New Scooby-Doo! Live-Action Movie in the Works

BURBANK: Warner Premiere is in production on Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster, an all-new live-action/CG movie slated to air on Cartoon Network this fall.

Principal photography gets under way on March 15, and the film is slated for release on DVD through Warner Home Video in early 2011. The movie follows on 2009’s record-setting Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins. The film was the most-watch broadcast in Cartoon Network history. The new offering, Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster, features the gang heading toward summer jobs at a country club owned by Daphne’s uncle, only to stumble onto strange happenings around the local lake, including mystical moonstones, creepy characters and a frog monster on the loose.

"After more than 40 years, the Scooby-Doo franchise continues to grow stronger as generations of audiences embrace these timeless characters, and that adoration has been clearly reflected in box office, DVD sales and television ratings," said Eva Davis, the executive VP and general manager of Warner Premiere. "These new live-action films, with their contemporary approach, bring excitement and thrills to an altogether new era of Scooby-Doo fans."