HBOMAX Picks Up 'ADULT' Velma Dinkley Series From Mindy Kaling

[CaptainWagner]

‘Clone High’ Reboot, ‘Scooby Doo’ Spinoff & Pete Davidson Comedy Set At HBO Max – Deadline

HBO Max is doubling down on adult animation, ordering three series and setting a bustling development slate.

The streamer has handed a two-season order to Clone High, the reboot of the classic MTV series with Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence, and ordered Scooby-Doo spinoff Velma with Mindy Kaling set as lead voice star and exec producer and Fired on Mars from Pete Davidson.

These projects are the latest to be ordered by HBO Max, which also has Harley Quinn, The Prince, Santa Inc., 10 Year Old Tom and The Boondocks. Last month, it also introduced a new landing page for animation.

Velma tells the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang. Voiced and exec produced by Kaling, the series from Warner Bros. Animation has has Charlie Grandy, Howard Klein and Sam Register as executive producers.

I think there's a ton of potential for an adult cartoon set in the Scooby-Doo mythos - really just a more concise, un-censored "Mystery Inc." would be incredible. But I don't get why to do this and make it just about Velma.

 

[Marvolo]

Prior to her time with the Scooby gang she would have been a nerdy middle school student. Tho in this show she'll probably be some child CIA analyst or some other nonsense before she meets the scooby gang.