scooby-doo! & batman: the brave and the bold is a 2018 american animated direct-to-video superhero action comedy film produced by warner bros. animation and distributed by warner bros. home entertainment, and the thirtieth entry in the direct-to-video series of scooby-doo films. the film is a crossover between "scooby-doo" and "". the movie involves scooby-doo and his friends teaming with batman and other dc comics superheroes in order to defeat a new villain. it is the first film based on "batman: the brave and the bold" since the series ended in 2011. the film was premiered at the tcl chinese theatre on january 6, 2018 and was released on dvd and digitally on january 9, 2018.