WWE Films To Produce Animated Scooby Feature
Now here’s a strange one for you. WWE Films and Warner Bros. are teaming up for a animated direct to DVD film which will feature Scooby and the gang solving a mystery at Wrestlemania. It is said that several top WWE stars will make appearances. Here’s the press release.
Warner Bros. and WWE Studios announced they will co-produce a Scooby-Doo animated feature that will find Scooby and the gang solving a mystery atWrestleMania®. The announcement was made today by Jeff Brown, Executive Vice President and General Manager, TV, Family & Animation, Warner Home Video and Michael Luisi, President, WWE Studios.
WWE Superstars and Divas including Triple H®, John Cena®, Kane, The Miz®, Brodus Clay™, Santino Marella®, Sin Cara™ and AJ™ will appear in animated form and lend their voices to the project. WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon® will also lend his voice and appear in animated form.
“We are excited to partner with Warner Bros. on this wonderful animated film,” said WWE Studios President Michael Luisi. “Kids and adults are going to enjoy seeing their favorite WWE Superstars in animated form join forces with an icon like Scooby-Doo to solve a mystery at the biggest pop-culture event of the year WrestleMania.”
“Warner Bros. is thrilled to get into the ring with WWE Studios to bring fans an unprecedented animated adventure,” said Jeff Brown, Executive Vice President and General Manager, TV, Warner Home Video. “We’re excited to leverage the WWE’s family-friendly brand and passionate fan base and integrate some of the most popular WWE Superstars and Divas within the Scooby-Doo gang.”
When Shaggy and Scooby win tickets to WrestleMania, the entire gang travels in the Mystery Machine to WWE City to attend the epic event. However, when a mysterious ghostly bear appears and threatens to ruin the show, Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred work with WWE Superstars to solve the case.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will handle worldwide distribution on Blu-ray, DVD, VOD and digital download. The film will be produced by Warner Bros. Animation. WWE will utilize its extensive global reach through its television, digital media and print assets to market the release of the film.
Bradley Buchanan, VP of Business and Legal Affairs negotiated on behalf of WWE Studios.
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This could either be seen bold as a fresh movie or they're finally scraping the barrel dry. We'll have to wait and see. The wrestling episodes that have been done weren't bad, but I don't like wrestling so this movie going to be very hit or miss for me. As long as it can be fun and interesting I'm sure it will do fine. I'm still not really into the new animation and the return of their retro clothing, maybe they brought it back nostalgia and/or they think the old clothes are transcendental, but somtimes they stick out like a sore thumb especially in SDMI.
Oh please no. WWE hasn't been entertaining in YEARS. WB is seriously jumping the shark with this one. This is probably going to be WNSD's "Wrestle-maniacs" on crack. The way I picture this going down, I think I would feel embarrassed watching it.
If they're going to jump into the realm of crossover fanfiction, why not do a crossover of Batman or something cool that WB owns? Why not bring back the Scooby Movies style and cross in WB characters like they did/are going to do with Dynomutt?
I mean, to see WWE actors in this? How cheesy can you get? And I'm sure the WWE is going to be showing Scooby-Doo stuff at their events now. I wouldn't be surprised if they made a skit about it. Ugh! WB should hand Scooby-Doo over to DC comics and let them handle everything.
The story is going to be some masked wrestler who isn't supposed to be there trying to scare/hurt the others, and the crowd will think it's part of the show, and Shaggy, Scooby, and Fred will have to be wrestlers for some reason, oh and don't forget the bra and panties match for Daphne and Velma. Okay, maybe they won't do that last one, but I'm sure the WWE will.
Like the person above me said. Bottom of the barrel.
I meant to say "This could be seen as a fresh, bold movie".
Yahoo is reporting the movie will be out in 2014.
^Good thing the world's going to end before that.
Could it be a joke? Who puts Scooby and the WWE together? That just seems like a stretch.
100% real. Supposedly WWE is trying to expand it's, uh, "family friendly" brand(they have some new Saturday morning thing on the CW too).
is taht a joke 13th ghost says
that meant to say
Which post are you referring to?
Why is it taking them as far as 2014 to release it? To make sure they make no mistakes and get everything right so it isn't a complete joke? If this is going to be released in 2014 then they're too quick to announce this; like studios who release film trailers with early visual effects. If this film is going to take as long 2014 to be released then surely we're get at least two more until then, I can't see this being the "next" DTV.
I can imagine the title now: Scooby-Doo! Wrestlemania.
Phillis Diller died today at age 95. She was a guest star in one of the Scooby movies. An episode titled, "A Good Medium is Rare".
AJ Lee talks Scooby-Doo, Summerslam 2012 -
http://www.examiner.com/article/wwe-news-aj-lee-talks-scooby-doo-summerslam-2012
What was that video, Pat?
Anyway, I guess I have to wait until I say my opinion. As long as it has the animation of "Spooky Games" and doesn't have inappropriate wrestling scenes, it will be fine by me. I hope it's more like "Wrestle Maniacs" from "What's New Scooby Doo?" and "A Pup Named Scooby Doo".
Grey DeLisle tweeted this - https://twitter.com/GreyDeLisle/status/243101317055279104/photo/1
Nice, thanks for pointing that out.
Hey where y'all got that photo
Grey DeLisle posted it on Twitter - https://twitter.com/GreyDeLisle
All her puns... I don't care for Twitter personally.
"Scooby Doo! The Curse of the Ghost Bear" is the tittle.
http://www.sescoops.com/updates-on-two-upcoming-wwe-studios-movies-no-one-lives-scooby-doo/
http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/wwe/WWE_Studios_Updates_on_the_Scooby_Doo_Movie_with_Several_Superstars_and_No_One_Lives.html
Come on! WWE and Scooby Doo? What's the point in that?