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Cobra Kai Creators in Early Talks for Universal's Knight Rider Film

Universal is developing the feature with 87North and Spyglass attached.

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KNIGHT RIDER Movie From COBRA KAI Creators In The Works At Universal Pictures
Cobra Kai Creators Jon, Hayden, Josh In Talks To Bring 1980s Series Knight Riders To Big Screens - Report
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Overview

  • Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald are in early talks to write and produce a Knight Rider movie at Universal, with Hurwitz and Schlossberg also in talks to direct.
  • The trio would produce via Counterbalance Entertainment alongside Kelly McCormick and David Leitch for 87North and Gary Barber and Chris Stone for Spyglass.
  • Universal’s Matt Reilly and Tony Ducret are set to oversee the project’s development for the studio.
  • Plot and casting remain undisclosed, a prior feature draft came from Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider, and the project is still in early development without a greenlight.
  • Hurwitz acknowledged the reports by posting "The secret is out!" on X.