Who left the dog out?
The first look from Netflix‘s upcoming live-action series “Scooby-Doo: Origins” has been revealed, introducing the famed Mystery Inc. gang but with one notable absentee: Scoob himself.
Instead, with cameras now rolling on the show in Atlanta (and the famed cowardly, snack-loving dog probably being put together and animated by a VFX team), the production has unveiled the first glimpse of the crime-solving team of Daphne (played by Mckenna Grace), Shaggy (Tanner Hagen), Velma (Abby Ryder Fortson) and Fred (Maxwell Jenkins).
Billed as a “modern reimagining” of the iconic world of Scooby-Doo — more than 50 years old and spanning more than a dozen animated series, nearly 40 animated home entertainment movies and three theatrical films — the eight-part series goes back to the very first case that started it all.
“During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy and Daphne get embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely lost Great Dane puppy that may have been a witness to a supernatural murder,” the logline reads. “Together with the pragmatic and scientific townie, Velma, and the strange, but ever so handsome new kid, Freddy, they set out to solve the case that is pulling each of them into a creepy nightmare that threatens to expose all of their secrets.”
Paul Walter Hauser also stars as Scooby-Doo’s owner.
Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg serve as writers and showrunners on “Scooby-Doo: Origins” and will also executive produce along with André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner and Adrienne Erickson for Midnight Radio. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Leigh London Redman will executive produce via Berlanti productions. Toby Haynes executive produces and directs. Warner Bros. Television will produce. Berlanti Productions is currently under an overall deal at WBTV, with the studio controlling the rights to the Hanna-Barbera characters.
