Scooby-Doo, 2002, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini
Scooby-Doo is a 2002 live-action film, based on the popular Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon of the same name. The film was directed by Raja Gosnell and written by James Gunn. It was produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle for Warner Bros. Pictures and starred Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne, Freddie Prinze, Jr., as Fred, Linda Cardellini as Velma, Neil Fanning as the voice of Scooby-Doo (who was created on screen using computer-generated imagery) and Rowan Atkinson as Emile Mondavarious. Pamela Anderson made a cameo appearance at the beginning of the movie.
In 2004, this film was followed by a sequel titled Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
To date, the theatrical live-action Scooby-Doo films were the only ones produced in a widescreen format, and the animated direct-to-video Scooby-Doo films, are only produced in the 4:3 format.
Trivia
Much of the Scooby-Doo movie was filmed at the Warner Bros. Movie World studios located in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. There is also a roller coaster at the theme park based on the film.
At the end, Scrappy says "And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling sons of -!" before the doors to the helicopter he is in close, vulgarly parodying the typical line given by the villains in the television shows, after they are captured and unmasked ("And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!").
All but one of the shots of Scooby Doo are CGI. When Daphne gets up out of the pile of toys in the opening scene, her head is below a robotic "Scooby-butt" when she says "I'm so over this damsel in distress nonsense".
At the end of the film, Scrappy-Doo is the villain. Originally, "Old Man Smithers", AKA the Luna Ghost, from the beginning was going to be behind the event of the film.
Many of the attractions at Spooky Island are parodies of attractions at Disneyland, including the "It's A Dead World" electrical parade (Disney's "It's A Small World") and the Splatterhorn (Disney's "Matterhorn Bobsleds"). The haunted castle was also inspired by Disney's Haunted Mansion ride and the Spooky Island sign is made to mimic that of the Hollywood sign.Wikipedia
