Warner Bros. Sending 'Scoob!' Straight to On-Demand in May

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Warner Bros. has decided to send its animated film Scoob! straight to premium on-demand, versus waiting for theaters to reopen en masse.

The studio announced Tuesday that the Scooby Doo movie will become available both to rent and to buy in the home on May 15 for $19.99 and $24.99, respectively. The rental period is 48 hours.

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Warner Bros. Sending ‘Scoob!’ Straight to On-Demand in May

Warner Bros. has decided to send its animated film 'Scoob!' straight to premium on-demand, versus waiting for theaters to reopen en masse once the coronavirus pandemic begins to subside.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Joni]

Should have made it cheaper, I think they would have reached a lot more parents at $9.99.

 

[Choppasmith]

Zoinks! Like, another one bites the dust.

 

[Gravidee]

Didn't really seem like it was worthy of being in theaters anyway.

 

[spyroflame0487]

If the leaked plot was correct then...yeah, good riddance.

 

[Ehoavash]

yeah..i'll wait for it to be on hbo max

 

[NealMcCauley]

Considering how lukewarm (at best) reaction to the trailers have been this was probably an easy decision to make. I doubt theater chains will miss the loss.

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

If the leaked plot was correct then...yeah, good riddance.

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Dare I ask?

 

[Darknight]

Should have made it cheaper, I think they would have reached a lot more parents at $9.99.

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I think they picked that price to entice people to buy it knowing kids can play it over and over again for just $5 more.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Warner Bros. Sending ‘Scoob!’ Straight to On-Demand in May

Warner Bros. has decided to send its animated film 'Scoob!' straight to premium on-demand, versus waiting for theaters to reopen en masse once the coronavirus pandemic begins to subside.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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In March, theater owners were angered when Universal announced it was breaking the theatrical window in order to make Tours World Tour available both in the home and in any theaters that remained open.

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tours world tour?

 

[Spectromixer]

tours world tour?

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lol

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Direct-to-video has been Scooby Doo's real home ever since Kids' WB! folded, so it's only fitting.

Dare I ask?

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Spoiler: Scoob! plot leak from 4chan

 

[Joni]

I think they picked that price to entice people to buy it knowing kids can play it over and over again for just $5 more.

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Yes, but it doesn't feel impulse buy territory for a kids movie. If they can rent it out to 500 people at $9.99 versus 200 people at $19.99. Of course, they are probably smarter, but it feels a tad too high to be convincing. On the other hand, it is new kids movie in a time you can't get those anywhere else.

tours world tour?

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I suppose they means Trolls World Tour

 

[rude]

Dare I ask?

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It's secretly a Blue Falcon movie disguised as a Scooby Doo movie. The movie ends with a battle at the gates of hell or something.

 

[Armadilo]

2020 is done folks when it comes to movies.

(Don't worry guys we'll be back in July!)

 

[spyroflame0487]

Dare I ask?

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SCOOB - Final Trailer

Now you got me curious, what exactly leaked?

www.resetera.com

Here my post from the Final Trailer thread, its a doozy.

 

[OptiveLink]

Hell yeah! I'm really excited to watch this. It looks so clean.

 

[Bus-TEE]

Seems where this is all going but even still, that's a surprise.

I wonder what this means for WAG's potential Hanna-Barbera cineverse?

 

[Border]

At what point did Scooby Doo switch from being a show about fraudulent paranormal activity to being a show about real honest-to-god ghosts and monsters? As a kid it seemed like every story was about some phony haunting, but when I get glimpses of it now the show very much seems to involve them actually battling monsters and demons and stuff.

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

Seems where this is all going but even still, that's a surprise.

I wonder what this means for WAG's potential Hanna-Barbera cineverse?

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If the reception is any scene. It ain't looking likely to take off.

 

[thecouncil]

Mystery Incorporated is on Netflix. Watch that instead.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

At what point did Scooby Doo switch from being a show about fraudulent paranormal activity to being a show about real honest-to-god ghosts and monsters? As a kid it seemed like every story was about some phony haunting, but when I get glimpses of it now the show very much seems to involve them actually battling monsters and demons and stuff.

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Outside of 13 Ghosts, Mystery Inc., the first live-action film and the first couple of DTV films it's always just dudes/dudettes in masks.

 

[MinusTydus]

the Scooby Doo movie will become available both to rent and to buy in the home on May 15 for $19.99 and $24.99, respectively. The rental period is 48 hours.

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Okay. What kind of crazy person would go, "Yes, I'll rent this for 48 hours for $19.99 THAT'S fine, but NO $24.99 IS TOO MUCH"?

If you're going to spend that much on this you might as well spend the other $5.

 

[Penguin]

Seems where this is all going but even still, that's a surprise.

I wonder what this means for WAG's potential Hanna-Barbera cineverse?

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My initial thoughts, this was gonna launch their animated universe, what does it mean

Also surprised didn't hold out and make it an HBO Max launch event

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

That reminds me...

I've heard Return to Zombie Island sucked.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Okay. What kind of crazy person would go, "Yes, I'll rent this for 48 hours for $19.99 THAT'S fine, but NO $24.99 IS TOO MUCH"?

If you're going to spend that much on this you might as well spend the other $5.

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If you have no plans of watching it again, might as well save $5 that you could spend on takeout or something.

 

[Tavernade]

I was hoping this meant HBO Max early release... this film is so insane I genuinely want to see it, even if it's a train wreck.

 

[Deleted member 32822]

$20 for this? Lmao.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Seems where this is all going but even still, that's a surprise.

I wonder what this means for WAG's potential Hanna-Barbera cineverse?

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This. Do they really start their cinematic universe with something they send straight to digital?

Hopefully they realized how stupid that plot of the movie is and gave up on it.

 

[Birdie]

WTF that summary sounds kind of awesome.

I'm just saying the plot summary of Mystery Inc. would sound pretty bizarre but it turned out great execution wise.

 

[Beren]

I wonder if this has killed another would-be cinematic universe.

 

[StallionDan]

At what point did Scooby Doo switch from being a show about fraudulent paranormal activity to being a show about real honest-to-god ghosts and monsters? As a kid it seemed like every story was about some phony haunting, but when I get glimpses of it now the show very much seems to involve them actually battling monsters and demons and stuff.

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[Transistor]

I guess they realized they were never going to top the magnificence that is Mystery, Inc, so they didn't even bother trying.

 

[Pandora012]

Will be buying. Trailer looked really fun.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

$20 for this? Lmao.

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They don't want to kill the theater industry, so they gotta price this stuff high enough that people won't start asking for it to become the norm after the pandemic finally ends.

 

[KtotheRoc]

The trailer was decent. Shame it sounds like it was bad.

 

[J_Viper]

Matthew Lillard's Revenge

 

[sgtnosboss]

I wasn't aware this was even coming. Yay!

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

I don't know why they replaced the cast

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Matthew Lillard's Revenge

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Will Forte's Shaggy voice is surprisingly bad.

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

Will Forte's Shaggy voice is surprisingly bad.

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How's the rest of the new cast?

 

[SuperL]

This is the second animated movie to go straight-to-streaming.

Given that last year wasn't very hospitable to non-Disney/Pixar animated movies, it's probably going to be the biggest category of films to skip theaters.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

How's the rest of the new cast?

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They sound like they want paychecks.

 

[NeonZ]

At what point did Scooby Doo switch from being a show about fraudulent paranormal activity to being a show about real honest-to-god ghosts and monsters? As a kid it seemed like every story was about some phony haunting, but when I get glimpses of it now the show very much seems to involve them actually battling monsters and demons and stuff.

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Like mentioned above 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985). Several of the movies following that series also had real monsters, like Ghoul School and the relectant Werewolf. The best one of this is probably Zombie Island (1998), although it's written like it's the first time they're dealing with the supernatural.

Most of the recent animated content still is focused on fake monsters though. In fact, some of the recent animated movies go back and retcon previous series and movies that dealt with supernatural threats into being ambiguous or outright fake - there are recent sequels to 13 Ghosts and Zombie Island that do just that.

 

[Khanimus]

I can't wait to watch

Spoiler

"Shaggy Goes To Hell"

 

[Deleted member 887]

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Question. Was there a reason they got rid of the old gang to make Shaggy, Daphne, Scooby and crappy the main characters?

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

They sound like they want paychecks.

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Well... at least they kept Frank Welker as Scooby.

But not Fred who's been playing for over 50 years.

 

[Starphanluke]

Yeah, summer movie season is definitely a no-go for 2020, no matter when movie theatres reopen. You won't see blickbuster released until Fall at the earliest.

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

I'm guessing they had no confidence in this to do well.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Question. Was there a reason they got rid of the old gang to make Shaggy, Daphne, Scooby and crappy the main characters?

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No idea, but they probably just felt they were unnecessary since Fred is easily the blandest of the five outside some select series (namely A Pup Named and Mystery Inc.) and Velma wasn't "hot" like Daphne (and even she wasn't present in some of the series preceding 13 Ghosts), while Shag and Scoob were the obvious heart of the franchise and Scrappy was actually pretty popular back when he was first introduced.