Greg Berlanti and Netflix are going for a ride in the Mystery Machine.
The streaming giant is close to a deal for a live-action TV series based on the beloved Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon. Scooby-doo. The project has a script-to-series commitment at Netflix, meaning if the script is well-received, it will trigger a straight-to-series order for the live-action update of the classic cartoon.
Representatives for Netflix, producer Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions declined to comment, as no deal has yet been formally closed.
Josh Applebaum and Scott Rosenberg – who previously adapted. Cowboy Bebop For Netflix and more High sincerity for Hulu — penned scripts and executive produced by Andre Nemec and Jeff Pinkner of their Midnight Radio banner. Berlanti and his Berlanti production partner Sarah Schechter will produce alongside the company’s Lee London Redman. Jonathan Gabe of Brillanti Productions and Adrian Erickson of Midnight Radio will be credited as co-executive producers. Warner Bros. Television, where Berlanti has been based for years, is the studio because the company owns the animation studio Hanna-Barbera.
Live action dramatized Scooby-doo Warner Bros. Pictures relaunched the beloved franchise about a dog and his friends Shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daphne (sometimes accompanied by his less lovable nephew, Scrappy-Doo) as a live-action early 2000s film. Solve mysteries as feature films. . The picture, written by James Gunn and starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini and Rowan Atkinson, grossed $275 million worldwide and prompted a sequel two years later. A third film was eventually scrapped. However, in 2009, Cartoon Network produced a live-action comedy-horror film with a then-unknown cast.
More recently, Warners corporate sibling Max launched an animated spin-off, Velma, developed towards adults. (The second season of the series, from executive producer and Voice star Mindy Kaling, debuted in April and is pending word on its future.)
Created in 1969 by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, it is animated. Scooby-doo The cartoon aired in syndication on CBS and ABC until it was canceled in 1986. The franchise has featured numerous adaptations and spin-offs over the years and is considered one of the greatest TV cartoons in history.
gave Scooby-doo The drama comes as Berlanti continues to deliver for Netflix. In addition to the Lifetime Netflix hit you, Berlanti recently launched Max Transfer. Dead Boy Detective. series, is considered an offshoot of The Sandman, landed in Netflix’s top 10 US series within the first 24 hours of launch. Brilanti Productions was also behind Netflix. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Berlanti/Schechter Films also had a first-look feature deal with the streamer. Berlanti’s TV roster also includes Max. Girls on the bus (which was briefly produced on Netflix), The CW’s final season Superman and Lois, All Americans, All Americans: Homecoming, NBC’s found And the upcoming medical drama Dr. Wolf. Berlanti is repped by CAA and Felker Toczek.
For Midnight Radio, meanwhile, Scooby After Amazon, the production company will become the latest TV foray. The fort and MGM+’s From Company, repped by WME, previously adapted Cowboy Bebop As a live-action series from its anime origin.
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