'Fast & Furious' Director Justin Lin to Helm 'Knight Rider' Reboot

Knight Rider is getting a reboot courtesy of Justin Lin, Variety reports. The director behind a handful of Fast & Furious movies and July's Star Trek Beyond teamed up with Machinima to produce a digital series based on the '80s TV show. YOMYOMF and NBCUniversal Brand Development are also part of the remake, which is set to premiere sometime in 2017. 

Knight Rider is an iconic franchise whose concepts of AI and autonomous vehicles were science-fiction in the 1980s and are now science fact,” Machinima CEO Chad Gutstein said. “Justin is one of the leading storytellers of his generation and we couldn’t be more excited to work with him on reinvigorating Knight Rider for a new generation of fans.”