Posts with tag the bourne identity
Posted Mar 14th 2008 12:02PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals

NBC is reportedly moments away from ordering a
series starring Christian Slater, according to a story in The Hollywood Reporter. The series is described as "
The Bourne Identity meets
Jekyll & Hyde"-- where Slater's suburban house dad discovers he has a super-spy alter ego. It would be the first television series for Slater, who has been on television's hot list for years but never made it to primetime.
The spy series is created by Jason Smilovic, who also created critically adored-but-ultimately-canceled series
Kidnapped and
Karen Sisco.
Continue reading Christian Slater coming to NBC
Posted Sep 27th 2007 3:05PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming

I know, I know, you're thinking, "how the hell can NBC think of bringing back a show like Knight Rider?" But people were saying the same thing when they announced a new Bionic Woman and look what happened.
It's true: NBC has given the OK for a TV movie pilot (we don't see much of those on TV these days) for a new, updated Knight Rider, to be directed (possibly) by Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith). Hopefully this updated version means that the car isn't going to talk but will have other, more impressive capabilities to fight crime. We can also assume that David Hasselhoff will not be asked to reprise his role as Michael Knight, though I bet we see a wink-wink cameo at some point.
Continue reading Are you ready for the return of ... Knight Rider?