I cannot envision the world where a movie like Smokey And The Bandit—an action-comedy about a famed local driver and his trucker friend tasked with retrieving 400 cases of outlawed Coors beer in ...

After “Smokey and the Bandit,” Hollywood began churning out a flood of trucker-centric entertainment, including such movies as “Convoy” and “Every Which Way But Loose,” as well as such ...

Smokey and the Bandit marks his latest TV collaboration with Rough House, following HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones, Vice Principals and Eastbound & Down. The regular collaborators are also ...

If you’re a fan of “Smokey and the Bandit,” get ready for more rip-roaring, cross-country action. A TV series based on the 1977 movie is in the works, according to reports by Variety, The ...

Smokey and the Bandit is such a beloved series, which is the last thing that I think any of us expected. I refer to them as Smokey One, Smokey Two and Smokey Even Worse.

Smokey and the Bandit was the second biggest hit of 1977, after Star Wars, and not by much. Almost as many people flocked to the space opera about rebels taking on an evil galactic empire as they ...

Added Huggins, “When UCP mentioned ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ we were immediately drawn to it. We knew we had to remain faithful to its original setting in the South, and find an authentic voice.

The classic 1977 action comedy “Smokey and the Bandit” is getting the TV treatment. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Seth MacFarlane‘s Fuzzy Door are teaming to develop a ...

My First Time … Watching ‘Smokey And The Bandit’: The Greatest Love Story Of The 20th Century By Mark Graham @ unclegrambo Published Nov. 6, 2014, 10:28 a.m. ET ...

Hero shot of 1973/1974 Kenworth W900A with trailer, front-left three-quarter view, driving on road with fence in the foreground, in the film "Smokey and the Bandit"© Universal Pictures ...

But it’s his scenery-chewing escapades in Smokey and the Bandit that made pre-teen boys in the Seventies and, via premium cable, the Eighties want to snub authority, drive fast and get the girl.

“Smokey and the Bandit” turns 40 this year, and it seems like one of the few Hollywood blockbusters to make it that far without being rebooted for the big screen.