Press Release by Warner Home Video
(Burbank, California) Zoinks! Everyone's favorite mystery-solving gang joins forces for the first time in the all-new, live-action/CGI film SCOOBY DOO! THE MYSTERY BEGINS available on DVD and Blu-Ray Hi-Def Combo Pack on September 22, 2009 from Warner Home Video (WHV). The highly-anticipated movie reveals the never-before-told tale of how the Mystery Inc. crew originally came together along with the world's most famous Great Dane. A co-production of Warner Premiere and Cartoon Network, SCOOBY DOO! THE MYSTERY BEGINS video also features an array of enhanced content including behind-the-scenes yearbook footage, a Mystery Inc. personality quiz, pop-up facts and even Scooby ring 'rones!
Directed by Brian Levant (BEETHOVEN, SNOW DOGS) and produced by Brian Gilbert (WRONG TURN, SKINWALKERS), SCOOBY-DOO! THE MYSTERY BEGINS usesadventurous storytelling and stylized visuals of both live-action and CGI technology to entertain fans of all ages. Scooby-Doo! Follow the Mystery Inc. gang, a mismatched quartet of unlikelyteenage pals, uniting for the first time to solve the haunting of their high school. Along the way, fans will discover the back story of Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo.
The live-action cast features Robbie Amell (LIFE WITH DEREK, TRUE JACKSON) as Fred along with Kate Melton as Daphne, Hayley Kiyoko as Velma and Nick Palatas as Shaggy. Frank Welker, a member of the original “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?” voice-cast, provides the voice of Scooby-Doo.
