Warner Bros. has its own streaming service, of course, but Scooby Doo! The Live-Action series I will drive his psychedelic Mystery Machine directly on Netflix. It will be produced by Greg Berlantiwhose other Netflix projects include two other scary shows: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and the current Dead Boy Detectives.
This news comes from Deadline, which doesn’t add many details beyond the fact that it’s a “reimagining” and landed on the streamer after “a competitive situation”; it will be written by Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg, who also have a matching credit here: the animated-turned-live-action Netflix series. Cowboy Bebop. They are also both executive producers of the current series. Citadel at Prime Video, and From at MGM+.
If the name Greg Berlanti sounds familiar, he’s also the guy who’s been behind the CW’s Arrowverse for many years, as well as the delightfully wacky Riverdale.
THE Scooby Doo the gang has existed since 1969; their most high-profile foray into live-action was the 2002 feature film and its sequel, and there have been numerous animated reboots since its original run. Max, which you would think would be anyone’s home Scooby Doo project, this is where Mindy Kaling’s animated spin-off Velma has just launched its second season.
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