That leaked plot sounded terrible, and the fact that the trailer seems to confirm it's authenticity makes me sad.
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Warner Bros. Sending 'Scoob!' Straight to On-Demand in May
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Here my post from the Final Trailer thread, its a doozy.
So the entire fucking film was basically an attempt to make a cinematic universe out of the Hannah-Barbara cartoons. Jesus H...
I mean, a Hannah-Barbera cinematic universe isn't a terrible idea, it's just that they seem to be repeating the same mistake BvS/JL, The Mummy, Godzilla KOTM, etc made by jumping into the deep end instead of setting up the principle players one-by-one the way Marvel did.
I refuse to believe this is real.Here my post from the Final Trailer thread, its a doozy.
These studios are swallowing a lot of money. Im guess godzilla vs kong is getting pushed to 2021 or 22 as well : (
I know someone already posted an image, but to four or five decades ago, depending on how supernatural you consider the crossovers in the 70s "movies".
Scrappy-Doo was really popular back then and for a few years the cast was reduced to just Scrappy, Shaggy and Scooby. When they decided to go back to something closer to the older format, they initially just brought back Daphne as a main character, while Fred and Velma just made guest appearances. 13 Ghosts was the next tv series, so kept the same main cast and added some new characters. The movies from those years also often had only Shaggy, Scrappy and Scooby (later dumping Scrappy, but not bringing back the others).
I think the "A pup named Scooby" show helped solidifying the classic gang after they were sidelined for a long time.
No idea the official reason, I guess to keep cast small but have new regulars.
I mean, did we expect them to release it in theaters or wait a year+? Clickbait-y title 'shaming' them for doing the right thing.
I think throwing out the voice cast was such a trash move.
Frank Welker has been the voice of Fred for over 50 years and now it's Zac Efron for this movie. Lol. Fuck off.
Frank Welker has been the voice of Fred for over 50 years and now it's Zac Efron for this movie. Lol. Fuck off.
From what happened with Peter Cullen, I've learned American industry doesn't really value their voice actors.
Unfortunately that's just how shit rolls in Hollywood. Studios think that the name of a known screen actor will boost the BO of their animated kids movie, and will always choose them over established voice actors even if said actor is already the iconic, established actor for that character and the screen actor has little to no experience acting in a recording booth.
I think it kind of worked out because shaggy and daphne barely ever interacted before it. They should have also done a Fred and Velma spinoff too.
Not surprised it's still 20 bucks when all of the new movie rentals have been the same price and seemingly done very well.
There's just nothing else to do and parents like myself are gonna rent it day zero just to help occupy the kid for an hour.
There's just nothing else to do and parents like myself are gonna rent it day zero just to help occupy the kid for an hour.
I imagine with so many families stuck at home desperate for things to do, $20 for a new movie to shut the kids up is a more lucrative market than it is for general live action fare. I think Trolls did like $50 million in direct purchases already?
You haven't seen the trailer? They sound like normal people. Normies... they soundl ike normies.
Or, there didn't want to keep pushing this back in hopes of theaters opening soon
Didn't Trolls 2 do very well? With millions of kids stuck at home, this feels like a better idea than waiting for theaters to reopen than having all those postponed movies being released at once and clients not necessarely feeling safe.
I think it's column A and column B. Warner Bros. probably didn't think this was going to be a *stinker*, but the more movies you push out, you have to push the even further ones to accommodate, and SCOOB probably wasn't going to do better than some of those; for example, if they bumped SCOOB to August, they'd bump Wonder Woman, which would maybe cause other WB tentpoles to get bumped as well. So every studio is doing some stuff direct to VOD depending on their future schedule; animated movies and family movies make the most sense since there's probably already a merchandise/toy line ready to go.
That plot leak is definitely true, too many of those things lined up. Why couldn't they just get the writing team from Mystery Inc. to write this movie?
Its kinda funny because they usually do 2 DTVs a year but only did 1 this year because of the theatrical release.Direct-to-video has been Scooby Doo's real home ever since Kids' WB! folded, so it's only fitting.
Now Scooby has two 2020 DTVs again.
The original Hanna Barbera shows were a cinematic universe that had the occasional crossover, this is entirely familiar ground.
13 Ghosts
Reluctant Werewolf
Zombie Island
Witch's Ghost
Alien Invaders
Scooby Doo - live action movie
Mystery Incorporated - mostly masks but the main plot was supernatural
The 2 best Scooby Doo things ever(Mystery Incorporated, Zombie Island) had real Supernatural elements.
Wow, thanks for the background information. That is actually pretty interesting that they have tried to retcon previous material. It seems like there's really not much point in doing that since there's clearly all kinds of chronology problems across the franchise that don't support an "it's all canon" viewpoint.
It's funny how as a kid I thought it was lame that the monsters always turn out to be fake, but as an adult the idea of them dealing with real monsters is actually what seems kind of lame. The show is kinda meant to be about mysteries.
Does the most recent interation of the show (Scooby Doo And Guess Who) just have mysteries, or are there real supernatural threats?
The monsters in Guess Who are generally fake, although due to it being a crossover series (inspired by The New Scooby Doo Movies from the 70s in several ways) you get an episode with Wonder Woman or Flash and they have super powers.
So many people keep saying Return to Zombie island undid the original, in the movie its literally just Velma in denial about supernatural elements and because Mystery Inc is retired she thinks its "the one that got away"
Movie was garbage regardless
Well, zoinks.
If this is as stupid as people have been hinting at, I just might rent it for the fuckery.
If this is as stupid as people have been hinting at, I just might rent it for the fuckery.
You're seeing kids movies going this route because kids movies have lots of merchandising and tie-ins associated with them. There's a ton of stuff that was all laser-coordinated to hit around the time the film was supposed to hit theaters; Delaying the movie is one thing, but hitting the brakes on all the ancillary marketing would have been impossible without many months of lead time.
So either they have a bunch of merchandise on shelves that ends up being clearanced out before anyone has seen the actual movie, or they send it to streaming and salvage it as best they can.
I wonder why none of the superhero movies are getting a digital release. Certainly they also have pretty extensive merchandising tie-ins.
I'm really surprised people are taking a cynical /co/ users recollection of test screening at face value. Like even if the plot is accurate, there's definitely a difference between seeing a summary vs actually watching the movie. Like, Warner Animation Group might not be lighting the box office on fire but they're outings so far have been decent at worse.
Not to the same level. For example black widow has a LEGO set coming but it's only one and it's not any different than the main LEGO marvel line. It's also a focused wave in their action figure line but again it's still comic book so it's not as big an issue either. Whereas these kids movies have more independent lines
Yeah, I was gonna say, I'm kinda surprised Black Widow got pushed for that reason. There's a bunch of figures for that showing up at retail now, which are probably going to limp along with nobody having seen the movie.
But BW stuff and the amount it was projected to sell was surely a lot less than outright kids movies, and almost certainly less than most Marvel tentpoles. You have POPs and the Marvel Legends line and some odds and ends and that's about it. Trolls and Scoob had whole suites of toylines from figures to vehicles to games, plus stationary, party goods, apparel, etc etc etc, not to mention cross-promos with snacks/fast food that were booked way ahead of time and can't be moved.
I dunno man, a lot of the big hitters that were due soon have been moved, Soul is in November now taking Raya's slot, Minions 2 moved to 2021, Peter Rabbit 2 moved all the way to January, that ones the most bizarre to me, all the merch was basically there, and honestly, that film needs an Easter Release. Why you moving it from Easter to JANUARY of all months.
Don't tell me it's the work of.
Those films having a few months more lead time to stop or delay things from getting to stores and to negotiate moving deals around. Maybe not all of it, but enough that it's not all a total loss.
Or in some cases it's down to them simply not being all that affected by merchandising anyway. I don't imagine Soul or Peter Rabbit 2 toys were gonna have a big footprint, with or without the movies.