Dailey Bailey: A “Cannonball Run” Remake is in the Works

“The Cannonball Run” is the latest classic flick to get the remake treatment. It’ll be written and directed by Etan Cohen. He co-wrote “Idiocracy” and “Tropic Thunder” . . . and he co-wrote and directed “Get Hard”.

The original “Cannonball Run” came out in 1981, and starred Burt Renyolds and Dom Deluise as one of several teams competing in a cross-country road race.

It had a huge, all-star cast . . . at least for its time. It included Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, Terry Bradshaw, Mel Tillis, Jackie Chan, Bert Convy, Jamie Farr, and Peter Fonda.

Then there was a sequel in 1984 that starred Burt and Dom and some other stars from the original . . . plus Frank Sinatra, Telly Savalas, Shirley MacLaine, Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tony Danza, Ricardo Montalban, Joe Theismann, and Abe Vigoda.

Here is the opening from the original