Last month, the brand new animated movie “Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo!” confirmed what “Scooby-Doo” followers had a hunch about all alongside. Yup, Velma’s a lesbian, to the shock of nobody. Still, it’s good to have some verification about it after over a half-century of “Scooby-Doo” content material. And Linda Cardellini, who performed the character within the live-action films from the 2000s, couldn’t be extra thrilled concerning the information.
Collider experiences (by way of EW) that whereas selling the third and closing season of the Netflix sequence “Dead To Me,” Cardellini praised the choice to verify Velma’s sexuality. “Velma has been around since 1969,” mentioned Cardellini, “I just went trick or treating with my daughter, and there were a lot of Velmas out there, so I love that she still has this place in culture that is sort of always active for decades. And I love — you know, I think it’s been hinted at so many times, and I think it’s great that it’s finally out there.” Cardellini performed Velma in 2002’s “Scooby-Doo” and its 2004 sequel, “Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed.” Neither movie was an enormous business or essential success, however they’ve developed a cult following through the years.
But what some folks might not keep in mind is that James Gunn penned each of these films, and he’s very open about his unique intention to verify Velma’s lesbianism within the 2002 movie. But, sadly, Warner Bros. edited out any reference to it within the closing product. Couple that with Velma having a boyfriend in “Monsters Unleashed,” and the studio foiled Gunn’s plans for the character. Now, twenty years later, the reality about Velma comes out.
In “Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo!,” the Mystery Inc. gang sees their enterprise dry up after they seize costume designer Coco Diablo, the girl liable for making all of the monster outfits from their solved capers through the years. But when spooky doppelgängers of the sleuthing teenagers seem, the gang wants Diablo’s assist to unravel the case. Along the best way, Velma falls in love with Diablo, and the story makes that 100% clear. The animated movie is presently accessible to stream on HBO Max.
But what about one other live-action “Scooby-Doo” movie? “Oh God, yeah!” Cardellini mentioned, however adopted up with, “I’m probably too old.” Plus, it’s been eighteen years for the reason that final live-action movie, so it could be time to cull a brand new model of Mystery Inc. Still, rumblings a couple of third movie within the sequence surfaced as not too long ago as this previous July, with star Matthew Lillard and Gunn entertaining the concept. Maybe a brand new sequel with the Mystery Inc. gang now all adults? But Gunn will possible be too busy as the brand new DC Studios co-head to actually think about that concept.
There’s different Velma content material on the best way, although. HBO Max has a self-titled grownup animated sequence concerning the character on the best way, with Mindy Kaling voicing Velma. That present doesn’t premiere till subsequent 12 months, although, so till then, “Trick Or Treet Scooby-Doo!” should suffice.