In January, it was confirmed that Shaggy from MultiVersus was available as McDonalds Happy Meal toys internationally. Today, it was announced that Multiversus Happy Meal toys would be made available in the US, and would feature Shaggy and Velma, amongst four other non-Scooby variants. You can check out the commercial for the toys on X. Thank you so much to Shagsters for the info!
Update 3/29: The Mystery Machine is not one of the featured items. Check out Scoobypedia to see pictures of the six variants. Thanks to Kari for sharing these pictures!
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Update 4/2: Collider has confirmed the April 25 date. All episodes will be released on Max's site that day.
According to the monthly "What's New on Max" video for April, we will officially be getting the second season of Velma next month on Max (confirmation is at the 0:22 mark). While no official date was provided, Max CEE Updates posted on X that April 25 is the release date, and that all episodes will be added on the same day rather than two per week like the first season. This X account isn't an official source and I typically try to avoid posting rumors; however, the account posted the April 25 date on Monday, March 18, which was before this video came out confirming the release date was April, so it's possible they have an inside source. That said, note that while we do know it will be releasing in April, the specific date hasn't been confirmed by an official source, so take April 25 with a grain of salt for now. After the presumed success of the Superstars 10 Blu-Ray set, WB is releasing another set of films on Blu-Ray that have never been released before on the format. On April 30, a Zombie Island and Return to Zombie Island double feature Blu-Ray will be released by Warner Archive, according to their Facebook page. It appears that the films will only be released on Blu-Ray together and will not have separate releases.
The comic solicitations for June 2024 are here! We'll be getting two comics on the same day, June 4. Here are their descriptions courtesy of GamesRadar+: THE BATMAN AND SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #6 Written by AMANDA DEIBERT Art and cover by DARIO BRIZUELA $2.99 US | 32 pages ON SALE 6/4/24 Mystery Inc. loves looking for clues…so when the Huntingstun Library sets up a sleuthing competition with a huge prize, they are determined to win—Scooby snacks aren’t free, after all. But every time they’re about to complete a level, Batman foils them! Is he also vying for the prize? Does the Batmobile need an upgrade? Or are the teens tangled up in a master villain’s master plan? SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? #128
Written by DEREK FRIDOLFS Art by RANDY ELLIOTT Cover by DEREK FRIDOLFS $2.99 US | 32 pages ON SALE 6/4/24 A day at the lake for fishing and floating down the lazy river seems like just the getaway Mystery Inc. needs after running from ghosts all week. But their weekend trip is cut short when the tranquil waters are threatened by a multi-headed hydra! After the open beta version of MultiVersus was quietly taken down last year, no official release ever happened. Nearly two years after the launch of the open beta, we finally have some news on the official release. According to Bloody Disgusting, the official release of MultiVersus will finally happen on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. It will be available as a free download on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series and Xbox One, Steam, and the Epics Game Store.
The official version will feature a few tweaks made to the gameplay, including a new Player vs. Environment mode, additional stages featuring reimagined environments, as well as additional environments. Shaggy and Velma will still be playable characters, but there's still no news as to if Scooby will be a character, despite that there was a leak in May 2022 that confirmed his involvement. However, it is possible that they decided to scrap Scooby's character for the gang while the game was taken down. Matthew Lillard was recently interviewed by Toonado, and dropped an exciting tidbit about an upcoming Scooby project. He didn't provide much details as to what it was, but he noted that it would be a unique project that will "allow kids to put themselves in a Scooby-Doo adventure." Here's his full quote from the interview:
"I’m really excited about [Scooby-Doo]. I can’t really talk about it yet, but there’s a new project I’m associated with that will allow kids to put themselves into a Scooby-Doo adventure," Lillard shared. "That’s super fun. For me, that’s my day job. It’s my bread and butter." You can watch the interview where Matthew Lillard teases this here. The interview covers a number of subjects, both Scooby-related and not, but the project is teased around the 13:00 mark. After a two-year wait, the HBO Max series Jellystone! finally released their third season, which featured a number of fun surprises for Hanna-Barbera fans. The new season featured crossover episodes with The Jetsons and Goober and the Ghost Chasers, but perhaps most interesting for Scooby fans is that one episode is a re-imagining of the Laff-a-Lympics, titled "LAFF Games". The episode features the town of Jellystone facing off against the town of New Bedrock in the yearly LAFF Games, which Mayor Huckleberry is determined to win due to the town being humiliated at every year. The participants from Jellystone are the Yogi Yahooeys, whereas the New Bedrock participants are the Really Rottens. Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf return as the commentators. The Scooby Doobies don't make an appearance in this episode, but I still thought this would be newsworthy to share for those who were fans of Laff-a-Lympics.
I watched the episode this morning and thought it was an excellent re-imagining that captured the tone and whimsy of the original series, while also staying true to the absurdist humor of Jellystone! What I loved most about the episode is that the crossover didn't feel forced at all; it felt very natural and like an enjoyable throwback to the show. I love the humor of this series, and this episode didn't disappoint (the scene where Yakky is dealing with her guilty conscience had me laughing pretty hard). If you enjoyed the Laff-a-Lympics and liked the more absurd humor style of Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, I would highly recommend checking out this episode. There is also a brief Scooby-Doo cameo in the episode "Frankenhooky," which is the Goober and the Ghost Chasers crossover, although I don't know if I'd say that one is worth checking out if you're not already a fan of the series. The episode got increasingly weird and while I enjoyed it as a fan of the series, it definitely felt like a fever dream and not anything notable enough to check out. GamesRadar+ has posted the solicitation for Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #5, which will be our only Scooby comic for May. Batman fans will be excited to see that the cover art uses the style of Batman: The Animated Series!
THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #5 Written by MATTHEW CODY Art and cover by PUSTE $2.99 US | 32 pages ON SALE 5/7/24 Dr. Kirk Langstrom believes the cure for his monstrous alter ego lies in studying the infamous Dr. Jekyll. When Batman accompanies him to Jekyll’s abandoned lab, they’re attacked by the ghost of Mr. Hyde himself! The Mystery Inc. gang has a history with this so-called spook, so Batman calls for their help. But, like, no one told them they might be facing Man-Bat, too! Courtesy of CBR, here are the comic solicitations for April 2024: THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #4
SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? #127
Warner Archive has just announced that they will be releasing a complete collection set of the Superstars 10 films on Blu-Ray! The set will include Boo Brothers, Ghoul School, and Reluctant Werewolf, as well as Rockin' with Judy Jetson, The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, The Good, The Bad and Huckleberry Hound, Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats, Yogi's Great Escape, Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears and Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose. Scooby Goes Hollywood will be a bonus feature on the Reluctant Werewolf disc. In addition, "Yogi's Ark Lark" from Yogi's Gang will be featured as a bonus episode on the Invasion of the Space Bears disc. The Blu-Ray set will be released on February 27, 2024, and all films are remastered in HD. Each of the ten movies will also be given an individual Blu-Ray release that day.
Here is the official press release description from Warner Archive's Facebook post: The HANNA-BARBERA SUPERSTARS 10! Ten feature-length telefilms starring all-time favorite Hanna-Barbera characters, including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo and more! In 1987, the legendary animation team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera brought forth a series of ten feature-length animated features to television, all of which would feature their most popular cartoon characters. These films were sold into syndication as the HANNA-BARBERA SUPERSTARS 10, each providing irresistible entertainment. Yogi Bear and Scooby-Doo each star in three productions, along with a one-time only meeting of THE FLINTSTONES and THE JETSONS, Judy Jetson takes the spotlight in her own adventure, while HUCKLEBERRY HOUND heads up an exciting all-star Western, and the loveable TOP CAT and his gang star is a story set in Beverly Hills. For these productions, Hanna-Barbera was able to use many of the original performers who provided their voice talents in the original incarnations to re-create their roles for these films. Animation voice talents including Daws Butler, Don Messick, and Mel Blanc, are the original voice casts of THE JETSONS, Arnold Stang, Marvin Kaplan, and Leo deLyon once again provide their TOP CAT character's voices, and of course, all of the Scooby-Doo gang is on hand to top off the fun. Each of these unique production provide an opportunity for audiences of several generations to celebrate and welcome back their favorite Hanna-Barbera favorites of years past. This first-ever complete collection, remastered in High-Definition, provides a wealth of animation history, as well as entertainment for youngsters who are discovering these characters for the very first time. EXTRA BONUS CONTENT: "SCOOBY GOES HOLLYWOOD" (HD) on SCOOBY-DOO AND THE RELUCTANT WEREWOLF "YOGI'S ARK LARK" episodes from "YOGI'S GANG" (HD) on "YOGI AND THE INVASION OF THE SPACE BEARS" |
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