NBC's 1982 television show Knight Rider is being rebooted as a digital series, and Fast and the Furious director Justin Lin is on board to produce alongside Machinima.
The series is being created in a partnership between Machinima, NBCUniversal Brand Development, YOMYOMF and Lin. The reboot is now in development and targeting a potential release sometime next year.
"Knight Rider is an iconic franchise whose concepts of AI and autonomous vehicles were science fiction in the 1980s and are now science fact," Machinima CEO Chad Gutstein said in a statement. "Justin is one of the leading storytellers of his generation and we couldn’t be more excited to work with him on re-invigorating Knight Rider for a new generation of fans."
In addition to his work on the Fast and the Furious franchise, of which he directed four films, Lin directed this year's new Star Trek film. Read IGN's Star Trek Beyond review to find out how Lin "brings a new eye to the final frontier."
Machinima has produced a number of other live-action series based on popular franchises, including the Halo 4 prequel series Forward Unto Dawn, as well as series based on Battlestar Galactica, Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter.
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