Courtney Compliment, Tipp City, Ohio

Dear Courtney: The plot to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back has been kept under wraps, but Matt Damon has told me he and Affleck are just doing cameos in the film. As the story goes, Jay and Silent Bob catch the two making Good Will Hunting II.

Smith and sidekick Jason Mewes will be reprising their roles as überslackers Silent Bob and Jay, and the film costars Chris Rock, George Carlin, Shannen Doherty, Will Ferrell, Shannon Elizabeth, Seann William Scott and Alanis Morissette.

There’s been lots of talk in the last year that screenwriter/director Kevin Smith wanted Jason Lee to play the new Irwin Fletch in the upcoming “Fletch Won” movie which was supposed to be a prequel of sorts, following a younger Fletch solving his first case.

Now comes word from ‘TheRagingBull’ who heard at a card show in Pennsylvania, from a person who worked on the first Fletch film, that the new Fletch movie will not be the rumored “Fletch Won,” but will be based on the book “Son of Fletch” from 1993 and his son will now be the main character.

Our source says that this would give Chevy Chase more time on camera, as he would play his father, making the two a father and son team.

Amazon.com’s listing for the book includes a synopsis:

A young escaped convict shows up at Fletch’s door–claiming to be his son. Problem is, Fletch never knew he had a son. In all his years of solving crimes, the wise-cracking reporter has never come upon a case he couldn’t handle. But now Fletch faces the greatest challenge of his career: fatherhood.

Will Chevy Chase return in the role as Irwin Fletch? Has Kevin Smith changed his thinking? Only time will tell – take this as a rumor for now.