| Scooby-Doo is a long-running American animated series produced for
Saturday morning television in several different versions from 1969 to
the present. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was
created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken
Spears, CBS executive Fred Silverman, and character designer Iwao
Takamoto. Hanna-Barbera produced numerous spin-offs and related works
until being absorbed in 1997 into Warner Bros. Animation, which has
handled production since then. Although the format of the show and the
cast (and ages) of characters have varied significantly over the
years, the most familiar versions of the show feature a talking dog
named Scooby-Doo and four teenagers: Fred "Freddie" Jones, Daphne
Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers. These five
characters (officially collectively known as "Mystery, Inc.", but
never referred to as such in the original series) drive around the
world in a van called the "Mystery Machine", and solve mysteries
typically involving tales of ghosts and other supernatural forces. At
the end of each episode, the supernatural forces turn out to have a
rational explanation, typically criminal plots involving costumes,
latex masks and special effects intended to frighten or distract.
Later versions of Scooby-Doo featured different variations on the
show's supernatural theme, and include characters such as Scooby's
cousin Scooby-Dum and nephew Scrappy-Doo in addition to or instead of
some of the original characters.
Scooby-Doo was originally broadcast on CBS from 1969 to 1976, when it
moved to ABC. ABC aired the show until canceling it in 1986, and
presented a spin-off, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, from 1988 until 1991.
Scooby-Doo returned to the air on the WB Network, during the Kids' WB
programming block, in 2002. The current Scooby-Doo series, Shaggy &
Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, began in 2005 and airs Saturday mornings on
The CW network. Repeats of the series are broadcast frequently on the
Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the United States and other
countries.
Scooby Doo the Movie
Scooby-Doo is a 2002 live-action film, based on the popular Hanna-Barbera
Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. The film was directed by Raja
Gosnell and written by James Gunn and Craig Titley. It was produced by
Charles Roven and Richard Suckle for Warner Bros. Pictures and starred
Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, I Know What You Did Last Summer's Sarah
Michelle Gellar as Daphne and Freddie Prinze, Jr., as Fred, Linda
Cardellini as Velma, Neil Fanning as the voice of Scooby-Doo (who was
created on screen using computer-generated imagery) and Rowan Atkinson
as Emile Mondavarious. Pamela Anderson made an uncredited appearance
at the beginning of the movie.
Cast
*
Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Fred Jones
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Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne Blake
* Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers
* Linda Cardellini as Velma Dinkley
* Neil Fanning as Scooby-Doo (voice)
* Scott Innes as Scrappy-Doo (voice)
* J.P. Manoux as Scrappy Rex (voice)
* Rowan Atkinson as Emile Mondavarious
* Isla Fisher as Mary Jane
* Sugar Ray as Themselves
* Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Voodoo Maestro
* Sam Greco as Zarkos aka The Masked Luchador
* Pamela Anderson (uncredited) as Herself
* Holly Brisley as the Training video woman
Scooby Doo Box Office
It was released in 3,447 theaters and made $19,204,859 on its
opening day and $54,155,312 over the weekend, averaging about $15,711
per venue and ranked #1 at the box office. The film closed on October
31, 2002, with a final domestic gross of $153,294,164. It made an
additional $122,356,539 internationally, bringing the total worldwide
gross to $275,650,703.
In 2004, this film was followed by a sequel titled Scooby-Doo 2:
Monsters Unleashed.
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is a 2004 film, the 2nd and to
date, last picture in the series and sequel to 2002's Scooby-Doo. It
was directed by Raja Gosnell, who also directed the first film, and
was written by James Gunn, who also wrote Scooby Doo. It was released
on March 26, 2004. The movie returns with the cast of Freddie Prinze,
Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard and Neil
Fanning as the main characters of Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma
Dinkley, Shaggy Rogers, and Scooby-Doo, respectively. The new
characters were announced with Seth Green (Family Guy/Robot Chicken),
Peter Boyle (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Alicia Silverstone (Braceface)
as Patrick, Old Man Wickles and Heather Jasper-Howe.
Monsters
The film featured a number of monsters from the classic Scooby Doo
cartoons. The monsters were either portrayed in costumes with CGI
effects or completely made from CGI animation. Some of the monsters
look entirely different from their appearances in the cartoons,
although this was done for realism. The monsters in the film were:
* the Pterodactyl Ghost, The Scooby-Doo Show, "Hang in There, Scooby
Doo"
* the Black Knight Ghost, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, "What a Knight
For a Knight"
* the 10,000 Volt Ghost, The Scooby-Doo Show, "Whatta Shocking Ghost"
* the Skeleton Men, The Scooby-Doo Show, "Creepy Tangle in the Bermuda
Triangle"
* Captain Cutler's Ghost, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, "A Clue For
Scooby-Doo"
* Miner 49er, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, "Mine Your Own Business"
* the Zombie, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, "Wich Witch Is Wich"
* the Tar Monster, The Scooby-Doo Show, "The Tar Monster"
* the Cotton Candy Glob, new monster
All the monster costumes seen in the film were very similar to their
cartoon adaptions, many practically identical. Each monster costume
came with a plaque that described the monster's appearance in the
show, complete with original artwork of the monsters.
Sequel
Production on the direct-to-DVD sequel, Scooby-Doo: In The
Beginning, has begin on 4 August 2008 in Vancouver, BC
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