Washington
(ANI):
Soap
opera
star
Justin
Bruening
has
been
picked
to
step
into
David
Hasselhoff"s
shoes
in
the
new
'Knight
Rider" pilot.
Bruening
will
play
the
son
of
Michael
Knight,
the
character
played
by
Hasselhoff
in
the
original
series.
Steve
Shill
is
set
to
direct
and
co-exec
produce
"Rider".
Dave
Andron
penned
the
script,
with
Doug
Liman
and
Dave
Bartis
on
board
as
executive
producers
for
Universal
Media
Studios
and
Dutch
Oven
Prods.
Andron
serves
as
supervising
producer,
reports
The
Hollywood
Reporter.
Bruening,
in
the
meantime,
is
playing
Jamie
Martin
on
soap
opera
"All
My
Children"
and
also
had
a
role
on
the
ABC
soap
"One
Life
to
Live."