Running time86 minutesCountryUnited StatesBudget$84 millionBox office$275.7 millionScooby-Doo (also known as Scooby-Doo: The Movie) is a 2002 American / based on the long-running animated television series. It is the first installment in the, directed by, written by, and starring,. The plot revolves around Mystery Incorporated, a group of four young adults and a dog who solve mysteries, who reunite after a two-year disbandment, to investigate a mystery on a popular horror resort.Filming took place in and around, Australia, on a budget of $84 million.
The film was released on June 14, 2002, and grossed $275 million worldwide. Artist and rock group performed different versions of the theme song.
The, a ride based on the film, was built in in Gold Coast, Australia in 2003. This is the last time served as an executive producer before his death on March 22, 2001. A sequel, was released in March 2004. Contents.Plot The members of solve the case of the Luna Ghost. However, long-time friction among, a glory hog;, who is fed up with being kidnapped at every mystery; and, who is never credited for her ideas, boils over and the gang breaks up, leaving and his dog heartbroken.Two years later, Shaggy and Scooby are invited to solve a mystery on the popular resort Spooky Island, owned by Emile Mondavarious.
Shaggy and Scooby refuse at first, but after being promised an ' deal, they are convinced. At the airport, they are thrilled to be reunited with the rest of Mystery, Inc.
And learn that Fred has become a popular author, Velma works for, and Daphne has undertaken martial arts to avoid kidnappers. Despite Shaggy and Scooby's happiness, the other three still refuse to work with each other.On the flight over, Shaggy falls in love with a girl named Mary Jane, who loves like him, but is to dogs. Upon arriving at the island, the gang meets Mondavarious, who claims the visiting tourists have been cursed into a brainwashed state. Velma attends a ritualistic performance hosted by N'Goo Tuana and his henchman, Zarkos, a famous. N'Goo claims the island was once ruled by ancient that have been plotting their revenge ever since they were displaced when Mondavarious built the resort.Because of a misunderstanding when talking to a local priest, Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby venture into the resort's ghost ride and meet Fred and Velma inside, where they split up to look for clues. Fred and Velma come across a strange school designed to educate inhuman creatures about human culture, while Daphne discovers a pyramid-shaped artifact called the Daemon Ritus. The gang flees to the hotel, but an army of real demons attacks, kidnapping Fred, Velma, Mondavarious, and other tourists, while Scooby, Shaggy, Daphne, and Mary Jane escape.The next day, Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby learn that demons have possessed Fred, Velma and the other tourists.
Daphne is captured by Zarkos, who steals the Daemon Ritus. Shaggy and Scooby encounter Mary Jane, but Scooby realizes she is possessed as well. Shaggy begins to argue, but is interrupted when Scooby falls through a hole into an underground chamber. While searching for him, Shaggy discovers a of containing the souls of those possessed. He frees his captured friends’ souls, but Daphne and Fred’s souls end up in each other’s bodies.
Velma discovers that the demons can be destroyed by sunlight. Shaggy steals back the Daemon Ritus, which randomly switches Velma, Fred, Daphne, and Shaggy’s souls until all end up in the correct bodies. They come across the voodoo priest, who explains that the demons, whose leader turns out to be Mondavarious, will rule the world for the next ten thousand years if a pure soul is offered as a sacrifice during their ritual. Shaggy realizes the pure soul is Scooby, who unwittingly accepts to be the sacrifice, having no idea what a sacrifice is. While curious on why Mondavarious invited them too, Fred, Daphne, and Velma decide to put the Luna Ghost mystery behind them in order to help Shaggy save Scooby.The gang plot a trap to defeat the demon cult, but it fails and only Daphne escapes capture.
Mondavarious steals Scooby's soul using the Daemon Ritus. Shaggy then tackles Mondavarious, causing Scooby's soul to be released. As Fred and Velma confront the defeated Mondavarious, they find that he is wearing a mask. When Fred peels the mask off, they discover Mondavarious is a controlled by Scooby's estranged nephew, who was abandoned by the gang years ago after he urinated on Daphne and attempted to take over Mystery Inc. Using the absorbed souls of the tourists, Scrappy transforms into a monster and tries to kill the gang, explaining that he brought them to the island so he could get revenge on them.On the mountain top, Daphne is attacked by Zarkos, but defeats him by kicking him into the ritual chamber. This frees the possessed souls and the demons are exposed to a disco skull's sunlight reflection and die.
Shaggy rips the Daemon Ritus from Scrappy's body to free the rest and finds out that the real Mondavarious is imprisoned in a small underground cell. Scrappy, N'Goo, Zarkos and all minions are arrested, while the reunited gang promise to forever solve mysteries.As the end credits begin to roll, Scooby and Shaggy are enjoying the 'all you can eat' deal they were promised at the hotel. They challenge each other with eating chili peppers but scream as smoke emerges from the hotel.Cast. as. as.
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as the voice of Scrappy Rex. and as the voice of creaturesCameos.Production Development. The Mystery Machine from the film at in 2013Producer began developing a live-action treatment of Scooby-Doo in 1994. By the end of the decade, the combined popularity of, along with the addition of the script and updated digital animation led Warner Bros. To fast track production of the film.
In October 2000, the film was officially given the green light. Variety reported that had been hired to direct the film.The movie was filmed on location in and around,. Production was started on February 12, 2001 at the theme park, and wrapped in June 2001. The film was originally set to have a much darker tone, essentially poking fun at the original series, much like, and was set for a PG-13 rating.
Shaggy was set to be a stoner, and there were many marijuana references.Several rumors about these aspects in the original cartoon series were passed around by fans of the original and were to be incorporated into the live action film. In March 2001, one month into filming, the first official cast picture was released.According to actress, after the cast had signed on there was a change, and the film became more family friendly, though some of the original adult jokes are still in the film. They are also included in deleted scenes on the home media releases.Gellar also said her character and Linda Cardellini's shared an onscreen kiss that did not make the final film. 'It wasn't just, like, for fun,' she said, explaining it took place in the body-switching scene. 'Initially in the soul-swapping scene Velma and Daphne couldn't seem to get their souls back together in the woods. And so the way they found was to kiss and the souls went back into proper alignment.'
In 2017, the 15th anniversary of the release of the film, James Gunn, the screenwriter for the movie, revealed in a Facebook post that there was an R-rated cut of Scooby-Doo and that CGI was used to remove cleavage of the female cast members. Casting Actors and, who portray Fred and Daphne and are romantically involved in the film and series, married shortly after the film was released. When asked about watching several cartoons before playing Shaggy, Lillard responded, 'Everything I could get my hands on. If I ever have to see another episode of Scooby-Doo, it will be way too soon.'
Lillard would continue voicing Shaggy in the rest of the Scooby-Doo media.was originally attached to play Shaggy, while also expressed interest in the role.In January 2001, it was reported that was in negotiations to play Mondavarious. Prinze said of his character, 'He always showed more arrogance than everyone else. So in the movie, I took the opportunity to make him as narcissistic and self-loving as possible.' Fisher grew up watching Scooby-Doo in Australia, and said that the 'best part of making this movie was being part of an institution, something that has been in people's childhoods and is something that means a lot to a lot of people.' Cardellini was also a fan of the Scooby-Doo series. Soundtrack.
Main article:The film's score was composed. A soundtrack was released on June 4, 2002,.
It peaked at number 24 on the and 49 on the. Performs the theme song from, which was retitled 'Shaggy, Where Are You?' Distribution Merchandise A video game based upon the film was released for shortly before the film was released. The game is played in third-person point of view and has multiple puzzle games and mini-games. The game's structure was similar to a board game.
Rated it 64/100 based on five reviews, which they labeled as 'mixed or average reviews'.Scholastic Inc. Released a novelization of the story in conjunction with the film. The novel was written by American and author.Home media The film was released on and on October 11, 2002.
The release included deleted scenes, among them an alternate opening animated in the style of the original television series. It was later released as a with its sequel on on November 9, 2010. Reception Box office Scooby-Doo debuted with $19.2 million on its opening day, and $54.1 million over the weekend from 3,447 theaters, averaging about $15,711 per venue and ranked No. 1 at the box office. The film closed on October 31, 2002, with a final gross of $153 million in the United States and Canada.
It made an additional $122 million in other territories, bringing the total worldwide gross to $275.7 million, making it the 15th most successful film worldwide of 2002. The film was released in the on July 12, 2002, and topped the country's box office for the next two weekends, before being dethroned. Critical response. Actor Matthew Lillard was praised by critics and fans for his performance as Shaggy in the film and went on to voice the character in various animated Scooby-Doo mediaOn, the film has an approval rating of 30% based on 143 reviews and an average rating of 4.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'Though Lillard is uncannily spot-on as Shaggy, Scooby-Doo is a tired live-action update, filled with lame jokes.'
On, the film has a score of 35 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating 'generally unfavorable reviews'. Audiences polled by gave the film an average grade of 'B+' on an A+ to F scale.of the gave the film one out of four stars, stating that the film 'exists in a closed universe, and the rest of us are aliens. The Internet was invented so that you can find someone else's review of Scooby-Doo. Start surfing.' Of said, 'Get out your pooper-scoopers. Doo happens June 14th, warn the ads for Scooby-Doo. And they say there's no truth in Hollywood.'
Robin Rauzi of the called the film 'entertainment more disposable than Hanna-Barbera's half-hour cartoons ever were.' Although Jay Boyar of the said that children who liked the animated version of Scooby-Doo will 'probably like' the film, he urged parents to 'know that the violence is a bit harder-edged than in the cartoon version'. He would later go on to say that adults who remember the cartoon version 'may get caught up in what Scooby would call the 'rostalgia', but said that 'adults who do not fondly recall the Scooby-Doo cartoons are strongly advised to steer clear.' Conversely, Hank Struever of gave the film a positive review, stating that 'You don't want to love this, but you will. Although Scooby-Doo falls far short of becoming the Blazing Saddles of Generations X, Y and Z, it is hard to resist in its moronic charms.' Accolades Gellar won at the.
Prinze was nominated for a (Razzie) for Worst Supporting Actor, but he lost to for. It was also nominated for another Razzie, Most Flatulent Teen-Targeted Movie, but lost against.Sequel, prequels, and reboot A sequel, was released in 2004. It was then followed by two prequels: and, which both aired on in 2009 and 2010 respectively. A spin-off film was released on May 22, 2018, and an animated reboot will be released on May 15, 2020.
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