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|distributor= [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] | |distributor= [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] | ||
|released= [[March 26]], [[2004]] | |released= [[March 26]], [[2004]] | ||
|run_time= 1:32: | |run_time= 1:32:49 | ||
|starring= [[Freddie Prinze Jr.]]<br />[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]<br />[[Matthew Lillard]]<br />[[Linda Cardellini]]<br />[[Seth Green]]<br />[[Peter Boyle]]<br />[[Tim Blake Nelson]]<br />[[Alicia Silverstone]] | |starring= [[Freddie Prinze Jr.]]<br />[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]<br />[[Matthew Lillard]]<br />[[Linda Cardellini]]<br />[[Seth Green]]<br />[[Peter Boyle]]<br />[[Tim Blake Nelson]]<br />[[Alicia Silverstone]] | ||
|execs= [[Brent O'Connor]]<br />[[Kelley Smith-Wait]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]] | |execs= [[Brent O'Connor]]<br />[[Kelley Smith-Wait]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]] | ||
|producers= [[James Gunn]]<br />[[Alan G. Glazer]] | |producers= [[James Gunn]]<br />[[Alan G. Glazer]]<br />[[Rich Cowan]] | ||
|music= [[David Newman]] | |music= [[David Newman]] | ||
|screenplay= James Gunn | |screenplay= James Gunn | ||
|storyboards= [[Eddie Lin]]<br />[[Peter Chan]]<br />[[Brom]] | |||
|director= [[Raja Gosnell]] | |director= [[Raja Gosnell]] | ||
|art_directors= [[Don Macaulay]]<br />[[Michael Norman Wong]]<br />[[Michael Meaker]] | |||
|title_card= [[File:Monsters Unleashed title card.png|300px]] | |title_card= [[File:Monsters Unleashed title card.png|300px]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed''''' is an American-Canadian live-action/CGI supernatural comedy film. It was written by [[James Gunn]], produced by [[Charles Roven]] and [[Richard Suckle]], and directed by [[Raja Gosnell]]. It was | '''''Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed''''' is an American-Canadian live-action/CGI supernatural mystery comedy film. It was written by [[James Gunn]], produced by [[Charles Roven]] and [[Richard Suckle]], and directed by [[Raja Gosnell]]. It was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] on [[March 26]], [[2004]]. It was a follow-up to ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]'', which was released in [[2002]]. | ||
Due to the sequel not being reacted to well and most importantly underperforming at the box office, a third film was canceled and the series was put on hiatus for five years when [[Warner Premiere]] and [[Cartoon Network]] co-produced ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Begins]]'', which was marketed as a prequel, despite it being set in contemporary times. | Due to the sequel not being reacted to well and most importantly underperforming at the box office, a third film was canceled and the series was put on hiatus for five years when [[Warner Premiere]] and [[Cartoon Network]] co-produced ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Begins]]'', which was marketed as a prequel, despite it being set in contemporary times. | ||
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'''Evil Masked Figure:''' WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!<br> | '''Evil Masked Figure:''' WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!<br> | ||
'''Scooby-Doo:''' Scooby....Dooby....DOO! | '''Scooby-Doo:''' Scooby....Dooby....DOO! | ||
'''Jacobo:''' I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling punks! And their dumb dog! | |||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|style="background-color:#clear"| Pterodactyl Ghost | |style="background-color:#clear"| Pterodactyl Ghost | ||
|style="background-color:#clear"| | |style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable | ||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Fred Jones]] | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Freddie Prinze Jr.]]<br />[[Ryan Vrba]] (young) | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Shaggy Rogers]] | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Matthew Lillard]]<br />[[Nazanin Afshin-Jam]] (Shaggy Chick)<br />[[Cascy Beddow]] (young) | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Scooby-Doo (character)|Scooby-Doo]] | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Neil Fanning]] (voice)<br />[[J.P. Manoux]] (Scooby Brainiac) | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Daphne Blake]] | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]<br />[[Emily Tennant]] (young) | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Velma Dinkley]] | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Linda Cardellini]]<br />[[Laren Kennedy]] (young) | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Chauffeur]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Bill Meilen]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Pat O'Brien (character)|Pat O'Brien]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Pat O'Brien|Himself]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Little Daphne fans]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Cayley and Audrey Gosnell|Cayley Gosnell]]<br />[[Cayley and Audrey Gosnell|Audrey Gosnell]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Daphne's tattooed fans]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Peter New]]<br />[[Christopher Gautier]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Velma's fans]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Morgan Brayton]]<br />[[Lisa Ann Beley]]<br />[[Tara Fynn]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Johnny|Heather Jasper Howe]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Alicia Silverstone]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Ned (Monsters Unleashed)|Ned]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Zahf Paroo]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Shaggy's fans]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Joe MacLeod]]<br />[[Brandon Jay McLaren]]<br />[[Aaron Ydenerg]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Scooby's fans]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mr. Wikles|Jeremiah Wickles]] | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Peter Boyle]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Patrick Wisely]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Seth Green]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Johnny|Evil Masked Figure]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Scott McNeil]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Bike kids]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Bradley Gosnell]]<br />[[Calum Worthy]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Johnny|Doctor Jonathan Jacobo]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Tim Blake Nelson]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Flashback security guards]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Lou Bollo]]<br />[[John Ulmer]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Religious people]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Mark Burgess]]<br />[[Kwesi Ameyaw]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Buttercup Scout]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Brenna O'Brien]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Peri Reis]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Aleister Crowley]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| Black Knight Ghost | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Kevin Durand]]<br />[[Bob Papenbrook]] (voice) | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Billy the Bird]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[C.L. Magnus]] | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Stephen E. Miller]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Aggie Wilkins]] | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Karin Konoval]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Michael Brown (character)|Michael Brown]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Michael Brown|Himself]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Cherise Roberts (character)|Cherise Roberts]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Cherise Roberts|Herself]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Nadia Shepherd (character)|Nadia Shepherd]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Nadia Shepherd|Herself]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Dion Howell (character)|Dion Howell]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Dion Howell|Himself]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Temi Tayo Aisida (character)|Temi Tayo Aisida]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Temi Tayo Aisida|Himself]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[John Paul Horsley (character)|John Paul Horsley]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[John Paul Horsley|Himself]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Pickle man]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Richard Dietl]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Bar patron]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Alan C. Peterson]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Bar patron]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Dan Joffre]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Bass player]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Everick Golding]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Guitar player]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Aaron Clyke]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Keyboard player]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Karen Holness]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Drum player]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Doron Bell Jr.]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Patrick's informant]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Harry Lang]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Jeff Tanner]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Investors]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Colin Foo]]<br />[[Andrew McIlory]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| Zombie | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Christopher R. Sumpton]]<br />[[Dee Bradley Baker]] (voice) | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| Captain Cutler's Ghost | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| Tar Monster | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Michael J. Sorich]] (voice) | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| Miner 49er | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[C. Ernst Harth]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Skeleton Men]] | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| Dee Bradley Baker (voice)<br />[[Wally Wingert]] (voice) | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| 1,000 Volt Ghost | |||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Terrence Stone]] (voice)<br />Dee Bradley Baker (voice) | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Man in car]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Andrew Jackson]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Vomited on reporter]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Bill Mondy]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Kerry Platt]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Cotton Candy Glob]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Michael J. Sorich (voice) | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Officer Benko]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Reporter #1]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Kimani Ray Smith]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Reporter #2]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Reporter #3]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Ingrid Torrance]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Officer Rowe]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Celia Meacham]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Ruben Studdard (character)|Ruben Studdard]] | |||
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Ruben Studdard|Himself]] | |||
|- | |||
{{CastBottom}} | {{CastBottom}} | ||
==Organizations== | ==Organizations== | ||
* [[Mystery Incorporated]] | * [[Mystery Incorporated]] | ||
* [[Dinkley Brigade]] | |||
* [[Buttercup Scouts]] | |||
* [[Big Brovas]] | |||
* [[Coolsville Police Department]] | |||
* ''[[National Exaggerator]]'' (mentioned) | |||
* [[Coolsville Mining Company]] | |||
* [[Fitzgibbon Baby Foods]] (logo) | |||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
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*** [[Coolsville]] | *** [[Coolsville]] | ||
**** [[Coolsonian Criminology Museum]] | **** [[Coolsonian Criminology Museum]] | ||
**** [[Mystery Incorporated headquarters]] | |||
**** [[Bank of Coolsville]] (mentioned) | |||
**** Old mining town | |||
***** [[Jonathan Jacobo|Jacobo's laboratory]] | |||
****** [[Monster Hive]] | |||
**** [[Coolsville Prison]] | |||
**** [[Wickles Manor]] | |||
**** [[Faux Ghost]] | |||
**** ''Investigative Prove'' studio | |||
**** Mystery Incorporated clubhouse | |||
** [[wikipedia:Middle East|Middle East]] (indirectly mentioned) | |||
*** [[Turkey]] (indirectly mentioned) | |||
**** [[Byzantius]] (mentioned) | |||
** [[Africa]] and [[Asia]] (indirectly mentioned) | |||
*** [[wikipedia:Indian Ocean|Indian Ocean]] (indirectly mentioned) | |||
**** [[Red Sea]] (mentioned) | |||
* [[Moon|The Moon]] | |||
==Objects== | ==Objects== | ||
* [[ | * ''[[Popular Science]]'' | ||
* [[Randamonium]] | |||
* [[Buttercup Scouts Cookies]] | |||
* Monster instruction manual | |||
* ''National Exaggerator'' newspaper | |||
* [[Derber Diapers]] (mentioned) | |||
==Vehicles== | ==Vehicles== | ||
* The Mystery Machine limo | * The Mystery Machine limo | ||
* [[The Mystery Machine]] | * [[The Mystery Machine]] | ||
* Ghost ship | |||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
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On [[June 20]], [[2002]], Warner Bros. Pictures officially greenlit a sequel, with Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, and Linda Cardellini returning, along with director and writer, Raja Gosnell and James Gunn, respectively. Production was expected to take place in [[Los Angeles]] in early [[2003]].<ref>Staff ([[June 20]], [[2002]]). [https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/warner-bros-pictures-announces-plans-%E2%80%9Cscooby-doo%E2%80%9D-sequel-stars-first-movie-return "Warner Bros. Pictures Announces Plans For “Scooby-Doo” Sequel - Stars Of First Movie To Return"]. Warner Bros. press room. Retrieved [[July 6]], [[2022]].</ref> | On [[June 20]], [[2002]], Warner Bros. Pictures officially greenlit a sequel, with Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, and Linda Cardellini returning, along with director and writer, Raja Gosnell and James Gunn, respectively. Production was expected to take place in [[Los Angeles]] in early [[2003]].<ref>Staff ([[June 20]], [[2002]]). [https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/warner-bros-pictures-announces-plans-%E2%80%9Cscooby-doo%E2%80%9D-sequel-stars-first-movie-return "Warner Bros. Pictures Announces Plans For “Scooby-Doo” Sequel - Stars Of First Movie To Return"]. Warner Bros. press room. Retrieved [[July 6]], [[2022]].</ref> | ||
Prinze Jr. did not wish to dye his hair blond again, so he had it shaved and wore a wig, instead.<ref name="E! 20th anniversary">Bricker, Tierney ([[June 14]], 2022). [https://www.eonline.com/amp/news/1334440/zoinks-were-revealing-22-secrets-about-scooby-doo?fbclid=IwAR2fxRH5kAPsYacYANrX8_T3r7Oib6PFuM3XCrJ4VyZeJAN7uNUxNf-g868 "Zoinks! We're Revealing 22 Secrets About Scooby-Doo"]. ''E! Online''. Retrieved [[June 14]], 2022.</ref> | |||
===Casting=== | ===Casting=== | ||
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===Filming=== | ===Filming=== | ||
Principal photography began on [[April 4]], 2003 in Vancouver.<ref name="Killer Movies" /> | Principal photography began on [[April 4]], 2003 in Vancouver.<ref name="Killer Movies" /> | ||
Lead prosthetics and animatics were provided by [[Steve Johnson's Edge FX]]. | |||
===Post-production== | |||
The previsualization was done by [[Image Engine Design]]. Visual effects were handled by [[Rythm & Hues]], [[Meteor Studios]], [[Giant Killer Robots]], [[Frantic Films]], [[Warner Bros. Animation]], [[Look! Effects]], [[Himani Productions]], [[THDX Studios]], [[Digital Dimension]], and [[Ockham's Razor]]. Scooby and the Pterodactyl Ghost were specifically handled by Rythm & Hues and Meteor Studios, respectively. | |||
The domestic and international versions have product placement involving [[KFC]] and [[Burger King]]; Scooby spills a milkshake on the chauffeur which is either from a KFC or Burger King cup, and when the Mystery Machine rolls up to Wickles Manor, Shaggy either complains about not being able to investigate a KFC or Burger King; with Lillard saying KFC from his lips after the camera is done panning over the mansion, while the Burger King version was likely only done in ADR since the camera stays on the mansion before he finishes his line. | |||
The voices of the young Mystery Incorporated are dubbed over by the adult Mystery Incorporated. | |||
===Aftermath=== | ===Aftermath=== | ||
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==Music== | ==Music== | ||
The | The music was composed by [[David Newman]], having previously worked on the predecessor. Throughout the movie there are cues from "[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (theme song)|Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?]]" | ||
===Songs=== | |||
# "The Way" - Clay Aiken | |||
# "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry | |||
# "Friends Forever" - Puffy AmiYumi | |||
# "Strangers in the Night" | |||
# "Boom Shack-A-Lak" - Apache Indian | |||
# "Wooly Bully" - Bad Manners | |||
# "[[Nu Flow]]" - Big Brovas | |||
# "[[Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again)]]" - Big Brovas | |||
# "Let's Get Ready to Rumble" - Michael Buffer | |||
# "Get Ready For This" - 2 Unlimited | |||
# "[[Scooby's Terrific Rap]]" - Matthew Lillard and Neil Fanning | |||
# "Circle Backwards" - Mark Provart | |||
# "You Get What You Give" - New Radicals | |||
# "Monsters" - Mark Provart | |||
# "It's All Right Here" - Tim James | |||
# "Wanted Dead or Alive" - Bon Jovi | |||
# "Here We Go" - Bowling for Soup | |||
# "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" - [[MXPX]] | |||
# "[[Shining Star]]" - Ruben Studdard | |||
# "Don't Want to Think About You" - [[Simple Plan]] | |||
# "We Wanna To Thank You (The Things You Do)" - Big Brovas (selected territories) | |||
# "Undone" - Patrick Nuo (selected territories) | |||
==Release== | ==Release== | ||
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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
* Much of the gang's backstory is based on the TV shows ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'', ''[[The Scooby-Doo Show]]'', and ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]''. | * Much of the gang's backstory is based on the TV shows ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'', ''[[The Scooby-Doo Show]]'', and ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]''. | ||
* Patrick O'Brien is interviewing for ''[[Access Hollywood]]''. There's also an ''Access Hollywood'' cameraman at the unmasking of the Evil Masked Figure. | |||
* Inside Wickles Manor, the men preaching the "good news" are presumably Jehovah's Witnesses. They hold what appear to be bibles with a watchtower on them which is a reference to ''The Watchtower'' magazines that are exhibited by them on people's doorsteps. | |||
* ''The National Exaggerator'' is presented as a legitimate newspaper while in ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'' it was a tabloid rag. | |||
* Daphne's doesn't say "Jeepers" in this movie either. | |||
* [[Scooby Snacks]] don't appear in this movie, with a Buttercup Scouts Cookie acting as a stand-in, instead. | |||
* Fitzgibbon Baby Foods is an allusion to James Gunn's childhood friend, Larry Fitzgibbon. | |||
==Errors== | ==Errors== | ||
* | * The old high school clubhouse hasn't been visited in years, yet has photos of Fred from the previous movie. | ||
* Inside Jacobo's lab, Velma finds a newspaper clipping with the reporter's name being Kerry Platt, but outside of the laboratory, the same newspaper clipping has Celia Meacham as the reporter, instead. | |||
==Marketing and promotion== | ==Marketing and promotion== |
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- For other uses, see Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (disambiguation).
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (film) | |
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Theatrical poster. | |
Production company | Mosaic Media Group |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date | March 26, 2004 |
Run time | 1:32:49 |
Starring | Freddie Prinze Jr. Sarah Michelle Gellar Matthew Lillard Linda Cardellini Seth Green Peter Boyle Tim Blake Nelson Alicia Silverstone |
Executive producer(s) | Brent O'Connor Kelley Smith-Wait Joseph Barbera |
Producer(s) | James Gunn Alan G. Glazer Rich Cowan |
Music composed by | David Newman |
Screenplay by | James Gunn |
Storyboard artists | Eddie Lin Peter Chan Brom |
Director(s) | Raja Gosnell |
Title card | |
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is an American-Canadian live-action/CGI supernatural mystery comedy film. It was written by James Gunn, produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, and directed by Raja Gosnell. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 26, 2004. It was a follow-up to Scooby-Doo, which was released in 2002.
Due to the sequel not being reacted to well and most importantly underperforming at the box office, a third film was canceled and the series was put on hiatus for five years when Warner Premiere and Cartoon Network co-produced Scooby-Doo! Mystery Begins, which was marketed as a prequel, despite it being set in contemporary times.
In their hometown of Coolsville, Mystery Inc. are hailed as celebrity heroes, but a relentless TV reporter sets out to defame them, which isn't hard when they face their most dangerous villain yet, one who has brought all their past monsters, which were all costumes, to life--bigger and badder than before.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Shaggy: We're gonna die!
Daphne: Think positive!
Shaggy: We're gonna die quickly!
Shaggy: I'M BUFF!
Evil Masked Figure: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!
Scooby-Doo: Scooby....Dooby....DOO!
Jacobo: I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling punks! And their dumb dog!
Characters
Organizations
- Mystery Incorporated
- Dinkley Brigade
- Buttercup Scouts
- Big Brovas
- Coolsville Police Department
- National Exaggerator (mentioned)
- Coolsville Mining Company
- Fitzgibbon Baby Foods (logo)
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Coolsville
- Coolsonian Criminology Museum
- Mystery Incorporated headquarters
- Bank of Coolsville (mentioned)
- Old mining town
- Coolsville Prison
- Wickles Manor
- Faux Ghost
- Investigative Prove studio
- Mystery Incorporated clubhouse
- Coolsville
- Middle East (indirectly mentioned)
- Africa and Asia (indirectly mentioned)
- Indian Ocean (indirectly mentioned)
- Red Sea (mentioned)
- Indian Ocean (indirectly mentioned)
- United States
- The Moon
Objects
- Popular Science
- Randamonium
- Buttercup Scouts Cookies
- Monster instruction manual
- National Exaggerator newspaper
- Derber Diapers (mentioned)
Vehicles
- The Mystery Machine limo
- The Mystery Machine
- Ghost ship
Production
Development
One of the first ideas for a sequel was set up at the end of the previous film, where instead of having Old Man Smithers be the Luna Ghost at the beginning of the film, he was a background character on Spooky Island, who witnessed the arrest of Scrappy-Doo.
On June 20, 2002, Warner Bros. Pictures officially greenlit a sequel, with Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, and Linda Cardellini returning, along with director and writer, Raja Gosnell and James Gunn, respectively. Production was expected to take place in Los Angeles in early 2003.[1]
Prinze Jr. did not wish to dye his hair blond again, so he had it shaved and wore a wig, instead.[2]
Casting
Seth Green was announced to play Patrick on April 7, 2003.[3] Alicia Silverstone was announced to play Heather on April 23.[4]
Filming
Principal photography began on April 4, 2003 in Vancouver.[3]
Lead prosthetics and animatics were provided by Steve Johnson's Edge FX.
=Post-production
The previsualization was done by Image Engine Design. Visual effects were handled by Rythm & Hues, Meteor Studios, Giant Killer Robots, Frantic Films, Warner Bros. Animation, Look! Effects, Himani Productions, THDX Studios, Digital Dimension, and Ockham's Razor. Scooby and the Pterodactyl Ghost were specifically handled by Rythm & Hues and Meteor Studios, respectively.
The domestic and international versions have product placement involving KFC and Burger King; Scooby spills a milkshake on the chauffeur which is either from a KFC or Burger King cup, and when the Mystery Machine rolls up to Wickles Manor, Shaggy either complains about not being able to investigate a KFC or Burger King; with Lillard saying KFC from his lips after the camera is done panning over the mansion, while the Burger King version was likely only done in ADR since the camera stays on the mansion before he finishes his line.
The voices of the young Mystery Incorporated are dubbed over by the adult Mystery Incorporated.
Aftermath
James Gunn was hired to write and direct the third film, which would've been his debut as the latter. The film would've been about the gang visiting Ireland, where they find a community of real monsters as the victims, forcing Shaggy and Scooby to change their views. In retrospect, Gunn was glad this didn't end up being his first film to direct, which ended up being Slither.
Music
The music was composed by David Newman, having previously worked on the predecessor. Throughout the movie there are cues from "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?"
Songs
- "The Way" - Clay Aiken
- "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry
- "Friends Forever" - Puffy AmiYumi
- "Strangers in the Night"
- "Boom Shack-A-Lak" - Apache Indian
- "Wooly Bully" - Bad Manners
- "Nu Flow" - Big Brovas
- "Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again)" - Big Brovas
- "Let's Get Ready to Rumble" - Michael Buffer
- "Get Ready For This" - 2 Unlimited
- "Scooby's Terrific Rap" - Matthew Lillard and Neil Fanning
- "Circle Backwards" - Mark Provart
- "You Get What You Give" - New Radicals
- "Monsters" - Mark Provart
- "It's All Right Here" - Tim James
- "Wanted Dead or Alive" - Bon Jovi
- "Here We Go" - Bowling for Soup
- "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" - MXPX
- "Shining Star" - Ruben Studdard
- "Don't Want to Think About You" - Simple Plan
- "We Wanna To Thank You (The Things You Do)" - Big Brovas (selected territories)
- "Undone" - Patrick Nuo (selected territories)
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: March 26, 2004
Behind the scenes
- Much of the gang's backstory is based on the TV shows Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, The Scooby-Doo Show, and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
- Patrick O'Brien is interviewing for Access Hollywood. There's also an Access Hollywood cameraman at the unmasking of the Evil Masked Figure.
- Inside Wickles Manor, the men preaching the "good news" are presumably Jehovah's Witnesses. They hold what appear to be bibles with a watchtower on them which is a reference to The Watchtower magazines that are exhibited by them on people's doorsteps.
- The National Exaggerator is presented as a legitimate newspaper while in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo it was a tabloid rag.
- Daphne's doesn't say "Jeepers" in this movie either.
- Scooby Snacks don't appear in this movie, with a Buttercup Scouts Cookie acting as a stand-in, instead.
- Fitzgibbon Baby Foods is an allusion to James Gunn's childhood friend, Larry Fitzgibbon.
Errors
- The old high school clubhouse hasn't been visited in years, yet has photos of Fred from the previous movie.
- Inside Jacobo's lab, Velma finds a newspaper clipping with the reporter's name being Kerry Platt, but outside of the laboratory, the same newspaper clipping has Celia Meacham as the reporter, instead.
Marketing and promotion
Critical reception
Accolades
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Golden Rasberry Award | February 25, 2005 | Worst Remake or Sequel | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | Won[5] |
In other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- September 14, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed on VHS.
- September 14, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed on DVD.
- November 9, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo 1 & 2 Collection on Blu-ray Disc.
Trailers
Teaser trailer:
Trailer:
References
- ^ Staff (June 20, 2002). "Warner Bros. Pictures Announces Plans For “Scooby-Doo” Sequel - Stars Of First Movie To Return". Warner Bros. press room. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ Bricker, Tierney (June 14, 2022). "Zoinks! We're Revealing 22 Secrets About Scooby-Doo". E! Online. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
- ^ a b Reporter (April 7, 2003). "Seth Green Joins 'Scooby-Doo 2' Cast". Killer Movies. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Susman, Gary (April 23, 2003). "Alicia Silverstone joins the Scooby gang". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ HeadRAZZBerry (November 13, 2011). "2004 RAZZIE® Nominees & "Winners"". Razzie Award. Retrieved May 1, 2020.