Smith still cooking FLETCH and also has RANGER DANGER

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Source: Variety

Filmmaker Kevin Smith will continue his longtime business partnership with Miramax Films for the foreseeable future. With his next film, JERSEY GIRL, waiting for its March 2004 premiere, Smith has turned his attention towards two new films he's thinking about.

FLETCH ONE (formerly known as FLETCH WON) will be an origin story about Gregory McDonald's newshound and sometimes mystery snoop. Chevy Chase played Fletch in two movies back in the 80s but Smith's version of the title character will be closer in style to McDonald's from the novels. Interestingly, Smith may have changed his mind about who he imagined playing Fletch. "Though these actors know nothing about this, I've worked down to a short list of Ben Affleck, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Jimmy Fallon and Adam Sandler for the role of Fletch," Smith told Variety. When he first mentioned his interest in doing a Fletch movie years ago, Smith said the man he wanted for the job was MALLRATS and CHASING AMY star Jason Lee. The filmmakers wants cameras to roll on FLETCH ONE come next January.

After principal photography is complete on Smith's FLETCH picture he wants to get going on a science fiction idea he calls RANGER DANGER AND THE DANGER RANGERS. Tapping the same style as old FLASH GORDON adventures, Smith hopes to be shooting RANGER DANGER in the fall of '04.

View Askew partner Scott Mosier will produce RANGER DANGER but not FLETCH ONE.


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