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Re: Scooby-Doo! Theatrical animated movie just announced

Post by EricJ » April 22nd, 2020, 4:05 am

gaastra wrote:
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=Guess that kills wbs hanna barbera big screen universe plans.
DC, Hanna-Barbera, DC Girls, another "Warner Universe" bites the dust...
So, um, shouldn't we be seeing a Kong v. Godzilla trailer at about this point? :P

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Post by Ben » April 22nd, 2020, 4:16 am

Um...as keeps being forgotten, Tom & Jerry is still coming out at Christmas (we just don’t know which one at this point!) ;)

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Post by Bill1978 » April 22nd, 2020, 10:11 am

Just out of curiosity this means Scoob! and Trolls: World Tour are now ineligible for consideration at the 2021 Academy Awards right? Assuming enough movies will have been released for there to ab an Academy Awards next year!

Not saying they were ever real contenders, but it would be one of the factors these studios (and others) would need to factor in when deciding to skip the theatres.

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Post by James » April 22nd, 2020, 10:13 am

Wow, good thought. I guess you're right unless the Academy has some emergency rule changes this year.

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Post by Randall » April 22nd, 2020, 11:11 am

I've thought about this, too. There may not be many eligible films in any category this year. Release dates are being pushed to fall (the ones that won't go direct to VOD/streaming), but even then that could be overly optimistic.

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Re: Scooby-Doo! Theatrical animated movie just announced

Post by EricJ » April 22nd, 2020, 2:48 pm

Ben wrote:
April 22nd, 2020, 4:16 am
Um...as keeps being forgotten, Tom & Jerry is still coming out at Christmas (we just don’t know which one at this point!) ;)
T&J isn't a "universe", unless they were planning to spin off Droopy & Spike features from it.
(As they were with future Scoob! sequels reviving other forgotten H-B characters for marketing.)

Remember, we're talking about the Warner that still traumatically hasn't gotten over "Justice League", "Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindewald" and "The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies", after they saw their complacent world come crashing down... :shock:
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Just out of curiosity this means Scoob! and Trolls: World Tour are now ineligible for consideration at the 2021 Academy Awards right? Assuming enough movies will have been released for there to ab an Academy Awards next year!
At least Onward sneaked into theaters before the lockdown...There were OTHER contenders?

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Post by Dacey » April 22nd, 2020, 4:05 pm

WB still has Fantastic Beasts 3 in production, so...

And I'd be willing to bet that The Academy makes some exceptions to the rules this year (even if only for this ceremony!).
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Post by droosan » April 22nd, 2020, 4:29 pm

EricJ wrote:
April 22nd, 2020, 4:05 am
gaastra wrote:
April 21st, 2020, 7:04 pm
=Guess that kills wbs hanna barbera big screen universe plans.
DC, Hanna-Barbera, DC Girls, another "Warner Universe" bites the dust...

DC Superhero Girls was 'rebooted' last year by Lauren Faust (in the more 'comedic/cartoon-y' mold of her earlier Super Best Friends Forever shorts), and is currently going strong in its second season.



Most of the DCSHG videos on YouTube are highlight reels or standalone 'interstitial' shorts.

The individual episodes can be purchased on either Google Video or Amazon Prime.

The entire first season is also available on Netflix.

It's Super Fun to watch. :mrgreen:
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Post by James » April 22nd, 2020, 4:33 pm

EricJ wrote:
April 22nd, 2020, 4:05 am
gaastra wrote:
April 21st, 2020, 7:04 pm
=Guess that kills wbs hanna barbera big screen universe plans.
DC, Hanna-Barbera, DC Girls, another "Warner Universe" bites the dust...
So, um, shouldn't we be seeing a Kong v. Godzilla trailer at about this point? :P
Don't forget DC Super Pets supposedly coming in 2022!

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Post by Dacey » April 22nd, 2020, 4:44 pm

Yes, DC Superhero Girls is great, and has a sly sense of humor not unlike MLP. It was previewed in theaters before the TTG movie.
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Post by EricJ » April 22nd, 2020, 6:15 pm

No, not THOSE DC girls....Harley Quinn's badass-action gal-pals from "Birds of Prey" you blinked and missed in the theaters. So much for that post Wonder Woman/Suicide Squad target demographic :lol:

(As for the cartoon DC Girls, the first Monster High-clone direct-video features were actually pretty good, and looked "normal", but no, Warner has their neurotic fear of not depicting vintage-icon DC characters as new-toon Teen Titans Go kitsch...Are they still running that Thundercats thing, btw?)

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Re: Scooby-Doo! Theatrical animated movie just announced

Post by Ben » April 22nd, 2020, 8:45 pm

All it takes is a week in an LA cinema to make it Oscar eligible. If nothing else, AMPAS could arrange a "limited engagement" to see the Oscar hopefuls on the big screen for a week, even if most have already seen them and it’s just a criteria box check,

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Re: Scooby-Doo! Theatrical animated movie just announced

Post by James » April 23rd, 2020, 12:47 am

Isn’t there also a rule that says it can’t play on tv, vod, or home video prior to the LA qualifying run?

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Post by Bill1978 » April 23rd, 2020, 4:05 am

I believe that is still the case James. A movie needs to play in a theatre first before going VOD etc.

Although as others have suggested the rules could be bent for this strange year. I mean I still don't understand how a documentary can win an Oscar and an Emmy but apparently the rules allow that, as long as the theatre comes before the TV.

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Re: Scooby-Doo! Theatrical animated movie just announced

Post by Ben » April 23rd, 2020, 4:08 pm

Strange that they allow screeners out to voting members before a theatrical release then! I’ve never really understood that. Maybe they’ll just waive the already released movies but say if they want Oscar consideration then they need to do the one week LA thing.

That is, if everyone isn’t back in lockdown again by then...! ;)

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