Made For TV Scooby Doo Prequel In The Works
It looks like the Scooby Doo films will continue onward… in made for TV movie land. We get wind of a Scooby Doo prequel today thanks to our friends at the moviehole:
Brian Levant (“The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas”, “Are We There Yet?”) has signed to direct a new “Scooby Doo” film – a telemovie prequel to the two “Scooby Doo” films of previous years. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr will be sitting this one out. A nation-wide casting call is now underway to find the new Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy.
In this new pic, Daphne’s a mystery writer inspired by Murder She Wrote; Fred’s a football player with a penchant for jigsaw puzzles who decides to try out for the school paper, his idol is footballer turned supreme court justice Bryan ‘Whizzer’ White; Shaggy is as daft as ever and not doing so well at school; and Velma (who I hear might be Asian in the new film) is a teen U.S ambassador for World Hunger.
I am uncertain why they would make a made for TV prequel to the films if they don’t have the entire cast together. This film just seems like a waste of time. It reminds me of when I saw the Revenge Of The Nerds 4 on TV years ago; I felt embarrassed for those involved, and saddened that they were milking a classic with such a shitty sequel.
I like tele-films less than I like direct to DVD films, because they have to be clean enough for network TV. In this situation the content limitations will not be a factor (Scoby Doo is a pretty clean show), but I just have no interest to watch it. The sequel/prequel situation is out of control.
2 Comments, Comment or Ping
Phil Gee
It sure is Doug but i don’t think it’s ever going to change. These kind of films are cheap junk and they disappear without a trace almost as soon as they come out. They can’t hurt us.
May 16th, 2008
Rodney
But the kids love them.
So they will keep making them because parents will buy them. I own both of the ScoobyDoo movies already.
May 16th, 2008
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