Netflix Casts McKenna Grace as Daphne in Live-Action Scooby-Doo Series

The live-action question continues successful Hollywood. The adjacent animated spot connected the database is nary different than Scooby-Doo — and it looks similar the powers that beryllium person recovered their archetypal Mystery Gang member: Daphne.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife's McKenna Grace volition prima arsenic the iconic redheaded quality successful a prequel mentation of the classical cartoon bid that volition uncover however the pack got unneurotic successful the archetypal place. The series, which was greenlit astatine Netflix for 8 episodes truthful far, has an authoritative synopsis, according to Variety, which reads:

“During their last summertime astatine camp, aged friends Shaggy and Daphne (Grace) get embroiled successful a haunting enigma surrounding a lonely mislaid Great Dane puppy that whitethorn person been a witnesser to a supernatural murder. Together with the pragmatic and technological townie, Velma, and the strange, but ever truthful handsome caller kid, Freddy, they acceptable retired to lick the lawsuit that is pulling each of them into a creepy nightmare that threatens to exposure each of their secrets.”

According to the outlet, the amusement volition beryllium a “modern reimagining” of the 60s and 70s benignant archetypal series, which archetypal started airing successful 1969.

Interestingly enough, this won’t beryllium the archetypal clip Grace has taken connected the relation of Daphne. She lent her dependable to the young mentation of the quality successful the 2020 animated movie Scoob!, and was adjacent acceptable to play the relation again successful the sequel movie Scoob! Holiday Haunt earlier it was cancelled by Warner Bros. Discovery.

This besides is not the archetypal clip a live-action Scooby-Doo reimagining made it to the large oregon tiny screen. Matthew Lillard starred successful the 2002 movie Scooby-Doo alongside Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Geller, and Linda Cardellini. It was specified a deed that the movie got a sequel movie 2 years aboriginal — truthful it’ll beryllium absorbing to spot if this bid has akin success.

Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg volition constitute and showrun the series, portion besides serving arsenic enforcement producers. However, there’s nary merchandise day for the reimagining conscionable yet.

Image credit: Olivia Wong/FilmMagic

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.