KITT CAST BARED

Along with the new KITT, the cast of the latest incarnation of 'Knight Rider' was unveiled the other day:

Pictured: Deanna Russo (playing Mike Tracer's long lost love & daughter of KITT's creator), Justin Bruening (playing Mike Tracer, Michael Knight's son), Bruce Davison (playing KITT's creator) and Sydney Tamiia Poitier (Sydney's Poitier's daughter in real life).

For 'Knight Rider' fans and Toobworld purists (which has to be an oxymoron), seeing Bruce Davison listed as KITT's creator must be galling. But as it turns out, Davison is playing Charles Graiman, who invented the latest version of KITT. That keeps the legacy of Wilton Knight and the memory of Richard Basehart intact.

Will Arnett will be the new voice of KITT in this new vehicle. I can hear his voice from 'Arrested Development' and I wonder if he'll tweak it or use his regular speaking voice.

I'm not too keen on the idea of his casting. Not that I wanted William Daniels to come back, but I could buy into his voice as having been artificially created. We'll have to see how Arnett does as a disembodied voice.

BCnU!
Toby OB