'Courage the Cowardly Dog' movie rumour debunked: no 2025 release in development

Speculation around a possible Courage the Cowardly Dog movie in 2025 has been circulating online, but there is no such project currently in development. The rumour began with an AI-generated post on Facebook, which has since spread widely across social media.

The original animated series aired on Cartoon Network for three years and became one of its most recognisable titles.

The show followed Courage, a timid dog living in a remote farmhouse in Kansas with his owners Muriel and Eustace, blending surreal comedy with moments of horror and emotion.

The recent claim of a live-action adaptation was traced to a post by a Facebook page called Cine History. It included two AI-generated images and linked to a concept trailer uploaded by the YouTube channel Fandom Topics, which has been viewed more than 14,000 times.

The post described the supposed film as a “live-action horror-fantasy” that would turn the cartoon into a “dark, atmospheric nightmare.”

Despite attracting more than 46,000 reactions, 1,400 comments, and 8,000 shares, the story is not true. There are currently no official plans for a Courage the Cowardly Dog film in 2025.

Talk of reviving the franchise has emerged before. In 2018, series creator John R. Dilworth revealed he was in discussions with Boomerang about a prequel project, though it did not move forward.

In February 2024, he uploaded an animatic titled Goblins of Litter to YouTube, showing unused material.

Fans did, however, see Courage return in 2021 with the crossover film Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog, which is available on HBO Max. For now, no further projects have been announced.