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NBC Director Project Named
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:08 pm
by neps
From the Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... 9bfd?imw=Y
Shill drives 'Knight Rider'
By Nellie Andreeva
Oct 22, 2007
"The Kill Point" director Steve Shill is set to direct NBC's two-hour backdoor pilot "Knight Rider," a "Transformers"-inspired redo of the 1980s series starring David Hasselhoff.
Doug Liman, who is executive producing the project, had been eyed to direct it subject to availability. His feature schedule prevented him from helming the pilot, which is expected to air as a two-hour movie on NBC later this season.
Dave Andron penned the pilot script and will serve as supervising producer on "Rider." Liman and Dave Bartis are executive producing for Universal Media Studios and Dutch Oven Prods.
Shill most recently directed and co-executive produced Spike TV's well-received limited series "Kill Point."
He also served as director/executive producer on the Showtime drama "The Tudors," executive produced by NBC programming chief Ben Silverman and his top lieutenant Teri Weinberg.
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:21 pm
by Lost Knight
Well, I'm disappointed Doug Liman isn't directing, but at least he has some involvement with the pilot. I'm not familiar with The Kill Point or The Tudors, but I'll keep an open mind. Based on what I heard about the script, it appears as if the right building blocks are already in place; now all we have to do is hope that the acting and directing properly brings the script to life.
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:07 am
by knightendo_phil
Very happy that it's been confirmed that Doug Liman is heading up the project as Executive Producer. Wow! Such a huge movie director/producer becoming show-runner of a new KR series. Excuse me while I "woohoo"!
"Woohoo!!!"
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:03 pm
by cloudkitt
Later this season?
Does that mean this year?
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:38 pm
by neps
cloudkitt wrote:Later this season?
Does that mean this year?
I would expect that to mean by May 07 - when the current season ends.
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:11 pm
by Shapeshifter
According to my source, shooting should be done by around the end of the year (if they can find an unburned area in So Cal to shoot) and we should see the telepic on the air by late winter-early spring.