‘Scooby-Doo’ live action series set to shoot in Atlanta
Netflix will be shooting a live-action “Scooby-Doo” TV series in Atlanta, starting tentatively in April, according to a notice sent to members of a local union representing most crew members.
The brief note sent by IATSE 479 did not provide where the production’s home base will be, but Netflix frequently uses Cinespace Studios Atlanta adjacent to Lakewood Amphitheatre for many of its productions, including “Stranger Things” and the upcoming Bert Kreischer scripted comedy “Free Bert.”
“Scooby-Doo” debuted as an animated series in 1969 and ran for decades on different networks over the decades. Multiple live-action movies have been produced beginning in 2002.
Netflix first confirmed the series last year on social media, dubbing it a “modern reimagining” that focuses on the gang’s origin story.
The streaming service said “old friends Shaggy and Daphne team up at summer camp team up at summer camp with scientific townie Velma and the strange but handsome Fred to solve the mystery of a lonely lost Great Dane puppy — who may have witnessed a supernatural murder.”
On March 18, Netflix announced the main cast:
- Mckenna Grace (“The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” “Regretting You”) will play Daphne Blake.
- Tanner Hagen (“The Pitt,” “Dark Light”) will play Shaggy Rogers.
- Abby Ryder Fortson (“Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret,” “Carousel”) will play Velma Dinkley.
- Maxwell Jenkins (“Lost in Space,” “The Bondsman”) will play Fred Jones.
A week later, actor Paul Walter Hauser was added as a cast regular though Netflix did not say what his role would be. Hauser has previously shot several productions in metro Atlanta including “Cobra Kai,” “I, Tonya,” “Richard Jewell” and “The Naked Gun.”
Atlanta has been home to dozens of sequels and reboots over the past 18 years, ranging from “Dumb & Dumber” and “Anchorman” to “Dynasty” and “MacGyver” to upcoming films “Scream 7″ and “Scary Movie 6.”
Production of a new “Superman” film is also set to begin this spring out of Trilith Studios in Fayetteville.
