Greg Berlanti and Netflix are going for a ride in the Mystery Machine.
The streaming giant is near a deal for a live-action TV series based on the beloved Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon Scooby-Doo. The project has a script-to-series commitment at Netflix, meaning if the script is well received, it would trigger a straight-to-series order for what is considered a live-action update of the classic cartoon.
Reps for Netflix, producers Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions declined to comment, as a deal has not yet formally closed.
The Scooby-Doo drama comes as Berlanti continues to deliver for Netflix. In addition to Lifetime-turned-Netflix hit You, Berlanti recently launched Max transfer Dead Boy Detectives. The series, considered an offshoot of Sandman, landed in Netflix’s top 10 U.S. series within its first 24 hours of launch. Berlanti Productions also was behind Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Berlanti/Schechter Films also had a first-look feature deal with the streamer. Berlanti’s TV roster also includes Max’s The Girls on the Bus (which was briefly developed at Netflix), the final season of The CW’s Superman & Lois, All American, All American: Homecoming, NBC’s Found and the upcoming medical drama Dr. Wolf. Berlanti is repped by CAA and Felker Toczek.
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