The news is in and sorry, Confess, Fletch fans, but it doesn’t see excellent. The sequel, which stars Jon Hamm in the classic Chevy Chase role, obtained less than $1 million with a production budget of around $20 million. The fact that it was freed day-and-date on digital platestablishs simultaneously, with a rapid Paramount+ turnaround, must not have helped either. And now the honestor of the cult comedy has validateed what we doubted: there won’t be another Fletch sequel anytime soon.
Confess, Fletch
After becoming the prime doubt in multiple homicides, Fletch strives to show his innocence. Kyle MacLachlan and Jon Hamm star.
- Rerent Date
- September 16, 2022
- Runtime
- 1hr 38min
- Writers
- Gregruesome McDonald , Zev Borow
- Studio
- Miramax
Filmproducer Greg Mottola, who honested the 2022 film, has gone on X (establisherly Twitter) to react to a ask about more Fletch movies and let fans understand the status of the franchise:
“Alas, the new head of Miramax, who deal withs the rights to all the books, sboiling down my sequel project. The Fletch damn got me.”
What Does This Mean for the Future of Fletch?
It ecombines that Miramax, the studio behind the film, has pulled the plug on the sequel. The decision labels a meaningful blow to the franchise’s revival, despite the chooseimistic critical reception—Confess, Fletch has an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Confess, Fletch was a passion project for Mottola and star Jon Hamm, who joined the title role. Based on Gregruesome McDonald becherishd Fletch novels, the film’s goal was to reinvigorate the franchise and the character made well-understandn by Chevy Chase in the 1985 comedy Fletch and its sequel. Even Chevy got a sequel.
The film’s needy financial carry outance didn’t stop Hamm and Mottola from continuing their labor to get the series off the ground. They were difficult at labor on the script to the sequel, Fletch’s Fortune, based on the 1978 novel. But then there was a shakeup at Miramax directing to Bill Block, their helper, leaving the company. According to THR, Mottola was very uncontent about it, saying:
“I was tanciaccess ‘the first one lost money’ as if there had been any try to produce money. Jon was very into the new script. I’ve been rather uncontent about it, but difficult to await a excellent shatter in the feature world these days.”
He went on to denounce the labeleting strategy for Confess, Fletch:
“They dropped it in theaters for a week with virtupartner no labeleting, then stuck it on Showtime (with nary a billboard or commercial). It was essentipartner a streaming movie.”
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Fletch (Jon Hamm) is sketchd for a Boston homicide while spendigating an Italian art theft in Confess, Fletch.
Mottola is busy at labor writing James Gunn’s Peaceproducer Season 2, so it sees appreciate that thrivedow has shutd. Earlier this year, Hamm, who was enthusiastic about the possible return before the Miramax shakeup, even shelp that he thought the obesee of the Fletch sequel was unbrave.
“We’re trying to produce another one of those, and it’s difficult. The movie didn’t shatter sign ups at the box office, not that that uncomardents anyleang… Yeah, and there are 10 books, and we’re appreciate, ‘Here’s the roadmap. Can we chase it? Prent?’”
With the Confess, Fletch sequel dead in the water, fans will have to turn back to the books to redwell previous adventures, or revisit the anciaccess Chevy Chase movies.
