FLETCH is getting Rebooted

Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to the Fletch book series written by Gregory McDonald, which were previously adapted into two hilarious film that starred Chevy Chase. I still laugh my ass off every time I watch these movies. The studio plans to reboot the franchise, which I really don't see the need for, but it's going to happen. 

There's no writer, director or actor attached to the project, but the studio is hoping to bring audiences a smart action comedy "that plays out on a bigger canvas than the previous movies." This isn't the first time Fletch was going for a reboot. After the two Chevy Chase films Harvey Weinstein tried to get it going with Kevin Smith attached to direct. At the time Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, and Joshua Jackson were possibilities to star in the film.

I don't think it would ever happen, but it would be awesome to see Ryan Reynolds take on the title character. When I first saw him in the film Van Wilder he reminded me a lot of Chevy Chase. He's a great comedian, and I just think he would nail the part of Fletch. I could also see The Offices John Krasinski take on the part as well.

It will be interesting to see how this movie develops. What do you all think of Fletch getting a movie reboot?

Here's a description of the first book that the movie franchise is based on.

In the first novel, Fletch is working as a reporter. Over the course of the series, however, he acquires a moderate fortune and becomes a globetrotter perpetually working on a biography of fictional artist Edgar Arthur Tharp, Jr. He tends to stumble upon mysteries, often to be suspected of crimes by the police, and to win through depending heavily on his wits.

The first Fletch novel (1974) introduces I. M. Fletcher, a journalist staying on a beach watching the drug culture for a story, waiting to find the dealer's source before publishing an expose.

A millionaire businessman named Alan Stanwyk approaches Fletch to hire Fletch to murder him; the man tells Fletch that he is dying of bone cancer and wants to avoid a slow, painful death. Fletch accepts $1000 in cash to listen to the man's proposition; the man offers him $20,000 for the murder, and Fletch talks him up to $50,000 in an effort to see if the man is serious. He appears to be serious, and Fletch begins investigating the man's story in between investigating the drug story on the beach and avoiding the two attorneys after him for alimony for each of his ex-wives.