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Those meddling kids are coming back in a new way, according to Netflix.
The streaming service is currently filming a live-action TV series called Scooby-Doo: Origins that will explore how the gang met before they became "Mystery Inc."
Based on the characters from Hanna-Barbera, the new show from Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg (and their production company, Midnight Radio) will follow Shaggy and Daphne at summer camp as they get pulled into a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely, lost Great Dane puppy who may have been a witness to a supernatural murder. "Alongside the pragmatic and scientific townie Velma and the strange but ever-so-handsome new kid Freddy, they set out to solve the case that’s pulling each of them into a creepy nightmare that threatens to expose all of their secrets," Netflix says.
Mckenna Grace (The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, Regretting You) will star as Daphne Blake, Tanner Hagen (The Pitt, Dark Light) will be Shaggy Rogers, Abby Ryder Fortson (Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret; Carousel) will be Velma Dinkley, and Maxwell Jenkins (Lost in Space, The Bondsman) will be Fred Jones. Paul Walter Hauser has been cast in a currently undisclosed role. It’s safe to say that Scooby-Doo himself will be animated/CGI.
Scooby-Doo: Origins is also executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman (via Berlanti Productions), and André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, and Adrienne Erickson (via Midnight Radio). Toby Haynes will also serve as an executive producer and direct the premiere episode.
"One of my first and favorite jobs in Hollywood was sitting with Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera while they signed animation cels," 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."
Midnight Radio is a production company known for its work on High Fidelity for Hulu, Cowboy Beebop for Netflix, Citadel for Amazon, Zoo for CBS, Knightfall for History Channel, Everything Sucks for Netflix and more. Pinkner & Rosenberg wrote both Jumanji and Jumanji 2 and Venom. Appelbaum & Nemec wrote Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and both Ninja Turtles movies for Paramount.
It’s unclear when it will be released—Netflix has only begun filming.
So far, the feedback on the new TV show announcement is, at best, hopeful and excited, and largely apathetic.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it pic.twitter.com/d1pa454fSa
— The Rotation (@TheRotationPod_) April 24, 2026
live-action Scooby-Doo “Origins” sounds like they’re about to over-explain Mystery Inc for no reason 😭
— Flitchatter (@flitchatter) April 24, 2026
some things don’t need a dark backstory, man.
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