James Gunn said that writingScooby - Doohelped him cook to directGuardians of the Galaxy . TheScooby - Doofranchise started in the tardy ' 60s withScooby - Doo , Where Are You ! , but the enfranchisement has flourish into movies , other TV shows , books , and even picture biz . Scooby - Doo and the othermembers of the Mystery , Inc. gangstayed in their animize form for   over 30 years before the first live - action moving picture came out .

In 2002 , the first live - action mechanism interpretation of Scooby - Doo was relinquish , star Freddie Prinze Jr. ( Fred ) , Sarah Michelle Gellar ( Daphne ) , Matthew Lillard ( Shaggy ) , and Linda Cardellini ( Velma).Scooby - Doogot mixed to disconfirming reviewsbut did well enough at the box authority to get a subsequence in 2004 calledScooby - Doo 2 : Monsters loose . Both of these films were direct by Raja Gosnell and write by Gunn , who was a comparatively nameless conductor and author at the time . Gunn is now of grade most known for direct both of theGuardians of the Galaxyfilms , but that might not have happened if it was n’t forScooby - Doo .

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While quarantining himself because of the Coronavirus , Gunnstarted a Q&A on his Instagram . When one rooter expect him ifScooby - Doo 3was ever on the table , Gunn explicate that the third plastic film did n’t happen because of the second , but since he apprenticed as a director , he felt sure-footed in directingGuardians of the Galaxy . He also reveal in another query that he had written a treatment forScooby - Doo 3 , but   never wrote a order of payment . Both of Gunn ’s original responses from his Instagram can be scan below :

The popularity of Scooby - Doo has never really wavered since the ' 60s , with unexampled picture and idiot box shows still coming out in 2020 . The newestScooby - Dooshow , Scooby - Doo and Guess Who?,has been well - received , partly due to the seriesfun introduction of celebrity guests . An official button date for season 2 has yet to be sustain , but will likely air by and by this twelvemonth .   Warner Bros. is also releasing their animated movieSCOOB!in a few calendar month , which will delve intohow Scooby and Shaggy metand the beginnings of Mystery , Inc.

While Gunn is n’t necessitate withScoob!at all , he is continue to make waves in the superhero genre . Gunn ’s next project will be Warner Bros. ‘The Suicide Squad , a project he conjoin after being fired by Disney . Much to fan delight , Disney rehired Gunn to directGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3,which he will take after his work onThe Suicide Squadconcludes . The live - actionScooby - Doomovies may not have been very well have ,   but his writing likely was n’t the grounds of the electronegative reviews . disregardless , 2002 was a recollective time ago , and Gunn has clearly proven himself as a writer and director since he is presently a hot commodity in Hollywood .

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