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29.04.2024 - 20:03 / deadline.com
A classic Warner Bros. IP is headed to Netflix with a reimagening from one of the studio’s top TV producers. In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, the streamer has landed Scooby-Doo! The Live-Action Series, from Greg Berlanti‘s Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television where the company is based, sources tell Deadline.
Written by Josh Appelbaum & Scott Rosenberg (Cowboy Bebop) based on characters created by Hanna-Barbera, Scooby-Doo! is a live-action update of the popular cartoon.
In a tough marketplace, the drama project garnered interest from top buyers, ending up at Netflix with a premium, script-to-series commitment, sources said. Reps for Netflix and WBTV declined comment.
Scooby-Doo! The Live-Action Series is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman for Berlanti Productions as well as Appelbaum and Rosenberg alongside André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner under their Midnight Radio banner. Berlanti prods.’ Jonathan Gabay and Midnight Radio’s Adrienne Erickson co-executive produce.
The deal comes on the heels of Netflix releasing Berlanti Prods./WBTV’s latest series, Dead Boy Detectives, last week. The comic book adaptation landed in the streamer’s daily Top 10 U.S. series list within 24 hours and stayed in the top 3 all weekend.
At Netflix, Berlanti Prods. and WBTV are also behind You, headed into its fifth and final season, and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, the Scooby-Doo franchise was launched in 1969 with the duo’s first animated series Scooby Doo, Where Are You? for then-Hanna Barbera (later absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation). The series originally aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976, when it moved to ABC where various
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