Greg Mottola has been tapped to direct this new Fletch, bringing notable experience from the raucous 2007 hit, Superbad, along with 2009’s Adventureland, 2011’s Paul, and television stints on HBO’s The Newsroom, Amazon’s The Dangerous Book for Boys, FXX’s Dave, Fox-era episodes of Arrested Development and classic 2001-2002 Fox comedy Undeclared. Interestingly, Fletch will facilitate a reunion between Mottola and star Jon Hamm, who he previously directed in 2016 spy comedy Keeping Up with the Joneses. Mottola will work here off a script by Zev Borrow (Chuck, Forever).
Additionally, Hamm serves as producer alongside manager and producer Connie Tavel, joined by executive producer David List. As Tavel states:
“Producing this film with Jon has been a long-time dream of mine and with Zev and Greg on board to write and direct, I really believe that this will be an exciting and modern reimagining of this beloved character.”
For Hamm, Fletch might just provide a big screen platform to elevate him to the tier of superstardom. Indeed, while his legendary television run as the charismatic Don Draper on AMC’s 2007-2015 drama, Mad Men, has secured him an iconic place for posterity, the success of his film career has been more sporadic. He more recently fielded supporting roles in 2019 films Richard Jewell and Lucy in the Sky and 2017’s Baby Driver, along with a starring role in 2014 Disney feel-good baseball drama Million Dollar Arm and recurring TV runs on Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Amazon’s Good Omens. However, Hamm will be quite visible on the big screen from his role in the COVID-delayed sequel to another popular 1980s property, Top Gun: Maverick, which is currently scheduled for December 23.
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