Topeka Zoo Asian elephant Cora, who appeared in a 1980 movie that was part of the popular "Smokey and the Bandit" series, ...

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) ...

Forty-five years ago, Cora the elephant shared screen time with movie star Burt Reynolds in the popular film, "Smokey and the Bandit II." Fans of that movie — including Reynolds' niece, Nancy Lee Hess ...

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 series based on ...

Cora, an Asian elephant who lived at the Topeka Zoo and Conservatory, has been euthanized at age 67 after a recent, rapid decline in her health, zoo officials said. Cora co-starred with Burt Reynolds ...

This is an attention-getter: Smokey and the Bandit is being remade for television by Halloween’s David Gordon Green and Brian Sides. The pair are developing the adaptation of the 1977 Burt Reynolds ...

When "Smokey and the Bandit" earned $127 million at the North American box office, making it the second-highest grossing movie of 1977 ("Star Wars" coming in at No. 1, of course), the 1977 Pontiac ...

“Smokey and the Bandit” may be coming back. Universal Content Productions is reviving the concept, which included a 1977 film and a 1980 sequel starring Burt Reynolds and Sally Field. Both films were ...

A “Smokey and the Bandit" TV show is in the works, based on the popular car chase movie franchise starring Burt Reynolds. The Hollywood Reporter reports David Gordon Green (“Pineapple Express”) is ...

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 ...