Those 'meddling kids' are back: New Scooby-Doo animated film to hit screens by 2018

Los Angeles: After enthralling audiences the world over with its quirky, crime and mystery-solving tales, Scooby-Doo is all set to make a comeback on the big screen as an animated feature. [caption id=“attachment_2397298” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Screenshot from Youtube video.[/caption] Tony Cervone, an Emmy-nominated animation veteran who has directed several straight-to-own movies in the lucrative franchise, is helming the movie, reports hollywoodreporter.com. Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, who previously produced the studio’s live-action Scooby movies, 2002’s Scooby-Doo and 2004’s Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, are producing the film along with Allison Abbate. Warner Bros, which will release the movie under its Warner Animation Group banner, is hoping the film culminates in a series of movies featuring characters from the stable of Hanna-Barbera, the animation company which dominated the airwaves in the 1960s and early 1970s in the US. Greg Silverman, president of creative development and worldwide production, Warner Bros, said: “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.” The film is slated for a 21 September, 2018 release. IANS