New Scooby-Doo film in works

An animated ‘Scooby-Doo’ film is being developed by Warner Bros. Tony Cervone, an Emmy-nominated animation veteran, who already has Scooby experience having directed several straight-to-own movies in the lucrative franchise, is helming the feature.

Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, who previously produced the studio's live-action Scooby movies, ‘Scooby-Doo’ (2002) and 2004's ‘Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed’, are producing along with Allison Abbate.

Abbate, wife of Cervone, brings a lot of animation expertise to the table, with credits including ‘The Iron Giant’, ‘The Fantastic Mr Fox’ and the Tim Burton movies ‘Corpse Bride’ and ‘Frankenweenie’. Dan Povenmire, the co-creator of the cartoon Phineas and Ferb, is also involved in a creative capacity and will exec produce. Matt Lieberman wrote the script.

Warners, which will release the movie under its Warner Animation Group banner, is hoping the movie leads to a series of movies featuring characters from the stable of Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series of the same name that ruled TV in the 1960s and early 1970s.

"Like countless fans, I have always loved the Hanna-Barbera cast of characters. As one of their most famous brand ambassadors, Scooby-Doo will take the lead in re-introducing this pantheon of enduringly popular animated stars on a grand scale with an exciting new movie," said Greg Silverman, president of creative development and worldwide production, Warner Bros.