According to Sci-Fi Wire, NBC is planning a remake of KNIGHT RIDER, the silly show from the mid-’80s in which starred David Hasselhoff co-starred with a talking car named K.I.T.T.

NBC has tapped filmmaker Doug Liman to produce a Transformers-inspired reworking of the 1980s hit action-drama Knight Rider, Variety reported.

The network is readying a two-hour backdoor pilot for the series, with tentative plans to air it as a TV movie later this season. Liman is open to the idea of directing, assuming his feature schedule allows. If the TV movie clicks, a new-model Knight Rider could be on the air as early as next fall, the trade paper reported.

Dave Andron (Raines) is writing the pilot script and will serve as supervising producer, alongside executive producers Liman and Dave Bartis (The O.C.) for Universal Media Studios and Dutch Oven Productions.

The new show will explore the idea of “evil” cars to offset the heroic talking K.I.T.T. car of the original series, which starred David Hasselhoff.