A new Scooby-Doo Reunion special was announced on May 25. It will be a one hour special that airs on The CW later this year.
According to Variety:
In “The Scooby-Doo Reunion Special,” the Mystery Inc. gang reunites at Warner Bros. Studios to reminisce about their favorite cases and how they were filmed. But it turns out that the backlot may have its own monster problem. Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo investigate this mystery while celebrating the legacy of the franchise during this one-hour special.
Jonathan Stern will executive produce the special, which hails from Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon and Abominable Pictures.
According to MovieWeb, the reunion special is going to be a spoof of the reunion shows that have been coming out over the past year.
I'm hoping to see the gang as adults and I really would like to see them do this tastefully. This should be an awesome way to celebrate the characters and the voice actors through the years, especially Frank Welker, who has voiced Fred since the beginning.
It will be a great opportunity for them to bring back some of the characters everyone loves too, like Scooby-Dum, Scooby-Dee and Scrappy.
This could be amazing or it could be really bad. It will depend on how much Scooby knowledge the people working on it have, or at least how much research they do. I do feel with it only being an hour it may be rushed. With 50+ years of content, there is enough to make this a series. They could focus on the past mysteries in addition to showing the gang as they are now.
I wonder what animation style they will use? What mysteries they will focus on? Why they even chose to do a reunion special at all? Is it possible Frank Welker is retiring? Could this be another tribute to him like it seemed that the Guess Who episode A Haunt of a Thousand Voices was? I couldn't even imagine him not voicing Fred anymore. Who would replace him?
Ok, now I have so many more questions! I guess we'll just wait and see how the special turns out.
