‘Scooby-Doo’ Live-Action Netflix Series Casts Casts Maxwell Jenkins as Fred, Abby Ryder Fortson as Velma, Tanner Hagen as Shaggy

The beauty of Scooby-Doo is there is no shortage of reboots and reimaginings that can work. For every Velma you get A Pup Named Scooby-Doo! The characters fit such clear archetypes it’s tough to actually mess them up.

I mean. Yeah. Honestly. Good cast.

Might not be for me, but atleast the casting looks pretty solid so far. Hopefully they do Scooby Doo justice.

We just need to accept that this is gonna be *Riverdale* but for Scooby-Doo, and that's **fine.** This is a cartoon that debuted in the late 1960s, and has more or less been tweaked or reimagined for new generations of kids and teens in every subsequent decade. I think this is what any child-adjacent franchise needs to do in order to survive, and a new take on any of these things doesn't magically erase the old ones. A lot of the reimaginings are objectively better or richer than the older ones, too—*Beast Wars* and *Friendship is Magic* added so much more heart, character work, and depth compared to the original 1980s cartoons of *Transformers* and *My Little Pony*, for example. Do I want to immediately tell Shaggy and Fred to get off my lawn? Yeah, sure. But I'm almost 40 years old. This isn't for me. And I'm much prefer to see things honestly trying to appeal to a new generation of young people, or at least be entertaining for all ages, rather than everything from my generation continue to just target a shrinking demographic of toxic and impossible-to-please Millennials and Gen Xers, like we've seen in everything from *Star Wars* to the pre-Gunn DCU. I'd argue *that* was the biggest issue with the *Velma* show, if we're being honest. I don't care that they made her a Brown girl, or that the jokes leaned towards being bad more often than not. (Velma has been Asian before, and Scooby-Doo has had groan-worthy jokes since its first episode.) It's the fact that they made it an R-Rated Show For Adults With Graphic Violence and Swearing! At that point, why would I watch it at all if I liked the original stuff or wanted to share it with my nieces and nephews? I'll just show them *Mystery Inc*, and if I want a crass and violent cartoon for adults, I've got everything from *Harley Quinn* to *The Venture Bros* (RIP) to watch on HBO Max alone. In the wake of *Stranger Things* ending, it makes sense that Netflix is looking for other supernatural-teen-mystery franchises to take its place. This is as good of a bet as any.

The casting is absolutely perfect. Im actually shocked they managed to do it so well. I cant wait to see a first look at the show. I know its a drama but i hope they dont forget the comedy as well. They can tell a more mature story and still have comedy AND A TALKING DOG. (That frank welker rumor better be true bc scooby needs to talk lol)

Well, as long as Scrappy doesn't show up, it might be okay.

Can we get Matthew Lillard playing an older Shaggy? I don't care how they do it. The gang goes to the future and meet older versions of themselves (although getting Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar reprising their roles might be challenging. Same with Linda Cardelini. Only Lillard seems to be still involved with the Scooby-Doo IP). Or some time paradox that older Shaggy ends up in the present.  It would be a cool way to pay respect to the person who has proudly carried the legacy of Shaggy in not only the early 2000s live-action films. But has also been the official voice of Shaggy Rogers in most of the newer animated show incarnations. He was passed the torch of the role after Casey Kasem (RIP) stopped voicing. 

just from those pictures only fred looks off, the other two are pretty passable i think the only thing bugging me with the fred guy is he's got a baby face/very young look and fred has the whole chad wide jaw thing going on

oh the kid from lost in space and young cassie. that's cool.

He will now be known as Maxwell Jinkies

Cautiously optimistic for this

surprised with the accurate cast:)

I loved Stranger Things and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina so I'm cautiously optimistic.

Who's playing Scooby?

I’m kinda shocked they didn’t race swap Velma or Fred or anyone so far

Interesting choices, will have to see them in action before I give an opinion.

10/10 casting 🥳 I hope I don't need to wait 3 years for this

Linda Cardelini = the only Velma we ever need.

The dude for Shaggy looks perfect.

Maxwell Jenkins sounds like the name of a museum curator who dresses up as a ghoul to steal historical artifacts at night.

who’s playing scooby?

I'm old and this clearly isn't aimed at me, but is the target audience for this even aware of Scooby-Doo?

Love to see Maxwell as Fred. He was great in Lost in Space. Also, took me a second to realize Abby is the same little girl from Ant-Man. Dang, I didn't realize it's been so long since it came out

I read Maxwell "Jinkies" as Fred

heard danny devito is playing scoobs

Abby was so good in Are You There God It’s Me Margaret

I was a fan of the cartoon as a kid, but I hated the Live action movies (yes I know they are loved). I hope this is a better version

It definitely feels like the new Stranger Things, and that's fine. I really like the cast.

They should just adapt mystery inc, that show was awesome man. Anyway casting for this is lookin pretty on point so far

Only familiar with Maxwell Jenkins from this new batch of cast announcement. Watched him in Lost in Space when he was a lot younger (his character was A LOT different from Fred). The show was below average, but his performance was among the standouts in the cast (along with his redhead sister, Ignacio Serricchio, and Parker Posey). Looking forward to see his interpretation of Fred and his dynamic with McKenna Grace!

Unless Scooby talks, this show can already f*** off!

i’m from the same neighborhood in chicago as max it’s wild seeing him with mckenna grace lol

Danger, Will Robinson!

I would highly recommend [Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1660055/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) to any older Scooby Doo fans out there. Tons of Easter eggs, great inside jokes and running gags, and an awesome voice cast. My 7yr old discovered it on Netflix and we loved it.

I’ll support it if James Gunn resigns!

nice maxwell

Are any of the original live action movie cast gonna make appearances?

Can't wait until they Surf Dracula this and they don't get the Mystery Machine and a ghoul reveal until the last minute of the last episode

Who?

Wouldn't it be expensive to have a CG dog for a television budget? Although I guess if One Piece is gonna do it with Chopper, it's possible.

no problem with the cast but i just dont trust netflix to make anything good. it fels like all their shows are made by the same writing team.

make Scooby Wilfrfed

Is this like them as teens or something?

If this is a success there'd better be a Wednesday crossover.

McKenna Grace is blowing up so it’s kind of funny to see her in this cast with a lot of no-name actors. I thought when she was cast they were going to get some mostly familiar faces. Cast looks great tho! Just feels like McKenna is taking a step back here in her career than forward.

I am getting old. I recognize the them from nothing. Hope this show does well! All we need is a Daphne, a first look at Scoob and the Mystery Machine!

Abby is underrated. She’s great in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. And also the pregnant teen on the first season of Thw Pitt.

Yet another live action with yet another cast. At what point do we let scoobs rest.

I don’t know how I feel about McKenna Grace as Daphne, but I hope she works out. 

I really hope people don’t die, and everyone has sex with eachother.

Well they certainly look the part. Scooby-Doo has never really been my thing so I think I’ll skip out but I’m happy for the fans

what? mindy isnt apart of this? wonder why 🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂

Another remake where the people remaking it have no idea what the original is about. Scooby-Doo might be the most relevant cartoon for our current age. At its heart it is about the decline of America. The death of American factories and the loss of jobs. The loss of hope. The modern great depression. Make a serious re-adaption using this as the heart of the movie. Shoot it in the rust belt using abandoned factories. Make the ghosts people who have lost their jobs. Make it bleak. Turn it into a found footage / documentary style movie.

Why do they keep remaking this

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Deeply suspicious of anyone looking forward to this.

I would love it if it's like the Scooby Gang walks into a Conjuring movie in progress

Who is playing Scrappy Do??

I know they are teens in scooby doo but Fred’s character literally looks like he’s 13, rather than an athletic leader of the group. Not loving the casting here.

We don’t need this, guys. For f*** sake… we don’t need a Buffy reboot, or a Firefly reboot, what we need is NEW. NOT OLD. NEW. NEW NEW. EVERGREEN IP. ARE WE NOT TIRED!?