HBO Max has simply launched the official trailer for Velma, an all-new grownup animated collection reimagining the brainiest member of Mystery Inc., Velma Dinkley. The new trailer comes simply forward of the present’s arrival on streaming with its premiere scheduled for Jan. 12. Spanning two and a half minutes, the trailer lets viewers get to know the brand new Velma a bit higher together with different reimagined members of Mystery Inc., sans a sure canine. Check out the trailer beneath, by way of HBO Max on YouTube.
Velmais created by Charlie Grandy and govt produced by collection star Mindy Kaling alongside Sam Grandy, Howard Klein, and Sam Register. Kaling gives the voice of Velma with the voice solid additionally that includes Sam Richardson as Norville “Shaggy” Rogers, Velma’s greatest buddy who’s in love together with her; Constance Wu as Daphne Blake, Velma’s former greatest buddy who additionally has sure emotions for the titular mystery-solver; and Glenn Howerton as Fred Jones, whom Velma has a crush on. The voice solid additionally consists of Russell Peters, Melissa Fumero, Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes, Gary Cole, Ming-Na Wen, Shay Mitchell, Fortune Feimster, Stephen Root, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and unique Scooby-Doo voice actor Frank Welker.
An official description of Velma reads:
“The origin story of Velma Dinkley, the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang. This original and humorous spin unmasks the complex and colorful past of one of America’s most beloved mystery solvers.”
Velma Omits Scooby-Doo
While a few of these characters may have a brand new look, everybody from Mystery Inc. is current apart from Scooby-Doo. The canine doesn’t have a presence within the new collection, and his absence was beforehand addressed by the present’s creators. At NYCC final 12 months, they defined that this was attributable to two causes: they could not consider an applicable strategy to embody the cartoon pop within the mature collection, and so they apparently would not have been allowed to take action anyway.
“When we have been going into the present, and fascinated about adapting it, we needed to be respectful,” a producer was quoted as saying. “We did not need to simply form of take these beloved characters and put them in outrageous or gross conditions, and say like, ‘Isn’t it loopy we did that to Velma?’ So, after we have been fascinated about what made it a children present, and what makes an grownup present, the canine, Scooby, is what actually appeared to… we could not get a tackle it that was like, ‘How can we form of do that in a enjoyable trendy approach?'”
It was added, “It felt like what made [the original version] a children present was Scooby-Doo. That coincided with Warner Bros. Animation saying, ‘Hey, you’ll be able to’t use the canine.’ So we’re like, ‘Great! This works out effectively!'”
Velma and the gang should resolve this thriller with out Scooby-Doo. See the way it seems when Velma premieres for streaming on HBO Max on Jan. 12, 2023.