Casting Rumors: “Fletch” & “Hornet”…

August 15th @ 11:16 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Eric Fortune, Greg Trawinski

  • A couple of rumors surrounding casting of 2 of Kevin’s on the bubble projects right now have popped up, and Moviehole has the scoop on them both. First off, a rumor that’s been long floating around here at News Askew regarding the new Fletch. That being that Ryan Reynolds is a frontrunner:
That comeback comedy could be the one to go after that though, he need a bit of a ‘push’ though. Rumour has it that Reynolds is one of the more popular names on Kevin Smith’s wish-list to wear the Irwin ‘Fletch’ Flether guise when “Fletch Won” gets off the ground. Talking on the Blade Trinity Message Boards today, Reynolds says he has had discussions about it but isn’t too keen on it at the moment. “..it’s been brought up a few times. I’ve loved this character my whole life – in the same way that i’d be intimidated to play Superman, the character would require far too much of a responsibility to the fans. i’d be too in my head trying to get it right instead of just letting it flow. not to mention, it’s been done.”

We assume that if Blade 3 puts Reynolds on the map, this is a strong possibility.

Next up, there’s that Jet Li as Kato in Green Hornet thing that’s been whispered about all the way back to the day the project was first announced. Again, Moviehole has the story. Here’s what Li had to say regarding the role:

“That’s a long time ago,” Li said. “Five or six years ago, I heard about it. Before, it was a Universal movie but right now it changed to the other [studio, Miramax/Dimension] and I heard everybody talk about it, but I’m not attached right now.”

If Kevin Smith asks him, he may consider it though.”It really depends on the script. Each director will change the story. Seven years ago, maybe it was still The Green Hornet but what kind of story? Right now, the market has changed, the audience changed, maybe they changed the script.”

JoBlo also covers these stories as well as teases a few of the other things we’ve been talking about lately, including of course the Clerks X DVD (which we’re knee-deep in going through today, it’s an INCREDIBLE amount of material), and of course that “small project” that we’re expecting to hear an official announcement about any day now. Stay tuned! It’s gonna be exciting…

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