Mindy Kaling Collection Gained’t Embrace Scooby-Doo

The “Scooby-Doo” universe is about to return again in an enormous approach, however don’t anticipate Scooby-Doo to be concerned. “Velma,” a brand new grownup animated sequence that options Mindy Kaling because the voice of the titular character, guarantees to fulfill longtime followers of the cartoon sequence who wish to pair their nostalgia with a extra mature humorousness. It options grownup variations of the crew from the thriller machine, however with the intention to be sure that Velma is entrance and heart, Scooby himself gained’t be making any appearances.

Showing on a panel for the present at New York Comedian-Con (by way of Insider), showrunner Charlie Grandy defined that the choice to omit Scooby-Doo from the sequence was an try and differentiate the grownup present from the household pleasant property that impressed it.

“Once we have been going into the present and occupied with adapting it, we needed to be respectful,” Grandy stated. “We didn’t wish to simply sort of take these beloved characters and put them in outrageous or gross conditions and say, ‘Isn’t it loopy you probably did that to Velma?’”

Whereas they thought of discovering methods so as to add Scooby-Doo to the present, the artistic group simply couldn’t discover a method to steadiness the 2 sensibilities.

“We couldn’t get a tackle it that was like, ‘How can we sort of do that in a enjoyable, trendy approach?’” he stated. “That felt like what made it a child present was, Scooby-Doo.”

Grandy additionally made it clear that though Scooby-Doo gained’t present his face, the brand new sequence nonetheless exists in the identical universe as the long-lasting mystery-solving canine.

“I feel it’s good to sort of allude to canine on the earth,” he stated. “It’s enjoyable and let’s simply kinda go away it that.”

The extra grownup subject material in “Velma” is more likely to please James Gunn, who tried to put in writing an R-rated reside motion “Scooby Doo” film in 2002 earlier than studio interference in the end led to the script being watered down right into a household pleasant movie.

“The primary Scooby-Doo was initially supposed (by me, the producers & the director, Raja Gosnell) to be PG-13, however we by no means obtained a PG-13 score,” Gunn just lately wrote on Twitter. “The primary score from the MPAA was R, & then a bunch of stuff was modified, & that minimize ended up being rated PG.”

“Velma” is ready to start streaming on HBO Max in 2023.

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