'Pushing Daisies' was honored with an award from the Casting Society of America, winning an Artios Awards, the Hollywood Reporter says || James Cromwell, who played Zefram Cochrane in 1996's 'Star Trek: First Contact,' broke his collarbone in a fall off his bicycle last weekend, Yahoo! News reports. He's expected to fully recover. || ABC's 'Lost' will return to Wednesday nights starting Jan. 21. A clip show will run at 8 followed by a two-hour premiere. || All of the Star Trek movies could be coming to Blu-Ray as early as next year, Digital Bits says. Paramount had supported HD-DVD, but has conceded defeat to Blu-Ray, and is now moving to the format || SciFi Channel's 'Warehouse 13' has completed its creative staff with the likes of Jack Kenny, David Simkins, Drew Greenberg, Stephen Scaia, and others || 'Pushing Daisies' was honored with an award from the Casting Society of America, winning an Artios Awards, the Hollywood Reporter says || James Cromwell, who played Zefram Cochrane in 1996's 'Star Trek: First Contact,' broke his collarbone in a fall off his bicycle last weekend, Yahoo! News reports. He's expected to fully recover. || ABC's 'Lost' will return to Wednesday nights starting Jan. 21. A clip show will run at 8 followed by a two-hour premiere. || All of the Star Trek movies could be coming to Blu-Ray as early as next year, Digital Bits says. Paramount had supported HD-DVD, but has conceded defeat to Blu-Ray, and is now moving to the format || SciFi Channel's 'Warehouse 13' has completed its creative staff with the likes of Jack Kenny, David Simkins, Drew Greenberg, Stephen Scaia, and others ||

'Knight Rider' Pilot Finds Its Star

By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Nov-02-2007

When the 1980s version of "Knight Rider" needed a star, it looked to the soap opera "The Young & The Restless" to find David Hasselhoff.

Producers of the new "Knight Rider" apparently decided to do the same thing, picking up "All My Children" actor Justin Bruening to star in their backdoor pilot for NBC, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Bruening, who also has had guest star stints on shows such as "Cold Case" and "3 lbs," will play the son of Michael Knight, the character Hasselhoff played in the 1980s version plus a few telemovies in the 1990s. Whether or not "Knight Rider" will prove to be a breakout role for Bruening as it was for Hasselhoff has yet to be seen. Remakes didn't do well this past season so far, as "Bionic Woman" is only pulling in part of the audience the network had expected it to earn.

The new "Knight Rider" is being produced as a telemovie and as a backdoor pilot for a possible series. It is being executive producer by Doug Liman and Dave Bartis for Universal Media Studios and Dutch Oven Productions. Steve Shill will direct the pilot.

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