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Reuters Canada is reporting that David Hasselhoff is in talks to reprise his role as the titular character Michael Knight in the updating of the classic series Knight Rider. In the new telefilm / back-door-pilot, Justin Bruening (All My Children) has already been cast as Mike Tracer, the estranged son of Hasselhoff's Knight, who never knew his father.

Just added is fellow soap-star Deanna Russo of The Young and the Restless. She'll play Tracer's former girlfriend Sarah Kamen. In the film, she sets out with KITT (that's the talking car) to find her father, recruiting Tracer along the way. Does she know he's the son of Michael Knight? Does Kitt? Maybe KITT is vampiric now and needs Knight blood to survive; Hasselhoff will be trapped in the engine block, barely alive. "FEED ME, MICHAEL!"

The real question is if this will incorporate 1991's Knight Rider 2000 into continuity? That was another back-door pilot from which a series never materialized. How about the syndicated Team Knight Rider? That one made it 22 episodes in the latter 90s. It's like the concept that never dies! What is it about talking cars?

Okay, I admit I put a British voice on my GPS system and used it to drive around my neighborhood just to hear her talk to me. She told me what to do and where to go, just like my wife, only she sounded way sexier! Speaking of which, how many of KITT's amazing features come standard on cars these days now, anyway? Is he even state of the art anymore?

KITT: "Michael, I know a shortcut--"

Michael: "Yeah, I've already Googled it here on-screen. Thanks, though, buddy."

KITT: "Michael, before you get out you should know the temperature has dropped twenty degrees outside."

Michael: "I know, it says so right here by the rear-view mirror."

KITT: "Michael, my internal diagnostics are reporting a temperature fluctuation in--"

On*Star Technician: "This is On*Star, we're showing a temperature fluctuation in--"

KITT: "Now that's just rude."

On*Star Technician: "Excuse me?"

KITT: To interrupt someone while they're talking. That's incredibly rude."

On*Star Technician: "Are you the driver? Is everything--"

KITT: "Well, I should hardly--"

Michael: "While you two work this out, I'm gonna get out here and kick some ass. Did you remember to polish your hood for when I need to come sliding across it after I piss these guys off, KITT? I'm still chafed from last time."

KITT: (sigh) "Yes, Michael."