At ViewASKew, Kevin Smith has revealed some info about Fletch 3. Smith plans to "stay very true to the book, as it has all the makings of a terrific story, and needs very little input from me.... I actually learned to write dialogue by reading McDonald's 'Fletch' books. If you read his stuff, it reads like one of my screenplays. They're very dense with dialogue, and spartan in descriptive passages (just the way I like 'em)."
Smith also said that Fletch wouldn't be a part of the director's Viewaskew universe.