Scooby-Doo getting new live action film for some reason

Animated series also in the works

Sarah Michelle Gellar last played Daphne (Warner Bros)

As the reboot period gets ever shorter, Warner Bros has announced plans to bring Scooby-Doo back to the big screen.

The last time the Great Dane was in cinemas with Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed he bombed, but given that his previous 2002 movie starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr, Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardellini took over $275 million worldwide I guess someone at Warner Bros went: "Eh, might as well then."

According to Indiewire, Randall Green has been tasked with writing a script relevant to an audience that didn't grow up on Scooby-Doo, with Charles Roven returning to produce but no word on a director yet.

The news comes just days after the death of Casey Kasem, who was the voice of Shaggy in the original cartoon.

There are also plans for a new animated Scooby-Doo series over at Cartoon Network, which is set to make its debut later this year.