Netflix Films Live-Action 'Scooby-Doo: Origins' in Atlanta
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- Netflix began filming the live-action eight-part series "Scooby-Doo: Origins" in Atlanta, unveiling first-look images of the cast.
- The Mystery Inc. gang is played by Mckenna Grace as Daphne, Tanner Hagen as Shaggy, Abby Ryder Fortson as Velma, and Maxwell Jenkins as Fred, with Paul Walter Hauser cast as Scooby-Doo's owner.
- Scooby-Doo himself is absent from the first-look images and will likely be created by a VFX team, per the source.
- The series is billed as a "modern reimagining" that returns to the gang's first case — set during Shaggy and Daphne's final summer at camp, investigating a lost Great Dane puppy linked to a supernatural murder.
- Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg serve as writers and showrunners, executive producing alongside André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, and Adrienne Erickson for Midnight Radio.
- Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman executive produce through Berlanti Productions, with Toby Haynes executive producing and directing.
- Warner Bros. Television produces the series and controls the rights to the Hanna-Barbera characters; Berlanti Productions is currently under an overall deal at WBTV.
Why it matters: Warner Bros. Television, which controls the Hanna-Barbera character rights and produced the franchise's three theatrical films, is now producing its first live-action Scooby-Doo series for Netflix. The eight-episode order, youth-skewing cast, and full VFX treatment for the title dog position the 50-year-old IP for a deliberate generational reset on a new streaming home.
