We’ve got another iteration of Scooby-Doo heading our way, whether we want it or not. The latest Mystery Inc. team is heading to Netflix with an eight-episode order. The series will apparently be an origin story about how Scooby first teamed up with Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Freddy. Here’s the official logline, per Variety:
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. 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.
Groovy… ?
The project comes from Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg , who serve as writers and showrunners. Greg Berlanti’s Berlanti Productions, the company behind The CW’s Arrowverse, among many other things, is executive producing the project.
“One of my first and favorite jobs in Hollywood was sitting with Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera while they signed animation cells,” Berlanti said in a statement. “Josh and Scott and everyone at Midnight Radio have crafted a story that captures their amazing spirits and their genius creation. We are grateful to them and everyone at Warners and Netflix for the partnership in helping bring this iteration of Scooby-Doo to life!”
This isn’t the first live-action version of Scooby-Doo, of course: A couple of decades ago Warner Bros. came out with a feature film featuring flesh-and-blood human beings (see the great Matthew Lillard’s Shaggy above) and a CGI Great Dane who loved Scooby snacks. The cartoon iterations of the team are many, including Mindy Kaling’s Velma, which has since been canceled.
No news yet on when Netflix will submit our eyeballs to another Scooby-Doo endeavor.
