Velma Solo Series Announced

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

www.ign.com/articles/hbo-max-new-adult-animated-shows-including-velma-dinkley-origin-story

HBO Max has announced series orders for three new adult animated shows, including a Scooby-Doo spinoff that will tell the origin story of Velma Dinkley, and a revival of Clone High.
The original and comedic series, aptly titled Velma, will unmask the complex and colorful past of the underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang, Velma Dinkley, voiced by executive producer Mindy Kaling (The Office). Charlie Grandy, Howard Klein, and Sam Register will also be serving as executive producers on the 10-episode series, which is being produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

[thechase]

Is the world ready for Scooby Doo: Radult Rarty?

[mystermystery]

Velma just solving mysteries but being unable to stop the ghost without a ragtag crew of friends. Every episodes ends with her crying, reading the newspaper as the headline reads the likes of "Haunted Amusement Park Sold to Old Man Jenkins for 10% the Retail Cost."

[chrom]

"Complex and Colorful past."

Oh, as in how she's been homosexual all this time along? We figured that out years ago.

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The streaming wars are pretty much just leading to everything imaginable being greenlit, huh?

[Cyno]

Feb 10, 2021 13:16:55 GMT -5 chrom said:

"Complex and Colorful past."

Oh, as in how she's been homosexual all this time along? We figured that out years ago.

The showrunners of Mystery Inc. said she was written as gay in their show. Just that they had to keep her closeted because network execs weren't comfortable with the idea of a gay character on a children's show at the time. But it shows in how awkward her relationship with Shaggy was while she was a lot more comfortable with a couple of the female characters.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Feb 10, 2021 13:21:31 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Feb 10, 2021 13:16:55 GMT -5 chrom said:

"Complex and Colorful past."

Oh, as in how she's been homosexual all this time along? We figured that out years ago.

The showrunners of Mystery Inc. said she was written as gay in their show. Just that they had to keep her closeted because network execs weren't comfortable with the idea of a gay character on a children's show at the time. But it shows in how awkward her relationship with Shaggy was while she was a lot more comfortable with a couple of the female characters.

I think of Shaggy like Jughead in the comics as asexual so that made the relationship more awkward as well as Shaggy leaning on Scooby to put distance on them.

[adamclark52]

The doo gang gunna get woke da f*** up

[SmashTV]

Jinkies!

[James Fabiano]

Feb 10, 2021 13:21:31 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Feb 10, 2021 13:16:55 GMT -5 chrom said:

"Complex and Colorful past."

Oh, as in how she's been homosexual all this time along? We figured that out years ago.

The showrunners of Mystery Inc. said she was written as gay in their show. Just that they had to keep her closeted because network execs weren't comfortable with the idea of a gay character on a children's show at the time. But it shows in how awkward her relationship with Shaggy was while she was a lot more comfortable with a couple of the female characters.

Hot Dog Velma 4 evah!!!!!!

[EZ: Brainy Bae]

"Voiced by Mindy Kaling"

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[I'm Team Bayley and Indi]

reading the thread title at first I thought it was another Star Wars spin-off with Han's daughter we've never heard about

[eJm]

Feb 10, 2021 13:19:50 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

The streaming wars are pretty much just leading to everything imaginable being greenlit, huh?

I mean, all they’re doing is just taking Netflix’s model except with actual IPs they own.

[eJm]

*claps and nods*

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Feb 10, 2021 15:01:28 GMT -5 adamclark52 said:

The doo gang gunna get woke da f*** up

I mean they had the Scooby Apocalypse comic where Velma f***ed up the world, Shaggy is a hipster (go figure) and Daphne keeps putting Fred in the friendzone

[Mike Strike]

Just how many prequels/origin stories does this franchise have?

-Scoob
-A Pup Named Scooby Doo
-Velma and Daphne
-The Mystery Begins
-Velma
-13 Ghosts got retconned into a prequel series (amongst other worse retcons)
- Mystery Incorporated had it's own origin story.

Like give it a rest already.

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[Welfare Willis]

Thick girls rejoice! Time to break out the cosplay!

[Hit Girl]

Feb 10, 2021 16:44:07 GMT -5 I'm Team Bayley and Indi said:

reading the thread title at first I thought it was another Star Wars spin-off with Han's daughter we've never heard about

If she was a nerdy chick with her own starship and crew that worked as freelance detectives solving crimes across the galaxy, I'd have preferred that to Han's son who killed him.

[thechase]

Kaling, who will also serve as executive producer on the show, simply called Velma, is thrilled to be involved. "I'm so excited to be voicing this iconic character!" she says. "Velma will struggle to navigate the pitfalls of high school, her budding sexuality and a serial killer intent on murdering every popular kid in town. Sounds epic, I can't wait!"

www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mindy-kaling-scooby-doo-prequel/amp/

They're dealing with one sick son of a bitch!