They’re Riverdale-ing Scooby-Doo

Netflix is going ahead with their plan to give the sexy live-action Riverdale treatment to Scooby-Doo and the gang. Or rather, since Berlanti Productions is at the helm, they’re going to Arrowverse it. News of the live-action show broke in April 2024. Here’s the official logline, obtained by Variety: “During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy and Daphne get embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely lost Great Dane puppy that may have been a witness to a supernatural murder.” Rounding out the cast will be “scientific townie” Velma and “strange, but ever so handsome new kid, Freddy.” Okay. So in this version of Scoob lore, Shaggy and Daphne are summer camp friends. “Townie” implies that perhaps Velma is in a lower socioeconomic bracket than Daphne Blake and Norville Rogers. And it sounds like they’re going with the trap-obsessed, “my mind is a complete void” characterization of Freddy from Scooby-Doo! Mysteries Incorporated. No word yet on who will play these meddling kids, or how CGI slop-ified Scoob will be.

• [variety]

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