“Batgirl” wasn’t the only nearly completed Warner Bros. film that was killed last week, but in the case of the animated sequel “Scoob! Holiday Haunt,” the film’s producer and co-writer opted to continue working on the film even after it was cancelled.
Both “Batgirl”And “Scoob! Holiday Haunt”Warner Bros. effectively killed the film last week. Discovery has now announced that it will not release either film on HBO Max or in theaters, despite both films being nearly complete. But “Scoob! 2” co-writer and producer Tony Cervone found himself in a unique position – the stage and musicians had already been paid for to record the score for the movie. When the date came, it was After Scoob! 2 was canceled, Cervone decided to have the musicians record the score – written by Dara Taylor – anyway.
Cervone uploaded a photo of musicians on stage to his Instagram, along with a note: “So what do you do when the movie is canceled, but you’ve already paid for the stage and the musicians? You record the damn score!”
Director Bill Haller shared TwitterHe watched the scoring session live from his home. “Thanks for all the love and support this week,”He said. “Scoob fans are the best in the world! This weekend watched on zoom our score being magically produced by our already paid for musicians while I’m ironically recovering from Covid. It was glorious to my ears! #SaveScoobHolidayHaunt”
Soon after, news broke that “Scoob! Holiday Haunt”Cervone was being scrapped Instagram was taken overIt was revealed that the film had been “practically finished and turned out beautifully,”He was not “beyond heartbroken.”
The film was a Christmas-themed sequel to 2020’s animated “Scooby-Doo”It was originally planned to premiere on HBO Max December 12. Voice actors included McKenna Grace and Ming-Na Wen as well as Michael McKean, Mark Hamill, Mark Hamill, Michael McKean and Cristo Fernandez.
Warner Bros. David Zaslav, Discovery CEO, explained that “Batgirl”The reason for the scrapping was to keep DC films theatrically focused, but also because of concerns over quality. “Scoob! Holiday Haunt”It is not as clear. The filmmakers and fans of the franchise, however, have been rallying online to save the film with the hashtag #SaveScoobHolidayHaunt
