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. This new version of the 1977 Burt Reynolds-Sally Field road movie, with a pilot written by David Gordon Green and Brian Sides (Green will also direct), doesn’t have a home yet, but Peacock seems like a pretty good bet for this kind of splashy, high profile, IP-based show. Additional executive producers include Green’s Rough House confederates Jody Hill, Danny McBride and Brandon James and Seth …