The return of Knight Rider in 2008 is going to turn into quite the big deal on the Internet I assume.. A lot of the fanboys, and even myself, grew up on the show and are sure to throw the mini - series a lot of interest.. The Knight Rider TV movie project is rolling along smoothly, and now has new cast members to it’s credit..

So far we have learned that original star David Hasselhoff will be back as Michael Knight, but he will be handing the keys to KITT over to his son, Mike Tracer played by Justin Bruening.. As it did 20 - some years ago, NBC has turned to daytime soaps to find its new Knight Rider.. The network has cast Justin Bruening ( All My Children ) as the lead character in its updated Knight Rider..

Bruening has been casted as Mike Tracer, Michael Knight’s son.. Bruening’s route to the Knight Rider remake parallels that of David Hasselhoff, who was an actor on The Young and the Restless prior to getting the role that catapulted him to prime - time stardom.. In addition to his time on All My Children, Bruening has also appeared on One Life To Live and guest - starred on Cold Case and Hope & Faith..

Bruce Davison, who you will remember as the evil Senator from the first X - Men, is set to play the head of the Knight Foundation, which will recruit our lead hero into driving for justice..

But, that’s not all! There are two more characters set for the film.. Wayne Kasserman will play Mike Tracer’s roommate, an auto mechanic and all - around good guy, and then Greg Ellis, who you will remember as one of the voices from The Boondocks, and as a British soldier from Pirates of the Caribbean, will play a bad guy.. The role is considered guest - starring, with a potential to continue if gets picked up for a series run..

Sydney Tamiia Poitier, the youngest daughter of actor Sidney Poitier, has landed the role of a female FBI agent who gets involved with Michael Knight’s son, Mike Tracer.. Poitier starred in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof portion of the Grindhouse double - feature, and the series Veronica Mars..

Other Knight Rider spoilers being reported in the trades today: soap star Deanna Russo ( The Young & the Restless ) will play the female lead in the movie.. She’ll play Sarah Kamen, the daughter of Stanford scientist, Charles Kamen, the inventor of KITT.. When Dr. Dad goes missing, KITT tells Sarah the news ( You know, because he’s a freaking talking car ), and she sets out to find him - but not without tracking down some help in the form of son of Knight Rider, Mike Tracer..

The two - hour NBC movie will follow Tracer as he is recruited by his childhood best friend, Sarah Graiman ( Deanna Russo ), and her eccentric physicist father, Charles ( Bruce Davison ), to join the Knight Foundation, a group committed to counteracting and preventing the damage done by private, covert military contractors.. ( Sarah and Charles’ last name was originally Kamen, it has since been changed to Graiman ) To assist their missions, Charles creates the second - generation KITT, an artificially intelligent car..

A shady millionaire approaches Charles to commission a KITT car, and when Charles refuses, he hires a military contractor to murder him and steal the car..

In the original Knight Rider series, Michael’s infamous talking - car - sidekick was a black Pontiac Trans Am.. Obviously the remake is going to have quite a few upgrades, one of the shinier features of the miniseries will include a totally new K.I.T.T.. Wondering what K.I.T.T. will look at, well Tomorrow’s Entertainment is here to provide you the pictures, which is a black 550 HP Ford Shelby GT500KR Mustang.. We can’t mention exactly where we got these photos because our source wish to remain anonymous..

William Daniels ( Whom in addition to doing the voice for the original K.I.T.T., you may remember as playing George Feeny in Boy Meets World ) will not be returning to play the voice of K.I.T.T. for the remake..

The movie is inspired by the success story of Michael Bay’s movie Transformers whose main stars are transforming cars into having good or evil intentions. There is a chance that in addition to Knight’s talking car, there will also appear evil cars that Knight and his K.I.I.T. will have to fight with.. The theme remains the same as in the old series of the movie, only the special effects will know a significant improvement..

Steve Shill also known for making Dexter, The Tudors, Rome and Deadwood, directs the movie, which is planned to appear on next spring..

I am not going to geek out on this one, but it is certainly on my radar as we are to expect it late 2008..