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[06/10/26 - 07:31 AM]
"Scooby-Doo: Origins" Rounds Out the Cast
Rusty Schwimmer, Sara Gilbert, Bruce McGill, Sherilyn Fenn plus others join the cast.

[via press release from Netflix]

"SCOOBY-DOO: ORIGINS" ROUNDS OUT THE CAST

Rusty Schwimmer, Sara Gilbert, Bruce McGill, Sherilyn Fenn plus others join the cast

· Netflix has announced the rest of the cast for Scooby-Doo: Origins, which is currently in production in Atlanta, GA and will release globally on Netflix in 2027. The additional cast members include the following:

· Rusty Schwimmer (The Pitt, Righteous Gemstones)

· Peter Macon (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Orville)

· Maxwell Simkins (Shifting Gears, Sleepover)

· Jona Xiao (The Pitt, Eyes of Wakanda)

· Dani Deetté (The Runarounds, FBI: Most Wanted)

· Elysée Sanvillé (72 Hours)

· Alex Isles (Normal with a Capitol N)

· Avery Kristen Pohl (General Hospital, Never Have I Ever)

· Pamela Mitchell (1883, Perry Mason)

· Ross Kimball (Jury Duty, Masterminds)

· Sara Gilbert (The Connors)

· Wynn Everett (Chad Powers, She Dances)

· Sauriyan Sapkota (Midnight Club, House of Usher)

· Bruce McGill (Lioness, Reacher)

· Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks, Of Mice and Men)

· Previously announced cast includes Mckenna Grace as "Daphne Blake," Tanner Hagen as "Shaggy Rogers," Abby Ryder Fortson as "Velma Dinkley," Maxwell Jenkins as "Fred Jones," and Paul Walter Hauser.

· Scooby-Doo: Origins marks the first time in the Scooby-Doo franchise that the character of Scooby-Doo will be portrayed by a real Great Dane dog.

· Logline: A modern reimagining of the iconic mystery-solving group of teens and their very special dog. During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy and Daphne get embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely lost Great Dane puppy that may have been a witness to a supernatural murder. Together with the pragmatic and scientific townie, Velma, and the strange, but ever so handsome new kid, Freddy, they set out to solve the case that is pulling each of them into a creepy nightmare that threatens to expose all of their secrets.

· Showrunners/Writers/Executive Producers: Josh Appelbaum, Scott Rosenberg (via Midnight Radio) (High Fidelity, Everything Sucks!)

· Executive Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman (via Berlanti Productions and its overall deal with Warner Bros. Television), André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, and Adrienne Erickson (via Midnight Radio), Toby Haynes (EP/Episode 101 Director)

· For more than 50 years, Scooby-Doo has been a pop culture powerhouse - three theatrical films, more than a dozen animated series, and nearly 40 animated home entertainment movies later, Mystery Inc. is stronger than ever. As one of the most recognizable and iconic franchises in entertainment, Scooby-Doo continues to thrill fans across generations.

· The show will join a lineup of other Netflix productions filmed in Atlanta, Georgia, including Stranger Things, His & Hers, and the upcoming 'Tis So Sweet, All the Sinners Bleed, A Different World, Where There's Smoke, and Sweet Magnolias S5.

· Studio: Warner Bros. Television

About Berlanti Productions: Berlanti Productions is a production company founded by Emmy Governors Award recipient Greg Berlanti, the force behind some of the most creative and acclaimed works in film and television. Berlanti has served as a creator or executive producer on over 45 television series, including nine that made it over 100 episodes. He was included in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020, received the PGA's Norman Lear Achievement Award, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2022 for his work in television. Berlanti's producing partner, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Sarah Schechter, serves as Chairwoman. Current scripted series produced under Berlanti Productions include Netflix's critically acclaimed series You, NBC's drama series Brilliant Minds, and The CW's All American. In addition, this past year, the company set up Stillwater, based on the Skybound comic book series, which has a series order at Prime Video, and received pilot orders for family drama, How to Survive Without Me for HBO Max, and Foster Dade for Hulu.

About Midnight Radio: Midnight Radio is the producing team of Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner & Scott Rosenberg. In television, they are responsible for shows such as HIGH FIDELITY for Hulu and FROM for MGM+. On the film side, Pinkner & Rosenberg wrote both JUMANJI and JUMANJI 2, as well as VENOM for Sony. Appelbaum & Nemec wrote MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL for Paramount, both NINJA TURTLES movies for Paramount, and produced TOM CLANCY'S WITHOUT REMORSE starring Michael B. Jordan for Amazon.

About Warner Bros. Television: One of the entertainment industry's most-respected providers of original programming since its founding in 1955, Warner Bros. Television delivers scripted dramas, comedies, and limited series for multiple platforms. As of March 2026, WBTV is producing more than 30 projects for Warner Bros. Discovery's HBO and HBO Max, external streaming platforms, and the five U.S. broadcast networks. Select current WBTV series include Abbott Elementary, All American, Bad Monkey, Brilliant Minds, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, Memory of a Killer, Leanne, The Pitt, Presumed Innocent, Rooster, Running Point, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, and Untamed, among others. Prior signature shows from the Studio include The Big Bang Theory, ER, Friends, Gilmore Girls, The Penguin, Riverdale, Supernatural, The West Wing, Young Sheldon, the DC Arrow-verse series, and many more.





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