The “creative” forces behind the new Knight Rider have decided to go to the same place that spawned David Hasselhoff: The soaps.

It has been announced that Justin Bruening will be playing the son of Hasselhoff’s character from the original series, Michael Knight.

Bruening comes from All My Children and had previously spent time on One Life to Live. Hasselhoff had come from The Young and the Restless.

The plan is to shoot a two-hour movie/pilot that would air in the spring of 2008. If it does well, the series would launch in the fall.

I first mentioned the plans for a tv movie back in September.