitt, he turns to her, tears in his eyes.
“It’s yours, Angel, but here’s the deal. You gotta find your mom.”
Angel is the new Knight Rider. Mom (Grace Jones) is the show’s elusive and mysterious antagonist.
