"I couldn't get any actor that we could all agree on to play Fletch," said Lawrence. "Zach [Braff] ended up doing his own movie that also fell apart which is a drag because he should have done Fletch. Harvey [Weinstein] and I never really landed on a person that we both liked that much, which sucks. So I couldn't get it going fast enough. I had one summer."
Lawrence also added that the Weinsteins' option on the Fletch property expired on September 1. He theorized, "I think either Weinstein Company will retain the rights by making a movie really lightning fast, like before the end of the summer because they have to, or I think it will be back in that weird film turnaround that it never gets made which is sad."
The future looks bright for Lawrence though, as there are no hard feelings with his producers. "I'd work with Harvey again. Man, he's an interesting dude. I still talk to him once in a while."
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on Sep 19 2007 03:22 AM Wow. A Fletch movie made at lightning speed. Wasn't that already done - twice? (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2007 04:07 AM You would know (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2007 06:58 AM Hooray for another season of Scrubs though! (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2007 07:42 AM The first Fletch was awesome!! Second movie......not so good. But, I'm a huge Chevy Chase fan. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2007 09:39 AM Ill admit im a Scrubs fan but the last two seasons have been subpar with a couple of great episodes thrown in...hopefully this final season can redeem them cause the first four seasons in entirety are just really goofy comedy that works (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2007 12:54 PM hmm. i didnt know people still watched Scrubs. hasnt it gotten really stale? (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2007 02:35 PM In reply to this comment (#1134181) In your dreams. One absurd non sequitur comment deserves another. Huh? (Reply to this) |
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