Tuesday Link-a-Mania

Knight Rider a US Ratings success
On Sunday evening Knight Rider became the highest rated TV on US television since 2005. Its average rating was 12.7 million viewers, with the numbers actually going up throughout its two-hour broadcast on NBC, reports Variety . How long before we hear the news of a new series?

Street Fighter cast announced
There’s a new film adaptation of Street Fighter on the way, with Smallville's Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li, Green Mile’s Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog, American Pie’s Chris Klein as Nash and Die Another Day’s Chris Yune as Gen. Journeyman’s Moon Bloodgood (who sounds like a character in the game), Taboo from The Black Eyed Peas, Singapore star Edmund Chen and Hang Kong actor Cheng Pei Pei are also in the cast, reports Variety . And it’s gotta be better than the Kylie/Van Damme version, surely?

Gambit in Wolverine
According to SuperheroHype.com , one of the most popular X-men characters not to have appeared in an X-film yet will make an appearance in the big screen Wolverine alongside Hugh Jackman. The site reports that actor Taylor Kitsch will play Marvel’s card-tossing Cajun superhero Gambit. Wonder how ee is goin' t'get 'is tongue 'round di silly accent dey give 'im in d'comics (which always sounds West Indian via Quebec when you read it out phonetically)?

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