Arrowverse Producer Greg Berlanti Developing Live-Action SCOOBY-DOO TV Series For Netflix

Arrowverse Producer Greg Berlanti Developing Live-Action SCOOBY-DOO TV Series For Netflix

Is Scooby-Doo about to get the Riverdale treatment? It's certainly possible as we've learned that Netflix is moving forward with a live-action TV series bringing the Mystery Inc. gang back to our screens.

By JoshWilding - Apr 30, 2024 04:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Scooby-Doo
Source: Variety (via Toonado.com)

Despite receiving mixed-to-negative reviews, the live-action Scooby-Doo movies remain beloved among fans of the Mystery Inc. gang. A threequel appears to be off the table, but Variety (via Toonado.com) is reporting that a new live-action TV series is in the works and heading to Netflix. 

No plot details have been revealed, but the one-hour drama project is nearing a deal at the streamer with a script-to-series commitment. Based on the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name, Warner Bros. Television is producing the project with Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg (Cowboy Bepop) serving as writers and executive producers.

André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner will also executive produce under their Midnight Radio banner, while Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman will take on the same role through Berlanti Productions. 

Berlanti is best known for his DC TV work and was behind Netflix's recently released Dead Boy Detectives. He's also produced the likes of You, Riverdale, and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina for the streamer. 

2002's Scooby-Doo, starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, and Linda Cardellini, earned $250 million at the worldwide box office. The sequel, Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed, earned $180 million. 

We're guessing most of you have probably forgotten the TV movie Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins which starred Kate Melton, Hayley Kiyoko, Robbie Amell, and Nick Palatas (the cast returned a year later for a sequel of their own titled Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster). 

We recently caught up with Lillard and, while his time as the live-action Shaggy has ended, he did confirm he's working on more animated projects and shared what the character has come to mean to him. 

"For me, being Shaggy for so many years and holding space for that part while honouring Casey Kasem, I know eventually I’ll pass that part to the next generation as he did. I’m honoured to do that for as long as they’ll have me. Scooby-Doo is always in cycle in some capacity or another. We’re either doing a cartoon or a movie or a commercial for something."

"There are a million different iterations of it and something is always in the works," he added. "I’ve had the privilege and honour of being that voice for the last 16 or 17 years, so I will hold on to that as long as I can."

This new take on Scooby-Doo can either adapt the animated series or do something drastically different like pick up with older versions of the characters years after Mystery Inc. disbanded.

Hopefully, we'll learn more about Netflix's plans for the franchise soon. In the meantime, let us know your thoughts on this news in the comments section below.

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HermanM
HermanM - 4/30/2024, 4:51 AM
Berlanti?


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Who's going to be race changed and who's going to be gay in it ?
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 4/30/2024, 5:00 AM
@HermanM - i heard scooby doo is gonna be a Filipino midget called El Doodoo portrayed by Sir Ben Kingsley in heavy make up proseticts and cgi
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 4/30/2024, 5:25 AM
@HermanM - I hope scooby is CGI, I want them to waste as much money as possible on this.
braunermegda
braunermegda - 4/30/2024, 5:58 AM
@HermanM - your mom
Matchesz
Matchesz - 4/30/2024, 7:17 AM
@HermanM - answers pretty obvious, daphne is a redhead
Batmangina
Batmangina - 4/30/2024, 7:52 AM
@Malatrova15 - I would renew my subscription for this.
CoHost
CoHost - 4/30/2024, 4:52 AM
Berlanti is the scum of the earth.
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 4/30/2024, 4:54 AM
@CoHost - what did he actually do?
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 4/30/2024, 5:23 AM
@Mrtoke - He has managed to work on IP's such the CW's Arrow stuff, Titans, Green lantern, etc and has churned out nothing but mediocre shit at best. When he gets a hold a project, it never improves as it goes along, it just stagnates and then devolves into shit if it didn't already start there.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 4/30/2024, 5:33 AM
@HashTagSwagg - What does that have to do with being scum?
braunermegda
braunermegda - 4/30/2024, 6:00 AM
@Mrtoke - he hurt the fat [frick] nerdies by changing some minor and unimportant thing in the real world where these losers don't have an actual life
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 4/30/2024, 6:03 AM
@HashTagSwagg - when you are give a tv cw budget, that tends to happen. he's not working on a 100 million dollar, 2 hour movie
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 4/30/2024, 6:32 AM
@dagenspear - I've just given you a list of his war crimes
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HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 4/30/2024, 6:35 AM
@Mrtoke - "he's not working on a 100 million dollar"
I believe Green Lantern's budget was around 200 million
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Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 4/30/2024, 1:26 PM
@HashTagSwagg - lmaoooo
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 4/30/2024, 4:58 AM
Por favor ayuda. 776yh pizza danger
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 4/30/2024, 4:58 AM
As someone who grew up loving Scooby Doo , I hope this turns out well…

I actually do think Berlanti is a good fit for this given his previous productions though the writers , from the little I know of their work are a mixed bag ( I know their Cowboy Bebop was divisive to say the least but they also have done stuff like Ghost Protocol etc).

I hope it’s not too Riverdale-esque but moreso Nancy Drew if we are comparing CW shows in terms of tone & vibe (though I don’t think Berlanti was involved in that).

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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 4/30/2024, 5:03 AM
Honestly , if it has a vibe of Mystery Incorporated which is probably my favorite version of the characters I have seen then I’ll be happy.

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S8R8M
S8R8M - 4/30/2024, 5:08 AM
It better be like Columbo!
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 4/30/2024, 5:18 AM
Berlanti is the one who turned the Arrowverse into feminist drivel. Lot of similarities between what he did to the CW and what Feige is doing with the MCU now. He was one of the original "put a chick in it and make it lame and gay" people.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 4/30/2024, 5:33 AM
@WarMonkey - Most things have chicks in it and have for a long time before that.
braunermegda
braunermegda - 4/30/2024, 6:03 AM
@WarMonkey - oh no are you hurt????
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 4/30/2024, 6:48 AM
@dagenspear - Ya, like Hunger Games which I just watched last week and Underworld series which I did 2 weeks ago and Resident Evil movies that I've seen a million times or Dead or Alive movie starring 3 girls and etc etc etc.

Thanks, Captain Obvious!!!
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 4/30/2024, 6:50 AM
@braunermegda - Stating a fact is not an emotional reaction, and that's a fact. Are you butt-hurt over what I said??? lol
braunermegda
braunermegda - 4/30/2024, 7:19 AM
@WarMonkey - oh yeah I'm the butt hurt, Mr feminists-and-gays-ruined-my-entertainment
SolarSoldier
SolarSoldier - 4/30/2024, 8:21 AM
@WarMonkey - He's gay and Arrowverse was barely gay so get over yourself. The most prominent were 2 lesbians which I'm sure you didn't mind.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 4/30/2024, 5:32 AM
Asher Angel as Fred Jones

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Olivia Rodrigo as Daphne Blake

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Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Velma Dinkley

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Jack Champion as Shaggy Rogers

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FusionWarrior
FusionWarrior - 4/30/2024, 7:16 AM
Well will see how this experiment goes?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/30/2024, 8:02 AM
I’m sure it’ll be anything but good
SolarSoldier
SolarSoldier - 4/30/2024, 8:19 AM
OR just do Mystery Incorporated with each past mystery group🤦🏿‍♂️
bobevanz
bobevanz - 4/30/2024, 8:28 AM
I'm sure Visionary is foaming out the mouth, and all the other CW sympathists lol no thanks!

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