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‘Scooby-Doo’ Live-Action Netflix Series Rounds Out Main Cast
The live-action “Scooby-Doo” series at Netflix has revealed its entire main cast.
The series, officially titled “Scooby-Doo: Origins,” is now filming in Atlanta and is scheduled to premiere in 2027. As previously announced, the Mystery Inc. gang will consist of Maxwell Jenkins as Fred Jones, Tanner Hagen as Norville “Shaggy” Rogers, Abby Ryder Fortson as Velma Dinkley, and Mckenna Grace as Daphne Blake. Paul Walter Hauser is also set to appear in the series in an undisclosed role.
Joining them in the series will be: Rusty Schwimmer (“The Pitt,” “Righteous Gemstones”), Peter Macon (“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “The Orville”), Maxwell Simkins (“Shifting Gears,” “Sleepover”), Jona Xiao (“The Pitt,” “Eyes of Wakanda”), Dani Deetté (“The Runarounds,” “FBI: Most Wanted”), Elysée Sanvillé (“72 Hours”), Alex Isles (“Normal with a Capitol N”), Avery Kristen Pohl (“General Hospital,” “Never Have I Ever”), Pamela Mitchell (“1883,” “Perry Mason”), Ross Kimball (“Jury Duty,” “Masterminds”), Sara Gilbert (“The Connors”), Wynn Everett (“Chad Powers,” “She Dances”), Sauriyan Sapkota (“Midnight Club,” “House of Usher”), Bruce McGill (“Lioness,” “Reacher”), and Sherilyn Fenn (“Twin Peaks,” “Of Mice and Men”).
Exact character details are being kept under wraps.
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The official logline describes the show as modern reimagining of the beloved cartoon. “During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy (Hagen) and Daphne (Grace) 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 (Fortson), and the strange, but ever so handsome new kid, Freddy (Jenkins), 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.”
Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg serve as writers and showrunners and will also executive produce along with André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, and Adrienne Erickson under their Midnight Radio banner. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman will executive produce via Berlanti productions. Toby Haynes will executive produce and direct the first episode. Warner Bros. Television will produce. Berlanti Productions is currently under an overall deal at WBTV.
(Pictured, left to right: Avery Kristen Pohl, Sara Gilbert, Rusty Schwimmer, Peter Macon, Sherilyn Fenn)