Netflix today dropped a first look at the adorable puppy who will be playing Scooby-Doo in in the live-action series Scooby-Doo: Origins. For the first time in the franchise’s history, Scooby-Doo will be portrayed as a real dog on screen.
In a teaser video, we see the small pup in the woods until he spots Shaggy Rogers, played by Tanner Hagen (The Pitt, Dark Light). The cast also includes, Maxwell Jenkins (Lost in Space, The Bondsman) as Fred Jones, Mckenna Grace (The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, Regretting You) as Daphne Blake, Abby Ryder Fortson (Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Carousel) as Velma Dinkley, and Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird, Richard Jewell) in a yet-to-be announced role.
Scooby-Doo: Origins “will follow Shaggy and his old pal Daphne Blake (Mckenna Grace) during their final summer at camp, as seen in the new teaser. The teens become embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely, lost Great Dane puppy that may have witnessed a supernatural murder. With help from the pragmatic and scientific townie Velma Dinkley (Abby Ryder Fortson) and the strange but ever-so-handsome new kid Fred Jones (Maxwell Jenkins), they set out to solve the case that’s pulling them into a creepy nightmare that threatens to expose all their secrets. Based on the characters from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, the beloved group of teens and their very special dog will explore the terrifying case that first brought Mystery Inc. together.”
Showrunners/Writers/Executive Producers are Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg (From, Citadel). Production began in Atlanta in April.
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