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'Las Vegas' creator to helm 'Knight Rider'
Published Wednesday, Apr 2 2008, 14:50 BST | By Dave West
James Cann in 'Las Vegas'
The Las Vegas creator will executive produce and run the show under a two year deal with producer Universal Media Studios.
NBC confirmed it would get a full series yesterday, following the ratings success of a two-hour pilot in February.
UMS president Katherine Pope said she was delighted to have secured Thompson, who also wrote movie The Fast and the Furious.
"We definitely wanted to stay in business with Gary, who has proven himself on Las Vegas," she said. "If you think what the series would be, it's The Fast and the Furious meets Las Vegas."
NBC decided to end Las Vegas after five years during the writers' strike.
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