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 ...

So, buckle up: Here are 13 reasons why we still love “Smokey and the Bandit,” good buddy. The whole movie centers around the fast-driving Bo “Bandit” Darville (Burt Reynolds) and his ...

'Smokey and the Bandit' rides again. More than 40 years since the Burt Reynolds film launched a franchise, Universal Content Productions is reviving the property for TV.

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 ...

The first time we lay eyes on Burt Reynolds‘ truck-driving legend Bo “Bandit” Darville in 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, he’s sprawled out in a zebra-striped hammock, lazily napping when ...

The 1977 movie "Smokey and the Bandit" is largely famous for two reasons: the Pontiac Trans Am driven by the titular Bandit, and the performances of the late Jerry Reed and Burt Reynolds as Cledus ...

Three action/comedy road films in the "Smokey and the Bandit" series were put out in 1977, 1980 and 1983, with the first two being among the nation's top 10-selling movies of those years.

Burt Reynolds' niece, Nancy Lee Hess, visited Cora the elephant at the Topeka Zoo as part of the "Bandit Run." Cora, now 67, played "Charlotte" in "Smokey and the Bandit II" alongside Reynolds.

The series finale, "Smokey and the Bandit Part 3," came out in 1983 and featured Gleason and Reed, with Reynolds and Field not being in the cast. It lost money, grossing $7 million.

Released in 1977, Smokey and the Bandit was a low-budget production that turned out to be a big-time Hollywood hit. The film had a production budget of $4.3 million but went on to become one of ...

Mort Engelberg, a producer of the films Smokey And The Bandit and The Big Easy, has passed away. Engelberg was 86, and he died in Los Angeles in the company of his wife, Helaine Blatt, a success ...