Glenn Howerton, Sam Richardson and Constance Wu are set to join Mindy Kaling in the voice cast of the adult animated series “Velma” for HBO Max.
The voice cast was revealed when the four appeared onstage together Thursday at New York Comic Con. Howerton will play Fred, Richardson is Shaggy and Wu is Daphne.
The series traces the origin story of Velma Dinkley (Kaling), the underappreciated brains of Mystery Inc. from the “Scooby Doo” franchise.
Also lending their voices in guest roles are the likes of Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes, Russell Peters, Melissa Fumero, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Ken Leung, Cherry Jones, Frank Welker, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Fortune Feimster, Yvonne Orji, Sarayu Blue, Nicole Byer, Ming-Na Wen, Shay Mitchell, Debby Ryan, Kulap Vilaysak and NBA All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns.
This version of Velma will be South Asian, though it’s not yet clear whether Velma is a lesbian as she has been revealed to be in the latest “Scooby-Doo” animated movie.
Kaling, Charlie Grandy, Howard Klein and Sam Register executive produce.
The Mystery Before the Inc. Catch the #VelmaTheSeries Panel at @NY_Comic_Con tomorrow and pull the mask off this killer new take. pic.twitter.com/KT9VxBY25t
— HBO Max (@hbomax) October 5, 2022
Source: THR
