Mindy Kaling’s tackle Velma Dinkley shall be heading to your screens early within the new 12 months.
HBO Max quietly introduced on Tuesday, as half of a bigger “What’s New in January” launch, that its grownup animated comedy sequence telling the origin story of Velma (voiced by Kaling) will premiere Thursday, Jan. 12.
A launch sample (weekly? first three after which weekly? two-a-week besides for each third odd-numbered Thursday?) was not instantly made obtainable, however we’ll preserve you posted.
Celebrating “the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Thriller Inc. gang,” this new spin on the long-running animated franchise guarantees to “unmask the advanced and colourful previous of certainly one of America’s most beloved thriller solvers.”
Whereas Kaling lends her pipes to the title character, Glenn Howerton (It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia), Sam Richardson (Veep) and Constance Wu (Recent Off the Boat) will respectively voice Fred, Shaggy and Daphne
Velma‘s full voice solid, as revealed in October at New York Comedian-Con, additionally boasts Jane Lynch (Glee), Wanda Sykes (The Different Two), Russell Peters (Life in Items), Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn 9-9) and Stephen Root (Barry)…. Gary Cole (NCIS), Ken Leung (Business), Cherry Jones (Clear), Fortune Feimster (Kenan) and Yvonne Orji (Insecure)…. Sarayu Blue (By no means Have I Ever), Nicole Byer (Grand Crew), Ming-Na Wen (Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Shay Mitchell (Fairly Little Liars) and Debby Ryan (Insatiable)…. and Kulap Vilaysak (Bob’s Burgers), “Bizarre Al” Yankovic, NBA participant Karl-Anthony Cities and Scooby-Doo veteran Frank Welker.
Watch the New York Comedian Con teaser beneath:
