National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Warner Bros. released Scooby-Doo in June 2002, bringing the beloved Hanna-Barbera animated franchise to live-action for the first time. Directed by Raja Gosnell, the film blended practical sets with early CGI to realize Scooby-Doo as a fully digital character. Shot on location in Queensland, Australia, it became a genuine summer hit and marked a notable moment in the wave of animated-property adaptations that defined early 2000s studio filmmaking.

This cell, titled Scooby and Shaggy, captures the full Mystery Inc. gang amid the jungle architecture of Spooky Island. Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers and Neil Fanning's CGI Scooby-Doo anchor the foreground, with Sarah Michelle Gellar's Daphne Blake, Linda Cardellini's Velma Dinkley, and Freddie Prinze Jr.'s Fred Jones visible in what reads as a climactic confrontation sequence from the film's trailer print.