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’Scooby 3’ in Works, Perhaps Not with Same Cast

Sat, Mar 20, 2004, 07:03 AM PT

By Mike Szymanski

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) — The third "Scooby-Doo" live action movie is already in the planning stages even before the release of "Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed" next week (Friday, March 26). But, producers confirm that the actors could be different from the current star-studded cast of crime-busters in Mystery Inc. "We could do this without one or two of the actors playing the roles," says Richard Suckle, who produced the first two Scooby movies for Warner Bros. and oversaw the look of the computer-animated dog. "It’s a good thing we have Scooby under contract, though."

Producer Charles Roven tells Zap2it.com, "We have one or two of the team not committed to the next movie yet, but we’re still working on the second, It’s too early to talk about the third."

However, Zap2it has confirmed that Matthew Lillard, as Shaggy, and Linda Cardellini, as Velma, are already on board for the third Scooby film. So is director Raja Gosnell, and screenwriter James Gunn, who wrote the first two films, is already working on the next installment.

"It’s about the characters, not the personalities," the director says about the cast he handpicked for "Scooby-Doo" and "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed." Gosnell was surprised to discover that Freddie Prince Jr., playing Fred, wasn’t giving interviews to Internet press, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays Daphne, wasn’t talking to any press for Scooby.

"I can’t get into Freddie’s mind, I’m sorry," says the director.

Sources on the "Scooby 2" Vancouver set have told Zap2it that the real-life couple Gellar and Prince were demanding of the crew and uncooperative with press invited to the set during filming.

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