The live-action series adaptation of popular animated show Scooby-Doo from Netflix has found its Shaggy Rogers, Velma Dinkley and Fred Jones. A day after it was announced that McKenna Grace (The Handmaid's Tale, Gifted) will be playing Daphne Blake in the series, the streaming giant has shared details regarding the rest of the crew.
Tanner Hagen (The Pitt, Dark Light) as Shaggy Rogers, Abby Ryder Fortson (Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret; Carousel) as Velma Dinkley, and Maxwell Jenkins (Lost in Space, The Bondsman) as Fred Jones are now part of the modern reimagining of the much-loved franchise.
The upcoming series is developed by Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg, who adapts the characters created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
The plot centers on old friends Shaggy Rogers and Daphne Blake, who team up at summer camp with scientific townie Velma Dinkley and the strange but handsome Fred Jones to solve the mystery of a lonely lost Great Dane puppy — who may have witnessed a supernatural murder.
Applebaum and Rosenberg also serve as showrunners and executive producers along with Andre Nemec and Jeff Pinkner under the Midnight Radio banner. Greg Berlanti is also serving as an executive producer under Berlanti Productions banner. Warner Bros Television is also backing the series. The upcoming series is set to have eight episodes with Toby Haynes, also an executive producer, set to direct the premiere episode.
The Scooby-Doo franchise began with the animated series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in 1969. More recently, the franchise and the characters were adapted into two films, Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)