Kevin Smith In Danger

Kevin Smith's upcoming sci-fi project has now been officially named and goes by the rather surprising moniker of Ranger Danger and the Danger Rangers. "It's my stab at a comicbook/sci-fi movie," Smith told Variety. "It's in the vein of 'Flash Gordon,' something I've noodled with a couple of years. Now I feel we are mature enough filmmakers to tackle it." Next on his list, however, is Fletch Won, a prequel to the Chevy Chase comedies from back in the eighties. Smith has recently finished his first draft of the script and claims that his incarnation of Fletch will have a far closer adherence to Gregory McDonald's original novels. "The other 'Fletch' films were Chevy vehicles with a Lakers fetish," said Smith. "We've taken an early novel where the author told the origin of how Fletch got his job on a newspaper. It will stick much closer to McDonald's brilliant dialogue and great characters, and the model for this film is 'Out of Sight.' Though these actors know nothing about this, I've worked down to a short list of Ben Affleck, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Jimmy Fallon and Adam Sandler for the role of Fletch. "Once again, Miramax is the only studio in town dumb enough to fund our bullshit," Smith mused. "2004 marks View Askew's 10th year with them, so if you're looking to blame anyone for why we're still allowed to make movies, blame the two men I've come to love like they're my adoptive, same-sex-couple parents, Harvey and Bob Weinstein." Fletch Won is scheduled to begin production in January 2004 with Ranger Danger kicking off plans to begin shooting later that year.