Luckily, a handful of talented parties are already involved behind the scenes, as Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin will be producing the new project alongside the Asian-American YouTube channel YOMYOMF (You Offend ME, You Offend My FAMILY) and NBCUniversal Brand Development.
It isn’t clear how invested Lin will be as far as writing/directing goes, but Machinima CEO Chat Gustein praised the filmmaker’s storytelling abilities in the press release, so perhaps this new show will have a large presence in his already busy schedule.
These are still the very early days for Knight Rider’s return to the small screen, but Machinima’s execs are confident that the show will come together in time for a 2017 premiere date, though it’s still tentative at this point.