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Velma Season 2 Makes Scooby-Doo’s Newest Movie Cut Even Weirder

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The strange decision has been made to scrap the newest Scooby-Doo movie, while Velma season 2 gets the go-ahead, making the movie’s fate weirder.


The go-ahead for Velma season 2 makes the decision to axe the newest Scooby-Doo movie even stranger. To follow Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and the succeeding TV shows is a difficult feat, especially since the franchise has earned a core cult following through the decades. Nevertheless, the Velma TV show has attempted to revive the franchise with a HBO Max release showcasing a revamped version of the gang engaged in the pursuit of a local mystery involving missing high school students. Velma has been met with mixed reviews and received heavy backlash.

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The HBO Max show’s success hinged undoubtedly on its controversial nature, with Velma forced to respond to unwarranted backlash early on. In addition to Velma having difficulties making an impression on the Scooby-Doo franchise, Scoob! 2 and the planned animated Scooby-Doo and the Haunted High Rise movie were both scrapped before they even had a chance to be seen. Scoob! 2 and Haunted High Rise were both allegedly dropped for tax write-off purposes as Warner Bros. Discovery undergoes a continued transition period. Naturally, the decision to scrap two Scooby-Doo movies has come as a shock.

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Velma Season 2 Makes The Cut Scooby-Doo Movies A Bigger Mystery

The Scooby-Doo crew behind bars in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

In the face of all of its controversies, and as tax cuts have removed what would have been two uniquely different Scooby-Doo movie installments, Velma season 2 is reportedly happening. The removal of a new animated Scooby-Doo movie from production is a weird maneuver from Warner Bros. Discovery, but looks even weirder because the reception of the Velma TV show was such a mixed bag, yet is still getting a season 2. At face value, these two conflicting strategies for the Scooby-Doo franchise are incompatible.

It may have been a better idea for Warner Bros. Discovery to balance the R-rated Velma with more “classic” Scooby-Doo installments such as Scoob! 2 and the cut animated movie, using a twofold approach to hit multiple demographics. Going ahead with Velma season 2 and movies truer to the original gang might have appeased those who were bothered by the more mature take of Velma. On the other hand, a simultaneous release of both the scrapped Scooby-Doo movies and Velma season 2 could have stoked the fires of controversy even more by drawing a direct comparison between the divisive HBO Max TV show and traditional Scooby-Doo.

Why Velma Might Have Led To The Cut Scooby-Doo Movie

Velma sitting in Hbo Max's Velma

There is no doubt that the Velma TV show took risks, and, interestingly, Velma received no pushback for its R-rating from HBO. Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to cancel two impending Scooby-Doo movies is weird, but may have been made to focus attention solely on the TV series. Velma is a fresh approach for Scooby-Doo, and financial considerations within the overarching production company may have meant picking Velma over other Scooby-Doo projects.

Whatever the case may be, Velma season 2 is going ahead, despite the drastic cuts to Scooby-Doo content elsewhere. Other installments may be canceled or put on hold, but as long as Velma performs on HBO Max, it will continue to present a potentially more attractive option than movie projects. Assuming Velma season 2 continues to veer away from faithful Scooby-Doo, however, the axed movies will continue to look like a missed opportunity.

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