The creators of Cobra Kai are in talks to bring Knight Rider, the 1980s action drama about a talking car, to the big screen. Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald are in early talks to write the screenplay, with Hurwitz and Schlossberg in early talks to direct. THR broke the news.

The trio will also produce via their Counterbalance Entertainment production company. Kelly McCormick and David Leitch are producing through their banner 87North, whilst Gary Barber and Chris Stone will produce through Spyglass.

Knight Rider, which aired from 1982 to 1986, was a cult series of the era. David Hasselhoff famously starred as Michael Knight, a detective who becomes an agent for the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG) and is partnered with KITT, a modified, artificially intelligent and indestructible Trans Am. Together, they fought crime in their city.

Later revivals came in the form of TV movies Knight Rider 2000 and Knight Rider 2010 (released in 1991 and 1994, respectively), a 2008 Knight Rider movie, and the syndicated Team Knight Rider series in 1997.

A feature reboot has been in development for some time, with a previous version of the project landing a script by Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider. No word yet on what shape this new script might take.