This week: interview with Harald Belker
CARS + MOVIES had the privilege to spend an hour with famed designer Harald Belker, whose impressive credits include the Batmobile from Batman & Robin, the GTO from xXx, the vehicles from Minority Report, the crazy car from The Cat in the Hat, the shuttle from Armageddon, the new KITT from Knight Rider… and many more! Stay tuned to learn more about his work, how KITT was created and what exciting projects he’s working on. Read More
Watch KITT every Wednesday in the fall
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/02/watch-kitt-every-wednesday-in-the-fall/'; After getting the news that the new Knight Rider was getting its own weekly show yesterday, we were keeping an eye on Variety, NBC and others to to see if the show would get a good slot in the Peacock’s schedule. Well, it didn’t get the best one, but Wednesdays at 8/7c is not too shabby either. Improvement in sight NBC has hired an experienced showrunner for the series, Gary... Read More
‘08 Death Race cars: ejector seats, napalm, and rocket launchers.
An homage? digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/03/06/08-death-race-cars-ejector-seats-napalm-and-rocket-launchers/'; That’s what Jason Statham recently declared about the upcoming remake, in an interview to SCI FI Wire (the online news section of the SCI FI channel) which we found quite reassuring. We’re big fans of the original here at CARS+MOVIES, and it’s nice to see the production show respect for it. Jason Statham has the lead role in the remake... Read More
2008 Knight Rider: new two minute preview
This time NBC released a longer video and we got it via YouTube. You can see some backstage action, some footage and an interview with David Andron, the writer/supervising producer. We now officially know that KITT has upgraded from Knight Industries Two Thousand to Knight Industries Three Thousand. Can’t wait to see what they will do for the next installment… KIFT? Got to admit it doesn’t look as bad as we thought. Wait and see… Read More
