The Mystery Machine has its passengers. Netflix confirmed the full cast for its live-action Scooby-Doo series on March 18, 2026, and the gang is finally complete.
Here Is Who Is Playing Who
Mckenna Grace was already announced as Daphne back in February. Now the rest of the slots are filled. Maxwell Jenkins, best known from Lost in Space, is playing Fred Jones. Abby Ryder Fortson, who people will remember from Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, is Velma Dinkley.
Tanner Hagen from The Pitt is Shaggy Rogers. Frank Welker is reportedly voicing Scooby-Doo, which makes sense given he has been voicing the character for decades at this point.
Tanner Hagen posted about it on Instagram and wrote, “ZOINKS! Like… is this even life?” which is very Shaggy energy, so the casting is already working. The show is eight episodes long and was ordered straight to series by Netflix back in March 2025. It’s being described as a modern reimagining and an origin story.
The setup has Shaggy and Daphne at summer camp during their final year, getting pulled into a mystery involving a lost Great Dane puppy that may have witnessed a supernatural murder. Velma and Fred show up along the way, and that is how the gang comes together for the first time.
Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg are writing and showrunning. Greg Berlanti is executive producing. Filming starts in Atlanta in late April and runs through September 2026.
This is the first live-action Scooby-Doo since the 2004 film Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed with Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, and Linda Cardellini.
Lillard has already been asked about the new show and said he’s happy for them and that the show needs to come back. That’s a clean handoff from the old cast.
No premiere date has been set yet. The show doesn’t even have an official title beyond the working title Scooby-Doo: Origins. But the gang is locked in, and production is close.
