WB Developing Animated ‘Scooby-Doo’ Film - Blu-ray Forum

Lehnhart · 08-27-2013, 02:39 AM

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The studio is developing an animated Scooby-Doo feature film, returning to the franchise that produced a pair of live-action/animated hybrid films a decade ago. The project has been set up with Atlas Entertainment with Charles Roven and Richard Suckle producing.

Roven and Suckle also produced 2002′s “Scooby-Doo” for Warner Bros., mixing live action actors with the titular Great Dane, which was computer-generated, along with “Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed” two years later. The first film generated $275 million worldwide, and the second followed with $180 million.

The studio has tapped Matt Lieberman to write the script for the new project. Warner Bros. is keeping the logline under wraps.

Jesse Ehrman and Andrew Fischel are overeseeing “Scooby-Doo” for Warners.

The original animated TV series “Scooby-Doo: Where Are You?” was created by Hanna-Barbera and first aired in 1969.

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/wa...ve-1200589474/

remake · 08-27-2013, 02:41 AM

Haven't they been releasing animated films for awhile now?

Mandalorian · 08-27-2013, 02:44 AM

A theatrical quality release would be nice.

X400 · 08-27-2013, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by remake

Haven't they been releasing animated films for awhile now?

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Originally Posted by RJ Smoove

A theatrical quality release would be nice.

+1 to both

MrBlonde · 08-27-2013, 02:57 AM

Fran Kranz for Shaggy please.

EDIT: Didn't see "Animated". What an idiot.

remake · 08-27-2013, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MrBlonde

Fran Kranz for Shaggy please.

EDIT: Didn't see "Animated". What an idiot.

Holland Roden for Daphne.

Lehnhart · 08-27-2013, 03:02 AM

Yes, WB is developing this for a animated theatrical release. Definitely interesting. Much better than the live action gunk.

Hawkguy · 08-27-2013, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by MrBlonde

Fran Kranz for Shaggy please.

That is just too perfect

Kaiju · 08-27-2013, 09:50 PM

I'll direct it. Hire me, Warner. I've got vision for such a project.

We open up on an animated dog tail... wagging... still wagging...

olivasauce · 08-28-2013, 01:40 AM

How many Scooby Doo fans would look forward to a more adult based Scooby Movie? I know I would love to see one with an R rating or at least a 14AA rating. Probably not the money maker a kids movie makes but I think you could get a good movie.

Jasonic · 08-28-2013, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by olivasauce

How many Scooby Doo fans would look forward to a more adult based Scooby Movie? I know I would love to see one with an R rating or at least a 14AA rating. Probably not the money maker a kids movie makes but I think you could get a good movie.

Include some hardcore bestiality and I'm in!

Honestly though, Scooby Doo hasn't been good since the 80s. This project has no interest to me.

olivasauce · 08-28-2013, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Jasonic

Include some hardcore bestiality and I'm in!

Honestly though, Scooby Doo hasn't been good since the 80s. This project has no interest to me.

lol I didn't mean 'adult' like that. Just saying something not catered to children.

Jasonic · 08-28-2013, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by olivasauce

lol I didn't mean 'adult' like that. Just saying something not catered to children.

Scooby Doo is a children's show though. Your idea makes little to no sense. You basically want a more gruesome and dark like Scooby Doo adventure, and yet you expect that to fit in with Scooby and Shaggy? Who are two of the most ridiculous and goofy characters there are.

Nerdkiller likes BD · 08-28-2013, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by olivasauce

lol I didn't mean 'adult' like that. Just saying something not catered to children.

I believe they sort of tried that with the first live action movie. It was originally intended for a PG-13 movie, before it was cut down for a PG rating, and it shows in some scenes. Stuff like having Shaggy be a pothead and the alleged lesbianism of Velma, essentially what people thought they were when they were older and learnt of such things. There are still visual gags in the final film, like smoke coming out from the van after the opening scene (it was just Shaggy and Scooby cooking food) and when Fred was in Daphne's body, he...she...whatever, wanted to see himself naked. Honestly, I don't think we really need a more adult Scooby Doo movie. Just hide a few jokes for those who grew up with the series.

Zorkel567 · 04-13-2016, 03:12 PM

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While we’ve known for some time that Warner Bros. had a Scooby-Doo reboot planned for 2018, we learned much more about the project at CinemaCon 2016. One big revelation is that the movie will be titled S.C.O.O.B., and that it’ll launch a whole new wave of potentially interlocking Hanna-Barbera movies. Yes, that’s right — Warner Bros. is planning a Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe.

How this will work was not explained, as we were only shown a brief glimpse of concept art featuring Scooby-Doo and some sketches of other Hanna-Barbera characters. The exact quote used in a much longer over-arching WAG sizzle reel was that the film will be “our first shot at unlocking the whole Hanna-Barbera Universe.”

Other Hanna-Barbera properties include The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, The Smurfs, Top Cat, Jonny Quest, Wacky Races, Sealab 2020, and many other cartoons, although some of those, like the Smurfs, are owned elsewhere and obviously couldn’t be part of this cinematic universe. There’s also the question of if and how they might cross over, considering they all take place in different settings and time periods. Aside from S.C.O.O.B., the studio has not announced release dates for any of other Hanna-Barbera movies.

WAG is led by a brain trust that includes Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Nicholas Stoller, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, and Jared Stern. Although the only completed film to come out of WAG so far is 2014’s The Lego Movie, they have many more planned in the coming years including Storks (out this fall), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), a Ninjago movie (also 2017) The Lego Movie 2 (2018), and Smallfoot (about a Yeti that believes humans are real).

Warner Bros. has been aggressively expanding its biggest franchises including the DC Extended Universe (which just released Batman v Superman and has many more films scheduled through 2020) and the Harry Potter universe (which will be revived this fall with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them).

Hanna Barber Shared Universe- Slashfilm

detective392 · 04-13-2016, 06:13 PM

Man, just give us an animated Scooby-Doo movie with the gang riding around in the mystery machine solving crimes. We don't need an S.C.O.O.B organization or anything like that.

Something like Zombie Island on the big screen would be awesome.

08-27-2013, 02:41 AM	#2
remake Banned Member since:Aug 2011 Blu-ray collection:1 Trading Score:160	Haven't they been releasing animated films for awhile now?

08-27-2013, 02:44 AM	#3
Mandalorian Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Sep 2010 4K collection:1142 Blu-ray collection:2796 Trading Score:252	A theatrical quality release would be nice.

08-27-2013, 02:57 AM	#5
MrBlonde Blu-ray Champion Member since:Feb 2013 Location:Pittsburgh Blu-ray collection:457 Trading Score:1	Fran Kranz for Shaggy please. EDIT: Didn't see "Animated". What an idiot.

08-27-2013, 03:02 AM	#7
Lehnhart Special Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2011 Location:Canton, OH 4K collection:21 Blu-ray collection:28 Trading Score:19	Yes, WB is developing this for a animated theatrical release. Definitely interesting. Much better than the live action gunk.

08-27-2013, 09:50 PM	#9
Kaiju Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:449 Blu-ray collection:1234 Trading Score:102	I'll direct it. Hire me, Warner. I've got vision for such a project. We open up on an animated dog tail... wagging... still wagging...

08-28-2013, 01:40 AM	#10
olivasauce Special Member Member since:Nov 2010 4K collection:92 Blu-ray collection:1101 DVD collection:1	How many Scooby Doo fans would look forward to a more adult based Scooby Movie? I know I would love to see one with an R rating or at least a 14AA rating. Probably not the money maker a kids movie makes but I think you could get a good movie.

04-13-2016, 06:13 PM	#16
detective392 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Champlin, MN Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:439 DVD collection:293 Blu-ray reviews:21	Man, just give us an animated Scooby-Doo movie with the gang riding around in the mystery machine solving crimes. We don't need an S.C.O.O.B organization or anything like that. Something like Zombie Island on the big screen would be awesome.

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