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brendalaNo, really!! Here's the press release from Warner Brothers:
BURBANK, CA (December 16, 2011) Warner Home Video (WHV) has a brand-new animated film consumers will want to sink their teeth into with the upcoming release of Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire, available in stores March 13, 2012. Get set for monstrous mayhem as Scooby-Doo and the gang hit the road to attend a vampire fair in this must-see, full-length musical adventure. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Premiere, Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire will be available in both Blu-ray™ for $24.98 SRP and standard DVD $19.98 SRP. The Blu-ray™ edition will be sold in a combo pack which includes both the Blu-ray™ and DVD editions of the film, plus, for the first time ever on a Scooby-Doo movie, an Ultraviolet digital copy. An Ultraviolet copy is also available on the DVD edition.
This title will be available for an exclusive early VOD window starting December 22, 2011 and then available on EST for download day and date with the DVD on March 13, 2012.
Get set for big laughs, good times and cool tunes with the Scooby-Doo gang as they travel to the super spooky parts of the Deep South for the Vampire-Palooza Festival. The event kicks off with good fun and lots of tasty Southern snacks, but it’s not long before the festivities are interrupted by a real vampire who threatens the townsfolk and tries to take Daphne for his vampire bride!
Good thing our intrepid heroes don’t believe in the bloodsuckers — or do they? Packing a little garlic never hurt anyone, except a vampire, and so the gang sets out to investigate. Could the culprit be the descendant of a famous vampire hunter who is trying to sell his book? Or is it the festival’s owner, who is trying to use vampire lore to promote the fair? Maybe it’s the festival’s traveling musical troupe, whose very handsome lead singer is taking his vampire role just a little too seriously?
Things get more complicated when Shaggy, believing he’s been bit by a vampire, decides to hide from his friends in the swamp, but his loyal friend Scooby-Doo will not abandon him. And when Daphne goes missing, can Fred and Velma bring everyone together to prevent her from becoming the vampire queen? Everything culminates in a not-to-be-missed song-filled showdown in the swamp!
“Vampire stories are a hugely popular genre with consumers and now Scooby-Doo has his very own modern-day vampire encounter in this exciting new film,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, WHV Executive Marketing Director of Family & Animation Franchise. She added, “This is Scooby-Doo’s first ever musical, which we think is a fun concept that goes well with the premise of the film. It actually takes us back to Scooby-Doo’s early television series, which incorporated a lot of musical elements. We think viewers of all ages will enjoy this DVD release.”
DVD Bonus Material:
Sing-A-Long: Sing with Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, and the rest of the cast from the movie in the Scooby-Doo Vampire Sing-A-Long. Includes six songs for fourteen minutes of fun.
[source: Toonzone]
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My thoughts:
An animated musical sounds pretty cool (though I suspect they'll have to get singing VAs to handle Shaggy and Velma's numbers) even if it doesn't fit with the atmosphere of the last 3 DTV movies.
Speaking of the last three movies; they've ranged in quality from "okay" (Abracadabra Doo and Legend of the Phantasaur) to "frickin' awesome" (Camp Scare); but the story behind this new one doesn't thrill me. The Daphne subplot implies that there will be a lot of Fred/Daphne romance going on, and these recent movies have been bad at handling romance. Specifically, I don't like how these recent movies had Daphne act like a catty shrew toward any woman who had the audacity to be attractive in Fred's presence. As a character, Daphne deserves better than that.
So, I'm guessing that this movie will turn the tables and have FRED act like a jealous, catty bitch this time.
Oh, and Shaggy's subplot just seems weird and dumb. But, who knows, maybe this movie will surprise me.
SCOOBY-DOO! MUSIC OF THE VAMPIRE
FIRST-EVER ORIGINAL ANIMATED SCOOBY-DOO MUSICAL/MOVIE (AVAILABLE ON DVD and BLU-RAY™ FROM WARNER HOME VIDEO MARCH 13, 2012) TAKES VIEWERS ON A MUSICAL MYSTERY IN THE BAYOUS OF THE DEEP SOUTH
FIRST-EVER ORIGINAL ANIMATED SCOOBY-DOO MUSICAL/MOVIE (AVAILABLE ON DVD and BLU-RAY™ FROM WARNER HOME VIDEO MARCH 13, 2012) TAKES VIEWERS ON A MUSICAL MYSTERY IN THE BAYOUS OF THE DEEP SOUTH
BURBANK, CA (December 16, 2011) Warner Home Video (WHV) has a brand-new animated film consumers will want to sink their teeth into with the upcoming release of Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire, available in stores March 13, 2012. Get set for monstrous mayhem as Scooby-Doo and the gang hit the road to attend a vampire fair in this must-see, full-length musical adventure. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Premiere, Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire will be available in both Blu-ray™ for $24.98 SRP and standard DVD $19.98 SRP. The Blu-ray™ edition will be sold in a combo pack which includes both the Blu-ray™ and DVD editions of the film, plus, for the first time ever on a Scooby-Doo movie, an Ultraviolet digital copy. An Ultraviolet copy is also available on the DVD edition.
This title will be available for an exclusive early VOD window starting December 22, 2011 and then available on EST for download day and date with the DVD on March 13, 2012.
Get set for big laughs, good times and cool tunes with the Scooby-Doo gang as they travel to the super spooky parts of the Deep South for the Vampire-Palooza Festival. The event kicks off with good fun and lots of tasty Southern snacks, but it’s not long before the festivities are interrupted by a real vampire who threatens the townsfolk and tries to take Daphne for his vampire bride!
Good thing our intrepid heroes don’t believe in the bloodsuckers — or do they? Packing a little garlic never hurt anyone, except a vampire, and so the gang sets out to investigate. Could the culprit be the descendant of a famous vampire hunter who is trying to sell his book? Or is it the festival’s owner, who is trying to use vampire lore to promote the fair? Maybe it’s the festival’s traveling musical troupe, whose very handsome lead singer is taking his vampire role just a little too seriously?
Things get more complicated when Shaggy, believing he’s been bit by a vampire, decides to hide from his friends in the swamp, but his loyal friend Scooby-Doo will not abandon him. And when Daphne goes missing, can Fred and Velma bring everyone together to prevent her from becoming the vampire queen? Everything culminates in a not-to-be-missed song-filled showdown in the swamp!
“Vampire stories are a hugely popular genre with consumers and now Scooby-Doo has his very own modern-day vampire encounter in this exciting new film,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, WHV Executive Marketing Director of Family & Animation Franchise. She added, “This is Scooby-Doo’s first ever musical, which we think is a fun concept that goes well with the premise of the film. It actually takes us back to Scooby-Doo’s early television series, which incorporated a lot of musical elements. We think viewers of all ages will enjoy this DVD release.”
DVD Bonus Material:
Sing-A-Long: Sing with Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, and the rest of the cast from the movie in the Scooby-Doo Vampire Sing-A-Long. Includes six songs for fourteen minutes of fun.
[source: Toonzone]
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My thoughts:
An animated musical sounds pretty cool (though I suspect they'll have to get singing VAs to handle Shaggy and Velma's numbers) even if it doesn't fit with the atmosphere of the last 3 DTV movies.
Speaking of the last three movies; they've ranged in quality from "okay" (Abracadabra Doo and Legend of the Phantasaur) to "frickin' awesome" (Camp Scare); but the story behind this new one doesn't thrill me. The Daphne subplot implies that there will be a lot of Fred/Daphne romance going on, and these recent movies have been bad at handling romance. Specifically, I don't like how these recent movies had Daphne act like a catty shrew toward any woman who had the audacity to be attractive in Fred's presence. As a character, Daphne deserves better than that.
So, I'm guessing that this movie will turn the tables and have FRED act like a jealous, catty bitch this time.
Oh, and Shaggy's subplot just seems weird and dumb. But, who knows, maybe this movie will surprise me.
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Date: 2012-01-12 04:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-12 05:03 am (UTC)K, THANKS
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Date: 2012-01-13 06:39 am (UTC)However, I'd take another Mystery Begins film in a heartbeat! They could even make it a musical because all the kids can sing! :)
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Date: 2012-01-12 07:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-12 02:26 pm (UTC)Anyway, we should save final judgement until we see it. Although, here's hoping the characters are better in this. (I've told you of my theory that was suppose to be Shaggy's sister originally in the Abracadabra. That makes more sense and would have been way more adorable.)
Although, I have to roll my eyes a bit when the article states that this is the gang's first interpretation of vampire.
There was the movie where they encounter vampires in Australia, and the gang had encounter vampires in both the old series and the What's New Scooby-Doo series. It's not new territory for the gang. They probably have a policy on vampires at this point.
(Actually, when I saw the title I thought maybe they were going to do a live broadway musical which would be awesome. XD )
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Date: 2012-01-13 06:36 am (UTC)Although, I have to roll my eyes a bit when the article states that this is the gang's first interpretation of vampire.
Y'know what's funny? This isn't even their first music-themed vampire movie (that terrible one starring the Hex girls and the original voice cast was). XD
Speaking of that other movie, I hope this new one at least TRIES to hire a singing VA that sounds somewhat like Mindy Cohn. That other movie had a Velma song in it and they had some awful pop star who sounded NOTHING like the voice-actress sing it for her. >_<
Actually, when I saw the title I thought maybe they were going to do a live broadway musical which would be awesome. XD
I'm pretty sure that Universal Studios (a theme park owned by Warner Bros) did a few Scooby stage musicals a while back (I'm also pretty sure that they sucked). But a full-fledged Broadway show would be awesome!