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Published 17:40 IST, March 2nd 2019

Will Forte, Gina Rodriguez, Tracy Morgan to voice star in Scooby-Doo reboot

Actors Will Forte, Gina Rodriguez, Tracy Morgan and Frank Welker will voice star in the new animated Scooby-Doo film. Forte, best known for 'Lego Movie: The Second Part', will lend voice to the iconic character of Shaggy, the best friend of Scooby-Doo, who will be voiced by Welker in the animated feature.

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Actors Will Forte, Gina Rodriguez, Tracy Morgan and Frank Welker will voice star in the new animated Scooby-Doo film. Forte, best known for 'Lego Movie: The Second Part', will lend voice to the iconic character of Shaggy, the best friend of Scooby-Doo, who will be voiced by Welker in the animated feature. The film, titled 'Scooby', is set to be directed by Tony Cervone from a script by Matt Lieberman, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Rodriguez will take on the role of Velma, the brains of the group known as Mystery Inc, while Morgan will voice star as Captain Caveman, a character who has appeared in other Hanna Barbera cartoons, but not the original 'Scooby-Doo'.

The story sees the Mystery Inc. gang join forces with other heroes of the Hanna-Barbera universe to save the world from Dick Dastardly and his evil plans. The film has a release date of May 2020.

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The last Scooby-Doo project for the big screen was the 2004's live-action film 'Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed', which featured Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, and Tim Blake Nelson. 

Updated 18:15 IST, March 2nd 2019

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