| Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob | |
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| Directed by | Maxwell Atoms Christina Sotta Mel Zwyer |
| Written by | Jeremy Adams Maxwell Atoms |
| Story by | Jeremy Adams |
| Based on | Scooby-Doo byWilliam Hanna,Joseph Barbera,Iwao Takamoto,Joe Ruby, &Ken Spears The Sword in the Stone byT. H. White |
| Produced by | Maxwell Atoms Spike Brandt Jim Krieg Colin A.B.V. Lewis |
| Starring | Frank Welker Grey Griffin Matthew Lillard Kate Micucci Jason Isaacs Nick Frost |
| Edited by | Robert Ehrenreich Michael Mangan |
| Music by | Robert J. Kral |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 76 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob is a 2021 Americandirect-to-DVDanimatedcomedy film produced byWarner Bros. Animation and distributed byWarner Bros. Home Entertainment. It is the thirty-fifth entry in thedirect-to-video series ofScooby-Doo films and was released on February 23, 2021.[2]
The movie opens with a clip of an episode fromThundarr the Barbarian watched by an airplane passenger on his tablet computer. Hearing a noise from outside the airplane, he lifts the shade of his window, revealing a gremlin monster outside on the wing, damaging it with his claws. While the passengers watch in terror, Shaggy, Scooby-Doo, Fred, Daphne, and Velma manage to capture the monster with a parachute. Dropping off the monster for the police, the gang unmask him revealing him to be a disgruntled passenger, Herman Ellinger, who had a grudge against airlines. The gang discover DNA evidence revealing Shaggy's ancestry came from a village in England.
Clips of the gang's trip of England plays over the opening credits. The gang arrives at the village to learn more about Shaggy's ancestors and they discover that Shaggy is descended from a legendary knight who thwarted an attempt by evil sorceress Morgan le Fay to steal the throne of Camelot from its ruler, King Arthur.
That night, Morgan le Fay attacks the gang and sends them back in time to the time of King Arthur. Realizing they're playing a part in the kingdom's legend, the gang decides to follow history until they can get back to the future. Their plan becomes complicated when Shaggy pulls out Excalibur from the stone and inadvertently challenges King Arthur's right to the throne. However, Arthur explains that the right to the throne must be decided by a competition between knights. Shaggy chose Fred on his team, and Arthur gets the entire Order of the Round Table.
But before the competition can start, Morgan le Fay arrives and paralyzes Fred, leaving him unable to compete, forcing Daphne to take his place while Velma becomes apprentice to the wizard Merlin to work out a way to go back to their time. Daphne single handedly defeats the knights of the round table and Shaggy is declared the new king. Suddenly Morgan le Fay returns and kidnaps Shaggy. The gang and Arthur follow them to Morgan le Fay's lair and discover that Shaggy has been tricked into signing his right to the throne in exchange for a banquet. Morgan transforms herself into a dragon to kill the gang, but they defeat her.
Afterward, Velma suddenly reveals that the gang's whole adventure was a staged experience by the townsfolk and the gang was never sent back in time. When the townfolk feared Shaggy might claim their town as his birthright, they used a Camelot experience attraction with actors and special effects to make the gang believe they travelled back in time and to get Shaggy to sign over the deed to the town, and King Arthur reveals himself as Winston Pilkingstonshire, an actor who previously portrayed Thundarr.
When Shaggy explains that he has no interest in claiming the town, the town librarian who posed as Morgan le Fay steals the deed and takes the Mystery Machine to drive to a mailbox to take all the profits from the attraction for herself. Using Winston's lorry, disguised as an animatronic dragon, the gang and Winston stop her, and the police apprehended her. As a thank-you to the gang, the town throws a party to celebrate. During the party, Velma learns that the town didn't hire a Merlin actor, and the Merlin she encountered is revealed to be the real thing when he magically disappears at the end.
Warner Bros. announced it in 2019 with an originally scheduled release in 2020.[4] In December 2020,Syfy Wire exclusively announced the release date of February 23, 2021 with an accompanying trailer.[3]
It was originally titledScooby-Doo in King Arthur's Court, but it was retitled toScooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob.[4]
This was the first film to posthumously give special credit to originalScooby-Doo! creatorsJoe Ruby andKen Spears, who both died months before the film's release.
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