“Eastbound & Down” duo David Gordon Green and Danny McBride are teaming with “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane and producer Brian Sides (“Alaska: The Last Frontier”) for a TV series reboot of the 1970s Burt Reynolds-led “Smokey and the Bandit” film franchise.
Green will also direct the potential pilot for the new take which is said to be inspired by the genre of 1970s and 1980s drive-in double features – the potential series “exploring the crossroads where humble realities meet those larger-than-life, all in a blast of tailpipe exhaust”.
Green reportedly grew up with the property and intends to remain faithful to its original setting in the South and find an authentic voice.
Universal Content Productions is producing the work with no network as yet attached. Erica Huggins, Jody Hill and Brandon James will also executive produce.
Source: The Live Feed
