Many of us are spending this extra time at home catching up on shows we’ve long been meaning to binge-watch, movies we’ve been wanting to stream, books we’ve been meaning to read, or video games we’ve been waiting to play. And with the film industry on hiatus for the foreseeable future, that means even usually busy stars now have time to catch-up on their streaming queues and reading lists.
We reached out to Will Forte, who voices the adult Shaggy in the new animated movie Scoob!, to see what he’s doing to keep himself entertained these days.
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What Is the Last Thing You Finished Watching?
I just watched Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. I got to work with Mary Steenburgen on Last Man on Earth and I’m a huge fan of hers. We’ve been watching that show. It was really a very touching episode, great show.
I watched it last night UHF — Weird Al — which I had somehow never seen. It’s so funny. He’s so rad. I watched that.
What Are You Watching Right Now?
I’ve been doing a lot of catch up on, not catch up but Big Mouth just rewatching Big Mouth, a lot of Bob’s Burgers, as far as like new stuff I’ve been really into the Michael Jordan ten-part series [The Last Dance] although I still haven’t seen five and six. I’ve been saving those because we’ve been writing MacGruber. I’m saving those for finishing a couple of episodes which we’re almost done with. That’s just, I mean those are so amazing.
What Is Your Go-to Comfort Watch?
(My fiancee) is a huge fan of The Office and just kind of has it on in the background all the time as she goes about her business. I used to watch the news which increasingly agitates me and turns me into an incredibly anxious and angry person. It’s very nice to mix down the news part of it and really inject some serious amazing comedy, I mean The Office is so freaking funny. Bob’s Burgers which I’ve known all those people forever and gotten to do a voice on the show and now I’m part of this show called The Great North which is by a couple of the people who were long-time Bob’s writers. I’ve been a part of the family but there were so many episodes that I hadn’t seen yet. I’m catching up and rewatching the ones that I have seen and watching some of the ones that I’ve never had a chance to catch the first time around. That’s my current jam.
What Book Are You Reading? / What Is The Last Book You Read?
[Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, by Gregory Boyle] It’s a true story about this guy, a minister or a pastor. It was all about Homeboy Industries. It’s a really good book.
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What Game Are You Playing? / What Is The Last Game You Played?
I have The New York Times crossword app. I do that on my phone every day and I have a race with my dad and my uncle Dick. We just started kind of clocking ourselves and turning it into a competition.
What Is Next On Your To-Watch/Read/Play List?
Well, finishing the Michael Jordan series. I go through long periods where I will just not be watching anything because I’ll be trying to write something. I have every episode of Game of Thrones to watch. I have the entire The Wire, which I’m very excited about, like Breaking Bad and Cheers those are basically the only two that I have watched from beginning to end of the whole series. I want to go back and watch all of Curb Your Enthusiasm because I’ve seen a ton of them. I missed a couple too when I would go through busy stretches and you just don’t get funnier than that show. It’s so good.
What is one thing you’d recommend that other people should watch/read/play if they’re looking for something new?
Well, I mean again I hate to get back to it but that Michael Jordan documentary series is so fun and I was very excited about it. My buddy was also excited about it, I kind of forced us to watch it and all the people who were not excited about it loved it. That’s the one I would say. Obviously, Tiger King. I think everybody’s watched by now, that was fun to watch.
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Due to the closure of movie theaters, Warner Bros. dropped its original plans to release Scoob! theatrically and will instead debut it on premium VOD and digital ownership in the U.S. and Canada on May 15, 2020.
Scoob! will be available for a 48-hour rental via Premium Video On Demand for $19.99 or premium digital ownership for $24.99 beginning on Friday, May 15 (prices listed U.S. SRP). The title will be available on participating digital platforms.
Scoob! is directed by Tony Cervone and features a voice cast that, in addition to Forte, also includes Mark Wahlberg as Blue Falcon; Jason Isaacs as Dick Dastardly; Gina Rodriguez as Velma; Zac Efron as Fred; Amanda Seyfried as Daphne; Kiersey Clemons as Falcon Fury pilot Dee Dee Skyes; Ken Jeong as the Falcon Force’s Dynomutt; Tracy Morgan as Captain Caveman; and Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo.
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If you enjoyed this then check out the binge lists of the casts of Star Trek: Discovery and Picard, Sonic and Westworld actor James Marsden, the showrunners of Amazing Stories, the cast of The Boys, and 1917 star George MacKay.
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Source: IGN.com Will Forte's Stuck at Home Binge List