Knight Rider 2000

Knight Rider 2000 (1991)

In the future, guns are banned and criminals are frozen for the duration of their sentences. A recent spate of killings involving handguns brings Michael Knight back to fight for justice, but he insists of the help of KITT, his artificially-intelligent car from decades ago. The only problem is that KITT has been deactivated.

Date of release
1991-05-19
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (126)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Action, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Director
Alan J. Levi

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Knight Rider

Knight Rider 2000 is a 1991 American made-for-television science fiction action film based on the 1982–1986 television series Knight Rider.

Production

The theme tune, "Knight Rider 2000", by Jan Hammer was released on his 1994 album Drive.

The studio was unable to use the real Pontiac Banshee IV concept car for the movie, so instead it hired Jay Ohrberg Star Cars Inc. to customize a 1991 Dodge Stealth for the Knight 4000. After filming wrapped, the custom car was used on other TV productions of the time and can also be seen, albeit briefly, as a stolen supercar in CHiPs '99, a future police vehicle in Power Rangers Time Force, and in an episode of the television series Black Scorpi…

It was filmed in San Antonio, Texas and features some of the city's landmarks such as the Botanical Gardens, the Tower of the Americas and Shops at Rivercenter (then known as Rivercenter Mall).

Because David Hasselhoff was already committed to Baywatch, he wouldn't have been available to play Michael Knight full time had Knight Rider 2000 actually made it to series. Hasselhoff as a compromise, suggested to NBC entertainment chief Brandon Tartikoff to do four Knight Rider movies-of-the-week. NBC ultimately said to Hasselhoff that they were going to make movies-of-the-week for Knight Rider just like he suggested.

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