HBO Max signs “adult” cartoon series based on Scooby-Doo’s Velma
Enlarge / This artist's approximation imagines Velma from the Scooby-Doo series getting chummy with the Clone High cast. We doubt that such a crossover will happen, but animation nerds can dream, right? (credit: WarnerMedia / Aurich Lawson)
One of HBO Max's best differentiators in the video-streaming scramble has been its animation family, which includes a glut of established "mature" cartoons from families like Adult Swim and DC Universe. A Wednesday announcement sees WarnerMedia moving aggressively on that front with a whopping seven new series orders on top of existing series in development.
Today, the company's Hanna-Barbera family went for one of its biggest nudge-nudge, wink-wink series ideas since off-kilter fare like Space Ghost: a dedicated series about the "origins" of Scooby-Doo mainstay Velma Dinkley, simply named Velma.
Suggestive Scooby stuff, from Gunn to Max
WarnerMedia's press release says the series' first ordered season will offer "an original and humorous spin that unmasks the complex and colorful past of one of America’s most beloved mystery solvers," then confirms Mindy Kaling (The Office) as both Velma's voice and an executive producer. The announcement doesn't include clarification on other cast members or writers/directors, simply doubling down on a suggestive description: "an adult animated comedy series."
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