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Look: 'Scooby-Doo: Origins' begins production, gets photo with Mckenna Grace

April 24 (UPI) -- Production is underway on the new series Scooby-Doo: Origins.

Netflix announced Friday that Mckenna Grace, Tanner Hagen, Abby Ryder Fortson and Maxwell Jenkins have started filming the show, the first live-action series in the Scooby-Doo universe.

The streaming service shared the news alongside a photo of Daphne (Grace), Shaggy (Hagen), Velma (Fortson) and Fred (Jenkins) peeking their heads around a door.

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Scooby-Doo: Origins is a modern reimagining of the Hanna-Barbera characters, a group of mystery-solving teenage friends and their dog, Scooby-Doo.

The show explores the first case that launched the group's Mystery Inc.

"During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy and Daphne get embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely, lost Great Dane puppy who may have been a witness to a supernatural murder," an official synopsis reads.

Scooby Doo: Origins is created by Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg, and executive produced by Riverdale's Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter.

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This story was originally published April 24, 2026 at 7:19 AM.

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