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Scooby-Doo live-action series in the works at Netflix

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Scooby-Doo Live-Action Series in the Works at Netflix

A live-action Scooby-Doo series could soon be coming to Netflix, Variety has learned from sources.
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A live-action Scooby-Doo series could soon be coming to Netflix, Variety has learned from sources.

The one-hour drama project is said to be nearing a deal at the streamer with a script-to-series commitment. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps aside from the fact it will be based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Warner Bros. Television will produce, with the studio having recently launched the "Dead Boys Detectives" series at Netflix.

Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg serve as writers and will also executive produce along with André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner under their Midnight Radio banner. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman will executive produce via Berlanti productions (the company is currently under an overall deal at WBTV). Jonathan Gabay of Berlanti Productions and Adrienne Erickson will co-executive produce.
 
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It's gonna be hard to top the OG live-action cast.

Praying that this won't be like the Riverdale live action show.

Not gonna write the show off immediately but I remain skeptical
 
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JurassicJack17 said:
It's gonna be hard to top the OG live-action cast.

Praying that this won't be like the Riverdale live action show.

Not gonna write the show off immediately but I remain skeptical
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We can only wish that one of the seasons of this show ends with Daphne becoming the vessel for the Phoenix Force and blowing up an extinction-level meteor.
 
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Max|Payne said:
Better fucking have Matthew Lillard in it.
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"Now we'll see who Springtrap REALLY is!"
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"OLD MAN LILLARD?!"
 
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Is there a writers problem in Hollywood?

Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg previous work credits are Netflix's Cowboy Bebop and Amazon's Citadel

How the fuck these people keep getting the job?
 
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PimentaGui said:
Is there a writers problem in Hollywood?

Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg previous work credits are Netflix's Cowboy Bebop and Amazon's Citadel

How the fuck these people keep getting the job?
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Many jobs, not just entertainment, are based on nepotism and "who you know".

See the writers of Morbius, Madame Webb, and Gods of Egypt continuously getting work.
 
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JurassicJack17 said:
Praying that this won't be like the Riverdale live action show.
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Shaggy and Scooby go back in time to kill Past Shaggy before he can clone Abraham Lincoln. Meanwhile, Fred and Daphne are still attempting to hide their accidental bout of cannibalism from their new record label as Velma's leprosy takes a new and startling turn.
 
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PimentaGui said:
Is there a writers problem in Hollywood?

Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg previous work credits are Netflix's Cowboy Bebop and Amazon's Citadel

How the fuck these people keep getting the job?
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yeah, I seriously don't get hollywood sometimes. Like, they let the dudes who wrote Morbius write Madame Web.
 
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the live action movies were already kind of meta and lampooned the tropes of the tv show. In contrast, the best thing this one could do is play it completely straight.
 
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JurassicJack17 said:
It's gonna be hard to top the OG live-action cast.

Praying that this won't be like the Riverdale live action show.

Not gonna write the show off immediately but I remain skeptical
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It's crazy that no one has really done the original of bad guy is just a guy in the mask but instead the bad guy isn't some ethereal crap. Like all of the rehashes over time have never been "Its a guy in a mask" but it's always some alternate dimension ghost.
 
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I would prefer animation, but I suppose it has been a while since a live-action Scooby-Doo thing. I hope they bring back Scrappy-Doo as a regular feature, at least.
 
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I didn't like the original live action cast so sure why not. I watched Velma so I might as well watch this.
 
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As a life long Scooby Doo fan, I am always and forever will be in for more Scooby Doo content regardless if they bring back Matthew Lillard or not. I for one always welcome new iterations of stuff, I just hope this does lean into being more like Mystery Inc more than anything else
 
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Rockets said:
Zazlav and the new owners are idiots that's why. Same people that gave the next Batman animated show to Amazon Prime
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Evidently they think itd be more profitable to sell the show/property for profit.Dont get whats so strange to understand about it.

I thiunk before HBO MAX launched they sold the rights to Sandman to Netflix.That show could have been a universe of shows for Max but i figure like this show they think they can profit more selling to others than having it on their streaming service.

Ted lasso(arguably one of the few legitimately successful Apple shows?), Abbott elementary two of the bigger comedic shows of the last while are also warner shows iirc.

I wondered what Berlanti would be doing for Warner tv after the renewed deal. He built his success on the Cw DC shows all of which did well on netflix far as i know. So more of him on Netflix makes sense.
 
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GifGafJef said:
Evidently they think itd be more profitable to sell the show/property for profit.Dont get whats so strange to understand about it.

I thiunk before HBO MAX launched they sold the rights to Sandman to Netflix.That show could have been a universe of shows for Max but i figure like this show they think they can profit more selling to others than having it on their streaming service.

Ted lasso(arguably one of the few legitimately successful Apple shows?), Abbott elementary two of the bigger comedic shows of the last while are also warner shows iirc.

I wondered what Berlanti would be doing for Warner tv after the renewed deal. He built his success on the Cw DC shows all of which did well on netflix far as i know. So more of him on Netflix makes sense.
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Yea, Warner has been selling shows to other platforms way before Zaslav. Not sure why people are having an issue with it now all of a sudden.
 
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You're all talking about Riverdale, but the Sabrina adaptation was pretty great for what it was.

I'm down.

(I also loved Riverdale, excepted for the last boring season).
 
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