Craig Brewer, who directed Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan will be helming Mother Trucker, which is being touted as an update on the 1977 Burt Reynolds chase flick Smokey and the Bandit.
The new film is an action-infused comedy about a guy who escapes from jail, jacks an 18-wheeler, and races through the South to visit his dying mother -- with the police in pursuit, of course.
Brewer is also active in the webiverse, having created the upcoming, improved, live-action music web series $5 Cover.