![]() A spaceship arrives and abducts Shaggy and Scooby. “Scoob!” will test the bond between Shaggy and Scooby. Setting things in motion is, of all people, Simon Cowell (voicing himself and appearing in weirdly accurate animated form), who professes friendship has no value. gang, including Fred (Zac Efron), Daphne (Amanda Seyfried) and Velma (Gina Rodriguez). Hundreds of cases later, the movie catches up with Mystery Inc. Animation veteran, opens “Scoob!” with an origin story, flashing back to when Scooby (voiced again by Frank Welker) met Shaggy (Will Forte, taking over for Casey Kasem). Incorporating characters like Blue Falcon, Dick Dastardly, Captain Caveman and Dynomutt, “Scoob!” has also tried to grow an interconnected Hanna-Barbera universe, a gambit that only adds to the feeling of force-fed corporate synergy.ĭirector Tony Cervone, a longtime Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. The superhero takeover extends into so many realms of pop culture that wanly surrender, joining in lock step. It’s a less discussed and tiresome effect of Marvel movies that so many kids films have adopted their rhythms and plot lines. This latest film, following a pair of live-action movies in the aughts, has replaced the usual small-time mysteries of “Scooby-Doo” with the familiar world-jeopardizing dangers of comic-book movies. The smaller screen may be the more natural home of Scooby-Doo even though “Scoob!” aspires to be so much like other big-screen franchises. Where: Available for rental (48 hours) or purchase at iTunes, Amazon Prime and other streaming services Rated PG: For some action, mild language, rude/suggestive humor Following Universal’s “Trolls World Tour,” it’s the second major studio movie diverted into the home by the pandemic - this time via Warner Bros. “Scoob!“ had been headed for theaters this spring but on Friday it was released for rental on digital platforms and on-demand. ![]() It’s enough to make a critic sigh “zoinks.” Even a “cinematic universe” has been born. Superheroes and current pop culture references have been ushered in, most of them from other properties of the same studio (including even “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born“). Scooby-Doo has been amplified and digitized. ![]() “Scoob!” is the kind of movie less predicated on original formulas than the contemporary dictates of corporate franchise-making. An evil circus owner, a grumpy civil servant, a plotting first mate - these were the villains of “Scooby-Doo,” all of them revealed with an unmasking flourish and the cursing of “you meddling kids.”īut for anyone looking for the nostalgic and corny delights of the old 1970s cartoon in the new animated reboot “Scoob!” - well, and I’m sorry to resort to this, ruh roh. PicturesĮven before darker anxieties took hold, the bad guys of “Scooby-Doo” were charmingly quaint. A scene from "Scoob." MUST CREDIT: Warner Bros. ![]()
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