Kevin Smith, Jason Lee Officially Out of Fletch Movie

Maybe it's old news that Kevin Smith's planned effort to revive the Fletch series, with Jason Lee as the titular character, has died. What is news, however, is that the project is apparently now going forward under the guidance of Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence. And, wouldn't you guess it, but Bill wants Zach Braff to star.

Not sure how I feel about this. I always though Jason Lee would be perfect as Fletch, and as much as I like Scrubs, I'm just not sure that Zach Braff has the right level of smugness/smarminess for the role. His characters tend to err on the goofy side, and Fletch should be a bit more of a man's man (with goofiness thrown in). Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

(From The Hollywood Reporter East.)