Get off your ascot, fix yourself a comically large sandwich, and put some gas in the Mystery Machine because Scooby and the gang are heading to Netflix! In a surprise announcement, Netflix debuted plans for an eight-episode live-action Scooby-Doo origin series! The project hails from Midnight Radio, Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros. Television. We hear bidding for the live-action Scooby-Doo series was fierce, with Netflix ultimately offering enough Scooby Snacks to land the deal.

Midnight Radio‘s Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg (Cowboy Bebop) will pen the live-action Scooby-Doo series, which will feature the beloved Mystery Inc. gang created by Hanna-Barbera. According to Deadline’s write-up, the untitled Scooby-Doo series is an origin story recounting how the gang got together for their first haunting case.

“During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy and Daphne get embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely lost Great Dane puppy that...