Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins is the eighth feature-length movie directed by Brian Levant. It is a direct-to-video was produced by Warner Premiere and distributed by Warner Home Video and is the third live-action movie based on Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo cartoons. The film was aired on Cartoon Network in 2009 (celebrating the 40th anniversity of the Scooby-Doo franchise), and depicts how the gang met and the events of their very first case. The live-action cast features Nick Palatas as Shaggy Rogers, along with Robbie Amell as Fred Jones, Hayley Kiyoko as Velma Dinkley and Kate Melton as Daphne Blake. Scooby-Doo was created using computer-generated imagery and his voice is provided by Frank Welker, who was also the original voice of Fred. The music is scored by Academy Award-nominee David Newman, who had previously scored the theatrical films Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo_2:_Monsters_Unleashed(2004). The film is dedicated to Lorena Gale, who died during production. Its sequel, Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster, was released on October 16th 2010.

Sequel
Due to the success of Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, a sequel went into development in October 2009. That same month, the cast from the first installment revealed that they were signed on for three films. Titled Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster principal photography commenced on March 15th 2010 in various locations around Southern California. The sequel aired on October 16th 2010 and was released on DVD in 2011. So far, There hasn't been any news of a second sequel.

Trivia

 * This aired on Cartoon Network on 2009 on September 13th. The very first episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, What a Night for a Knight, aired on that same day in 1969.
 * The end of the film features a montage that pardoy the opening sequences of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, The_Scooby-Doo_Show and What's New, Scooby-Doo?.
 * Captain Cutler from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? episode, A Clue for Scooby-Doo also appears at the end of the movie.

Goofs
This movie says Scooby met his friends in when they were High School students. However A_Pup_Named_Scooby-Doo says they met they were little.