Netflix’s Scooby-Doo Series Sets Tanner Hagen As Shaggy, Abby Ryder Fortson As Velma & Maxwell Jenkins As Fred, Joining Mckenna Grace As Daphne

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Netflix has assembled the human part of Mystery Inc., the amateur sleuthing gang at the heart of Scooby-Doo. Tanner Hagen (The Pitt, Dark Light) will play Shaggy Rogers, Abby Ryder Fortson (Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Carousel) will portray Velma Dinkley and Maxwell Jenkins (Lost in Space, The Bondsman) is set as Fred Jones in the untitled Scooby-Doo live-action series, joining previously cast Mckenna Grace as Daphne Blake.

This caps a lengthy talent search for the leads in the live-action reimagining of Warner Bros.’ classic Scooby-Doo cartoon, which tracks down how the famous mystery-solving crew and their beloved dog first teamed up. It comes from Midnight Radio, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

Written by Midnight Radio’s Josh Appelbaum & Scott Rosenberg based on characters created by Hanna-Barbera, the Scooby-Doo series crafts an origin story of how the Mystery Inc. group got together and first

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