Summary
- Shaggy actor Matthew Lillard hints at a new Scooby-Doo project, which is not a movie or cartoon but a mystery "experience."
- Fans may get to playtest this new Scooby-Doo project by signing up on the website Lillard shared in his announcement.
- It's unclear if the project is a video game remake or a brand-new title, but Lillard will likely reprise his role as Shaggy.
Matthew Lillard, the longtime voice of Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, is hinting that a new Scooby-Doo project is in development, and it isn’t a movie or cartoon. Lillard first played Mystery Inc.’s resident comic relief figure in the live-action Scooby-Doo films of the early 2000s, and he would go on to voice Shaggy in virtually all animated Scooby-Doo media after the late Casey Kasem retired from acting in 2009.
This includes numerous Scooby-Doo video games and crossover appearances, with Matthew Lillard’s most recent interactive Shaggy performance being in the Warner Bros. Platforming brawler MultiVersus. Even before Lillard took up the role of Scooby’s best friend on a full-time basis, the lovable canine with a hunger for mystery had several licensed video games under his collar stretching back to the days of Mattel’s Intellevision. However, most of these titles were poorly regarded and easily forgotten, with only a handful like 2002’s Scooby-Doo: Night of 100 Frights gaining cult status among fans.
Earlier this week, Shaggy actor Matthew Lillard addressed a previous claim of a new Scooby-Doo project on Instagram, revealing that it is not a movie or cartoon. While he didn’t give any specifics about what it is, he noted that fans would be needed to “playtest it” and offered a link to a website where people can register to be the first to try out this new “Scooby-Doo experience” in his Instagram bio. The webpage in question, which mentions something called "Scooby-Doo Character Studio," merely asks the user for their email address, whether they would be interested in testing the “beta experience,” and if they live in the United States.
Shaggy Actor Matthew Lillard Teases New Scooby-Doo "Experience"
Details about when this beta test will take place have also been left up in the air, leaving fans to question exactly what this supposed “Scooby-Doo experience” will be. The use of playtesters seems to imply that it will be a video game, but the word is still out about it being a remake of an older title like Scooby-Doo: Night of 100 Frights or a brand-new title altogether. A licensed LEGO Scooby-Doo title is also among the possibilities of this newly-confirmed project.
What is all but confirmed is that Matthew Lillard is reprising his role as Shaggy for this new Scooby-Doo project, which is welcome news for fans who have been seeing and hearing him as the cowardly yet lovable sidekick since 2002. Whether his new project is a remake, a VR experience in the style of the upcoming Batman: Arkham Shadow, or even a full-on triple-A Scooby-Doo title will likely remain a mystery until more clues are made available to the public, but interested players can already sign up to be the first to try it out for themselves.
Scooby-Doo! And The Spooky Swamp
- Released
- September 14, 2010
WHERE TO PLAY
SAME LOVABLE FRIENDS. ALL-NEW MYSTERIES!
Find out what new adventures lurk in the spooky swamp
Play as any character at any time to solve the mystery!
More customisation with cool new costumes and accessories!
Fun new gizmos and all-new ways to solve cases!
- Developer(s)
- Torus Games
- Publisher(s)
- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Franchise
- Scooby-Doo
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo DS, PC, PS2, Wii
- Genre(s)
- Action
- How Long To Beat
- 5 Hours
