Tear Down This Wall
7/31/2006, 10:27 AM
A movie about the young Fletch? Sounds like a bad idea. I hope it's better than the three crappy movie about the young Skywalker who became Vader. What a senseless load of crap those three films were.
BRAFF HAS FLETCH MARKED
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) -- The creator of Scrubs is writing and directing a prequel to the '80s feature franchise Fletch and, if he has his way, the show's star, Zach Braff, will take over Chevy Chase's title role.
The Weinstein Co. has signed Bill Lawrence to adapt Gregory Mcdonald's 1985 comic-mystery novel Fletch Won, which follows the irreverent detective from his early days as a ne'er-do-well junior newspaper reporter to his partnership with a crime reporter to solve a murder.
Mcdonald's bestsellers were brought to the screen in 1985's Fletch and 1989's Fletch Lives.
"Zach is perfect for the role," Lawrence said in an interview from his Los Angeles office, where Braff sat laughing in the background. "I'm going to use all my pull trying to make him do it."
Filming is expected to start in April, once the current season of Scrubs completes filming. No cast members have been signed yet.
BRAFF HAS FLETCH MARKED
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) -- The creator of Scrubs is writing and directing a prequel to the '80s feature franchise Fletch and, if he has his way, the show's star, Zach Braff, will take over Chevy Chase's title role.
The Weinstein Co. has signed Bill Lawrence to adapt Gregory Mcdonald's 1985 comic-mystery novel Fletch Won, which follows the irreverent detective from his early days as a ne'er-do-well junior newspaper reporter to his partnership with a crime reporter to solve a murder.
Mcdonald's bestsellers were brought to the screen in 1985's Fletch and 1989's Fletch Lives.
"Zach is perfect for the role," Lawrence said in an interview from his Los Angeles office, where Braff sat laughing in the background. "I'm going to use all my pull trying to make him do it."
Filming is expected to start in April, once the current season of Scrubs completes filming. No cast members have been signed yet.