If you miss the girls from Mystery Inc., then we have some great news for you. Blonde Girl Productions with Ashley Tisdale and Jennifer Tisdale are bringing back Daphne and Velma in a live-action Scooby-Doo spin-off.
Production of the movie has already started with Sarah Jeffery (Shades of Blue) attached to star as Daphne and Sarah Gilman (Last Man Standing) as Velma. According to reports, the movie will be released on VOD, Blu-ray, and DVD. There is no mentioning of a theatrical run, but that may be announced in the future. There is no exact information about the release date, but the movie should arrive in 2018.
We did get, however, the synopsis for Daphne and Velma and the movie sure sounds interesting.
“Before their eventual team-up with Scooby and the gang, bright and optimistic Daphne and whip-smart and analytical Velma are both mystery-solving teens who are best friends but have only met online — until now. Daphne has just transferred to Velma’s school, Ridge Valley High, a tech-savvy institute with all the latest gadgets provided by the school’s benefactor, tech billionaire Tobias Bloom. And while competition is fierce among the students for a coveted internship at Bloom Innovative, Daphne and Velma dig beyond all the gadgets and tech to investigate what is causing some of the brightest students in school to disappear — only to emerge again in a zombie-fied state.”
Two live-action theatrical Scooby-Doo movies were previously released in 2002 and 2004 (Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed), with Sarah Michelle Gellar starring as Daphne and Linda Cardellini as Velma. Although the third movie was announced, the plans never came to fruition since the second movie didn’t perform at the box office as expected. In 2009 and 2010, two TV movies (Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster) were produced by Cartoon Network, serving as prequels.
