Confess, Fletch Star Jon Hamm Stars in Trailer For Fletch Book Series

With the discharge of Confess, Fletch, Jon Hamm stars as Irwin Maurice “Fletch” Fletcher, a beloved popular culture determine who hasn’t graced the display in over 30 years regardless of a number of makes an attempt to get a brand new franchise off the bottom. The film has debuted to heat evaluations, however solely $260,000 on the U.S. field workplace in its opening weekend. A simultaneous Paramount+ launch probably lower into that, however so has the movie’s apparently near-total lack of promotion. Blackstone Audio, who’ve the rights to the audiobooks of the Fletch franchise, aren’t making the latter mistake, having tapped Hamm to look in an advert to advertise the sequence.

Fletch starred in 9 books from 1974 till 1994, and had supporting roles in two extra that starred his illegitimate son. The character additionally spun off a sequence based mostly on Francis Xavier Flynn, the quirky Boston cop who first appeared in Confess, Fletch. 

“I used to be launched to the character by the unique movie after which instantly was so taken by it that I wished to seek out out all the pieces that I might, and in a pre-internet period just like the ’80s, you needed to go try this form of work at bookstores and libraries round city,” Hamm informed ComedianBook.com. “So that is what I did, and never solely did I be taught that not solely was that film based mostly on a e book, it was based mostly on a sequence of books, and there was 10 different novels that I might learn, and I used to be very, very joyful…to get to learn much more adventures of I.M. Fletcher.”

You can see  Hamm’s trailer for the sequence beneath.

To have a good time immediately’s @paramountco launch of #CONFESSFLETCH by #GregoryMcdonald, we received the movie’s star #JonHamm in our scorching seat for a Q&A on what makes Fletch an iconic literary antihero of subversion & scheme!?✨

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— Blackstone Publishing (@BlackstoneAudio) September 16, 2022

Fletch was beforehand delivered to life in live-action in two characteristic movies starring Chevy Chase, 1985’s Fletch and 1989’s Fletch Lives. Previously, filmmaker Kevin Smith was connected to make a brand new film with Jason Lee or Ben Affleck being eyed for the titular position. At one other level, Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence and star Zach Braff have been connected to a Fletch challenge.

Here’s the official synopsis for Confess, Fletch:

In this pleasant comedy romp, Jon Hamm stars because the roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch, who turns into the prime suspect in a homicide case whereas trying to find a stolen artwork assortment. The solely option to show his innocence? Find out which of the lengthy record of suspects is the perpetrator – from the eccentric artwork vendor and a lacking playboy to a loopy neighbor and Fletch’s Italian girlfriend. Crime, in actual fact, has by no means been this disorganized.

Confess, Fletch stars Jon Hamm, Roy Wood Jr., Annie Mumolo, Ayden Mayeri, Lorenzo Izzo, Kyle MacLachlan, Marcia Gay Harden, and John Slattery. The film will probably be launched in theaters and on Digital on September 16.