Overview

• Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald are in early talks to write a Knight Rider movie for Universal, with Hurwitz and Schlossberg in talks to direct.
• The trio would produce through Counterbalance Entertainment alongside David Leitch and Kelly McCormick for 87North and Gary Barber and Chris Stone for Spyglass.
• Universal has assigned executives Matt Reilly and Tony Ducret to oversee development.
• An earlier draft by Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider exists, and Hurwitz publicly acknowledged the project on X with “The secret is out!”
• The 1980s series followed Michael Knight and his AI car KITT, and there are no casting details, plot specifics, or confirmation of David Hasselhoff’s involvement yet.