Kevin Smith had once been on board for a soon - after cancelled remake
of a classic
1980s comedy, Fletch, which, after seeing the
type of effort he's turned in with this
1980s cop comedy homage (Smith does secure the once - retired services
of Fletch's composer Harold Faltermeyer), may have been a blessing for that
film's fans.
When the studio departed from the
type of high - spirited hijinks that headlined many
of their successful»60s and»70s
films in favor
of somber realism and darker fantasy in the
1980s, they closed a chapter that many remember fondly.