Mindy Kaling’s Scooby-Doo Sleuth Uncovers a Mystery in Velma Trailer

The New York Comic Con 2022 panel launched the primary teaser for the HBO Max grownup animated sequence Velma, which is able to dig into the origin of the smartest member of the Scooby Doo gang.

Earlier right now, The Hollywood Reporter dropped the information that filling out Mystery Inc. are Glenn Howerton (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) as Fred, Sam Richardson (Hocus Pocus 2) as Norville (aka Shaggy), and Constance Wu (Hustlers) as Daphne. Kaling and showrunner Charlie Grandy will govt produce.

Here’s the trailer for the HBO Max launch unveiled at NYCC 2022, which Mindy Kaling launched on the con by exclaiming, “It starts with a murder, bitch!”

io9’s Linda Codega was on the panel and received to see the pilot episode, which follows the early days of characters earlier than they develop into the enduring gang. We uncover that Velma will get her second to hold massive major character vitality that Kaling described as a “truth teller:” she speaks her thoughts and sort of additionally has anxiousness induced spooky hallucinations when attempting to unravel mysteries. She overtly flirts with wealthy child Fred—who’s kinda a jerk, and possibly flirts with Daphne, too. (Though there was no affirmation of whether or not or not this model of Velma can be queer, like she is within the just-released Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo Halloween particular, we do be taught that Daphne has lesbian mothers.) The present was pitched as a “love quadrangle.” Norville/Shaggy, who has a crush on Velma, additionally will get a serious change: he’s very anti-drugs—however Kaling and firm shared that it doesn’t imply it should keep that means. The character’s “shift from straight edge to burnout will be earned,” based on govt producer Grandy. Alas, there’ll be no Scooby, as Warner Bros. didn’t allow the usage of the beloved mascot because the present’s very grownup tone focuses extra on raunchy hijinks and violence.

Official first seems at Fred, Daphne, and Norville have been revealed as properly forward of the panel.

Additional forged contains Melissa Fumero, Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes, Ken Leung, Russell Peters, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Cherry Jones, Weird Al Yankovic, Fortune Feimster, Yvonne Orji, Sarayu Blue, Nicole Byer, Ming-Na Wen, Shay Mitchell, Debby Ryan, Kulap Vilaysak, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Frank Welker (voice of the unique Fred and Scooby) as Fred’s dad (whose an absolute DILF).

The present’s synopsis as described by HBO Max reveals that, “Velma is an adult animated comedy series telling the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang. An original and humorous spin that unmasks the complex and colorful past of one of America’s most beloved mystery solvers.”

Velma is ready for streaming on HBO Max in 2023.

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