CONFESS, FLETCH Director Greg Mottola Is Writing Sequel FLETCH'S FORTUNE in the Hopes the Film Can Get Made
Last September, the crime comedy Confess, Fletch was quietly released by Paramount, giving us a new story about LA Times reporter Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher. The character made his film debut in the 1985 comedy Fletch with Chevy Chase, and that was followed by Fletch Lives. This new film starred Jon Hamm in the title role, and it was directed by Greg Mottola (Superbad, Adventureland), who co-adapted the screenplay, based on the novels by Gregory McDonald. The film didn’t make much money at all, but those who saw it did give it high praise. It was a passion project for both Hamm and Mottola, and they are hoping another one comes to fruition, so much so that the writer and director has begun his next script.
In a recent Instagram post from Mottola, the filmmaker shared a photo of the novel Fletch’s Fortune atop a notebook with his writings. He captioned it, “It May Never Get Made, But I’m Gonna Try My Best.”
Fletch's Fortune is the third book of McDonald's series and sees the titular investigative reporter given an ultimatum. The FBI is onto him for tax evasion, and he has the choice of either leaving the Riviera to attend a journalism conference and work as their spy or serving serious jail time back in the States for his ill-gotten gains. Fletch chooses the former and, with a suitcase packed with bugging devices, he sets out in search of a scoop on a prominent and scandalous newspaper tycoon. When said tycoon ends up dead, however, Fletch uses his time instead to investigate, a task made all the harder by the fact that the vast majority of conference attendees had a motive and connection to the tycoon.
It’s pretty much a done deal that if this movie does get made, Hamm will return to the starring role. In the first film, Hamm was accompanied by Roy Wood Jr., Lorenza Izzo, Kyle MacLachlan, Annie Mumolo, John Behlmann, John Slattery, Lucy Punch, Marcia Gay Harden, and Ayden Mayeri. Hopefully this great cast would also get the chance to return.
Confess, Fletch is available now through VOD or on Paramount+, Showtime, and other platforms. See Mottola's post on the potential sequel, Fletch's Fortune, below. Would you like to see it get made?
via: Collider