Michael Kurinsky wants Scoob! Holiday Haunt to finally see the light of day, and the recent triumph of Coyote vs. Acme just handed him fresh ammunition for the plea. The director has spent years watching his finished Scooby-Doo project gather digital dust inside a vault nobody outside Warner Bros. can open. Every fresh headline about rescued films now doubles as a reminder of what remains locked away. The timing could not feel more pointed.

While one shelved comedy finally escaped the vault this month, another finished holiday tale still waits for its own rescue story to begin.

Michael Kurinsky renewed his call for Scoob! Holiday Haunt to reach audiences, timing his message to the Coyote vs. Acme triumph. He framed the completed film as proof that hidden gems deserve a second chance.

"I am one of the directors of Scoob! Holiday Haunt, a movie that was shelved by Warner Bros." he said on his Instagram post.

He then added, "It is every bit a Scooby-Doo mystery ready to be watched every Christmas with an A-list cast."

Kurinsky used the same Instagram post to tag several actors, including Mark Hamill, Michael McKean, Mckenna Grace, Cristo Fernández, Ariana Greenblatt, Ming-Na Wen, and Iain Armitage, essentially asking who might play the savior the way Ketchup Entertainment did for Coyote vs. Acme. Scoob! Holiday Haunt was completed back in 2022 as a prequel to Scoob!, only to be shelved months later alongside Batgirl for tax purposes. The film reportedly still sits finished on Warner Bros.' servers, waiting for a buyer willing to take the same risk Ketchup once did.

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While Kurinsky waits for his own miracle, Coyote vs. Acme has already proved that Warner Bros. vaults are not permanently sealed.

Coyote vs. Acme has emerged as the highest-rated Looney Tunes release in decades, settling at ninety-five percent on Rotten Tomatoes after briefly touching a perfect score. IGN awarded the comedy nine out of ten, calling its humor a sharp answer to years of franchise criticism. Warner Bros. had shelved the finished project as a tax write-off despite strong test screenings, before Ketchup Entertainment stepped in and secured distribution rights. The film premiered widely on August twenty-eight, earning roughly fifteen million dollars domestically.

The opening weekend landed at number two behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day, giving Ketchup Entertainment the biggest debut in its history. Reviews stayed overwhelmingly positive, with only a couple of dissenting voices calling the screenplay tame, and audiences awarded the film a strong CinemaScore. That outcome now stands as living proof that a finished, well-tested project can still find its way to a screen years after being written off. Michael Kurinsky clearly hopes Scoob! Holiday Haunt becomes the next chapter in that same rescue story.

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