--- title: New Scooby-Doo Reboot Will Be Entirely Animated description: It might lead to a big-screen revival for other Hanna-Barbera cartoons canonical: https://time.com/4001321/scooby-doo-reboot/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-18T10:05:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:32.136Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: New Scooby-Doo Reboot Will Be Entirely Animated og:description: It might lead to a big-screen revival for other Hanna-Barbera cartoons og:url: https://time.com/4001321/scooby-doo-reboot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt311651ac18dfdc72/69885ed5e20a878019a8cb51/scoobydoo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Most Famous Dogs - Scooby Doo og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Scooby-Doo Reboot Will Be Entirely Animated twitter:description: It might lead to a big-screen revival for other Hanna-Barbera cartoons twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt311651ac18dfdc72/69885ed5e20a878019a8cb51/scoobydoo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Scooby-Doo Reboot Will Be Entirely Animated by [Drew Mackie / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Drew Mackie / People Aug 18, 2015 10:05 AM UTC  Scooby Doo Scooby DooWarner Brothers by [Drew Mackie / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Drew Mackie / People Aug 18, 2015 10:05 AM UTC Zoinks! Jinkies! And whatever other [_Scooby-Doo_](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,MediaProductsTax:TVScoobyDoo,00.html) catchphrase pings your nostalgia censors. _Scooby-Doo_ will be returning to the big screen in 2018, Warner Bros. [announced on Monday](http://www.warnerbros.com/studio/news/scooby-doo-and-gang-return-big-screen-new-warner-bros-pictures-animated-feature). And while the previous two _Scooby-Doo_ movies mixed live action with a CGI Scooby, this reboot will be entirely animated. Ben Silverman, Warner Bros. president of creative development, said that the film may lead the way to a big-screen revival for other Hanna-Barbera cartoons. “Like countless fans, I have always loved the Hanna-Barbera cast of characters,” Silverman said in a statement. “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 new movie will be directed by Tony Cervone, who served as animation director for _Space Jam_ and has produced several of the more recent incarnations of the Hanna-Barbera classic. The series debuted as the Saturday morning cartoon _Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!_ in 1969, and has since spawned 10 more spinoff series (with an 11th to appear later this year), eight TV movies, two live-action movies and 30 straight-to-video films. The live action _Scooby-Doo_ movies, which were released in 2002 and 2004 and starred [Sarah Micelle Gellar](http://www.people.com/) and [Freddie Prinze Jr.](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:FreddiePrinzeJr,00.html), made a combined $457.2 million. The film has been in development since 2013\. The new _Scooby-Doo_ movie is scheduled to hit theaters on September 21, 2018. 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