New ‘Scooby-Doo’ Photos Show Off Fred and Daphne, and the Resemblance Is Uncanny

Netflix’s long-awaited live-action reimagining of ‘Scooby-Doo‘ has been slowly revealing itself to fans over the past several months, building anticipation for what would become the franchise’s first true live-action television series. With production having just wrapped on the first season, new glimpses of the cast in character are finally starting to circulate.

‘Scooby-Doo: Origins’ functions as a prequel, following Daphne Blake, Fred Jones, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers during their final summer at Camp Ruby-Spears, long before they officially form Mystery Inc. The series centers on a supernatural murder mystery that may have been witnessed by a Great Dane puppy, setting the teens on a path that threatens to expose their entire town’s buried secrets.

That casting has now produced one of the more striking side-by-side comparisons fans have seen from the production so far, with new set photos showing McKenna Grace and Maxwell Jenkins together as Daphne and Fred. Placed next to their animated counterparts, the resemblance between the actors and the beloved cartoon characters is genuinely uncanny.

Grace steps into the role of Daphne Blake, the group’s stylish, sharp-witted member long associated with her signature purple outfit and confident presence within Mystery Inc. Jenkins, meanwhile, takes on Fred Jones, traditionally depicted as the team’s earnest, ascot-wearing leader with an unshakable belief in rational explanations for the group’s increasingly bizarre encounters.

Both actors join Tanner Hagen as Shaggy Rogers and Abby Ryder Fortson as Velma Dinkley, rounding out the show’s core teenage ensemble. The casting has generated plenty of excitement among longtime fans, especially given how closely the visual pairing seems to echo the character designs that have remained largely consistent across decades of animated adaptations.

Mckenna Grace and Maxwell Jenkins as Daphne & Fred on set of the live-action ‘SCOOBY-DOO’ series. https://t.co/rVfnKjpRhl

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These new photos arrive alongside confirmation that filming officially wrapped on September 13, closing out production that took place in Atlanta, Georgia. Netflix marked the occasion by sharing multiple behind-the-scenes images, including a shot of the real Great Dane puppy playing Scooby posing beside a clapperboard reading “Season 1, Rrr-Wrapped.”

That detail matters significantly to the franchise’s history, since this marks the very first time Scooby-Doo will be portrayed by an actual dog rather than an animated or CGI creation. Given how central Scooby’s expressive personality has always been to the franchise’s appeal, translating that into a live performance represents one of the production’s biggest creative gambles.

Behind the camera, showrunners Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg are steering the project through their production company Midnight Radio, with Toby Haynes directing the series’ premiere episode. Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter also executive produce alongside a team that includes André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, and Adrienne Erickson.

With principal photography now complete, ‘Scooby-Doo: Origins’ moves into post-production as it works toward its confirmed global release on Netflix sometime in 2027. The eight-episode season doesn’t yet have a specific premiere date, but these early character reveals suggest the streamer is beginning to ramp up its promotional rollout ahead of that eventual launch.

For a franchise that’s spent nearly six decades in animated form, seeing Grace and Jenkins so clearly channel their cartoon counterparts offers an early, promising sign that this live-action take understands exactly what made these characters so enduring in the first place. Whether the finished series can capture that same charm across a full mystery-driven season remains to be seen, but the casting alone has already won over plenty of skeptical fans.

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