Kevin Smith is going to be making a prequel to Fletch. FLETCH was announced what seems like many moons ago but had reached a stand still because Smith was fighting for friend Jason Lee to star. Miramax head Harvey Weinstein didn't feel Lee was a big enough star to carry such a film and the dispute was never resolved...until now. Smith released a shortlist of candidates he's looking at for the role of Fletch which include Ben Affleck (surprise), Will Smith, Brad Pitt, Adam Sandler and Jimmy Fallon. The model for FLETCH WON is said to be the Steven Soderbergh adaptation of Elmore Leonard's OUT OF SIGHT.

Depending on who gets the lead role from that list, it might have a chance at being very funny - Ben Affleck would be horrible.

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