Sure, why not?. A new TV series based on hillbilly action comedy Smokey and the Bandit is being developed by the truly anonymous-sounding Universal Content Productions, per The Hollywood Reporter.

The late 70s and early 80s saw a wave of car chasing, barroom brawling, crowd-pleasers that ruled the box office, and Smokey and the Bandit (the second-highest grossing movie of 1977, after Star Wars) ...

Watching Smokey and the Bandit all these years after its release is an exercise in cultural anthropology. Even more so than other films of its time, this 1977 car-chase comedy drops markers about its ...

"What we're dealing with here is a complete lack of respect for the law.” ~ Sheriff Buford T. Justice (played by Jackie Gleason) The year was 1977. America had just celebrated its bicentennial ...

This is not so much a new rumor to me, but something I've recently seen questioned as being factual. Smokey and the Bandit 3 was originally titled Smokey IS the Bandit, with Jackie Gleason playing ...