Justin Lin Producing a Digital Series Reboot of KNIGHT RIDER

Justin Lin is a busy guy. Since leaving the Fast and Furious franchise (which he basically saved from a future of direct-to-DVD sequels and turned into one of the world's most bankable film series), he's directed Star Trek Beyond and lined up tons of other opportunities, ranging from Space Jam 2 with LeBron James to a Hot Wheels movie for Legendary. Now he's adding one more project to his plate: a digital series reboot of the 1980s TV series Knight Rider.

We received a press release explaining how Lin is teaming up with Machinima, his company YOMYOMF, and NBCUniversal to bring this project to life. He'll produce the digital series with YOMYOMF, and it's intended to launch sometime in 2017. Machinima's CEO said this in a statement:

"Knight Rider is an iconic franchise whose concepts of AI and autonomous vehicles were science fiction in the 1980s and are now science fact. Justin is one of the leading storytellers of his generation and we couldn't be more excited to work with him on re-invigorating Knight Rider for a new generation of fans."

In theory, this series will be similar to Machinima's other live-action shows, like Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, Mortal Kombat: Legacy, and Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist.

Also worth noting: this digital series apparently doesn't have anything to do with the mysterious Knight Rider Heroes, a project that announced itself to the world back in December but has yet to debut or provide any further updates. That one has original Knight Rider star David Hasselhoff attached, so it seems somewhat unlikely that he'll join forces with Lin for this one. Then again, it is Hasselhoff we're talkin' about here, so maybe he'll figure out a way to squeeze every last drop of possibility out of the Knight Rider nostalgia train and capitalize on both of these at the same time.