Scooby-Doo! Secret Covert Organization of Otherworldly Beings

'Scooby-Doo! Secret Covert Organization of Otherworldly Beings' is a 2020 American computer-animated supernatural mystery comedy film produced by Warner Animation Group and based on Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo franchise. The film is directed by Tony Cervone from a screenplay by Adam Sztykiel, Jack Donaldson, Derek Elliott, and Matt Lieberman, and a story by Lieberman, Eyal Podell, and Jonathon E. Stewart. It stars the voices of Frank Welker as the titular character (the only member of the original cast to participate), as well as Will Forte, Gina Rodriguez, Zac Efron, and Amanda Seyfried as Shaggy, Velma, Fred and Daphne respectively, with Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Kiersey Clemons, Ken Jeong and Tracy Morgan as other Hanna-Barbera animated characters. The film is a reboot of the Scooby-Doo film series, and it is intended to be the first installment in the Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe. The film's story follows the formation of Mystery Incorporated, and how they are then joined by Dynomutt and Blue Falcon to solve their most challenging mystery related to the origin and the true purpose of their own mascot in conjunction with Dick Dastardly's plot to unleash Cerberus, a monstrous three-headed ghost dog, upon the world.

Plans for a new Scooby-Doo theatrical film began in July 2014, when Warner Bros. announced that they would reboot the Scooby-Doo film series with an animated film. Cervone was hired to direct the film in August 2015, with Dax Shepard being brought to co-direct it in September 2016. By October 2018, Shepard was no longer a part of the project. Much of the cast was hired in March 2019, while animation services were provided by Reel FX Animation Studios. ''Scooby-Doo! Secret Covert Organization of Otherworldly Beings was originally set for a worldwide theatrical release on August 15, 2020, by Warner Bros. Pictures, making it the third theatrical film to feature the Scooby-Doo characters, after Scooby-Doo in 2002 and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed'' in 2004.