David Hasselhoff and K.I.T.T. on KNIGHT RIDER
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Hasselhoff, Russo Cast in KNIGHT RIDER

David Hasselhoff is in negotiations to star in the upcoming two hour movie/backdoor pilot of KNIGHT RIDER, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The lead character for this new concept will be Mike Tracer (Justin Bruening), the son of Michael Knight (Hasselhoff). Also joining the cast is fellow soap star Deanna Russo (Young & the Restless) set to play the lead female character in the show.

The trade also mentions what the pilot's story will center on:

Burned by his love for childhood best friend and one-time girlfriend Sarah Kamen (Russo), Mike is wasting away in Las Vegas when Sarah reappears and is willing to pay off Mike's gambling debt in exchange for help.

Sarah is the brilliant estranged daughter of KITT inventor Charles Kamen, who works as an assistant professor in the engineering department at Stanford. When she receives word from talking-car KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) that her father is missing, she and KITT set out to find and recruit Mike.