Knight Rider movie changes up a gear

The planned film version of 'Knight Rider' is moving ahead, according to reports, with a writer now on board to pen the screenplay.

Brad Copeland, who wrote the 2007 film 'Wild Hogs' and for TV shows like 'My Name Is Earl' and 'Arrested Development', will be responsible for bringing the story of Michael Knight to the big screen.

So while the 80s TV show took itself a little seriously, could this mean that the reboot will have a comic edge... more than likely.

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It's being made by the Weinstein Company, but there's no slated release date as yet.

But David Hasselhoff has previously expressed more than a passing interest in being involved.

The original show was created by 80s TV luminary Glen A. Larson, who also masterminded the likes of 'Quincy, M.E.', 'Battlestar Galactica', 'The Fall Guy' and 'Magnum, P.I.'.

Though 'Knight Rider' enjoyed worldwide success, and made a star of Hasselhoff as the lone crime fighter Michael Knight aided by his talking car KITT, it only ran for four years over four seasons.

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A film reboot of the series has been in the planning stages for over a decade.

The Weinstein Company acquired the rights in 2006, with Orlando Bloom offered the role of Michael Knight's son, though he later declined.

A new version of the TV series ran for a single season in 2008, starring Justin Bruening as Mike Knight and Val Kilmer voicing KITT.