A New Scooby-Doo Series Could Be Coming From Netflix
Get your Scooby snacks ready because a new Scooby-Doo series is on the way. Netflix is teaming up with producer Greg Berlanti to create a live-action drama based on the beloved cartoon.
Netflix is currently negotiating a deal for a new series based on the classic Hanna-Barbera animation. The streaming platform has a script-to-series commitment for the project, meaning it could receive a straight-to-series order if approved. Warner Bros. Television, which owns the animation studio, will produce the mystery drama.
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Screenwriters Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg wrote the script. The duo has previous experience adapting works, as they helped create Netflix’s Cowboy Beebop and Hulu’s High Fidelity. André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner join the pair on the project, as their Midnight Radio production company will executive produce.
In addition, Love Simon director Greg Berlanti and his Berlanti Productions team will executive produce the series. Berlanti previously created major hits for the platform, producing titles, such as You and Dead Boy Detectives.
The upcoming series will not be the first live-action interpretation of the classic cartoon. Mosaic Media Group famously produced a live-action feature titled Scooby-Doo in 2002.
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The film starred Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, and Rowan Atkinson and was based on a screenplay by DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn. The project succeded at the box office, leading to its 2004 sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
A made-for-television version was also created in 2009, titled Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins. Its sequel shortly followed, premiering in 2010.
Additionally, Max recently released Velma 2, its follow-up to the 2023 adult animated series based on the iconic “Jinkies”-blurting character.
As for the new production, exact details about the plot remain a secret for the moment. Representatives for the project refrained from commenting as they were still working out the deal.
Until further news about the project is released, viewers can stream the original 1969 cartoon, Scooby-Doo Where Are You! on Max.
