Velma trailer reveals first footage of HBO Max’s animated origin story with Mindy Kaling
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HBO Max headed to New York Comic Con on Thursday, where they unveiled the first trailer for their new animated series Velma, with Mindy Kaling voicing Velma Dinkley.
The streaming service first ordered the show in February 2021, described as an “adult animated comedy series that tells the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the misunderstood and underrated mastermind of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang.”
Aside from the initial footage, the full voice cast was revealed with Sam Richardson voicing Shaggy, Constance Wu voicing Daphne and Glenn Howerton as Fred.
Trailer: HBO Max headed to New York Comic Con on Thursday, where they unveiled the first trailer for their new animated series Velma, with Mindy Kaling voicing Velma Dinkley
Origin: The streaming service first ordered the show in February 2021, described as an “adult animated comedy series that tells the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the misunderstood and underrated mastermind of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang.”
The trailer shows Velma (Kaling) walking through her house and writing a stern letter to HBO Max about a new Judy Jetson series.
Dear HBO Max. I just learned that you’re planning to make a genre-bending comedy origin story from Judy Jetson,” she begins, as a strange person walks up to her house with a knife and scratches a line through the name Dinkey on her mailbox. .
She walks through another room of her house where a TV news report says a serial killer is on the loose as she continues her letter.
Home: Trailer shows Velma (Kaling) walking through her house, drafting a stern letter to HBO Max about a new Judy Jetson series
Line: ‘Dear HBO Max. I just got word that you’re planning to make a genre-bending comedy origin story from Judy Jetson,” she begins, as a strange person walks up to her house with a knife and scratches a line through the Dinkey name on her mailbox.
Serial killer: She walks through another room of her house where a TV news report says a serial killer is on the loose, as she continues her letter
“When I heard that this new version of Judy Jetson wouldn’t be ‘boy crazy’, the only word I had to describe my disgust was ‘Jinkies,’” Velma continues.
“If there’s one thing the internet agrees on, it’s that you should never change anything! I hope you’ll die! Sincerely, Velma,” she concludes with a red heart emoji.
“Well, at least Judy’s still white,” Velma says as we first look at Velma, who collapses on her bed before her phone rings.
Jinkies: “When I heard that this new version of Judy Jetson wasn’t going to be ‘boy crazy’, the only word I had to describe my disgust was ‘Jinkies,'” continues Velma
Die: ‘If there’s one thing the internet agrees on, it’s that you should never change anything! I hope you’ll die! Sincerely, Velma,’ she concludes with a red heart emoji
She notices it’s from an “unknown caller” who she says is “spooky,” but picks up anyway.
The mystery caller asks, “Do you like solving mysteries?” as she replies, “Um, yeah, but actually I’m a lot more three-dimensional than that.”
She asks who the caller is and he happily says, “That’s the mystery! And solve it quickly, for I am in your house.’
Spooky: She notices it’s from an ‘unknown caller’ who she says is ‘spooky’, but answers it anyway
Three-dimensional: The mystery caller asks, “Do you like solving mysteries?” when she replies, “Uh, yeah, but actually I’m a lot more three-dimensional than that”
“A serial killer calling from my house? Yes! That’s a classic! And that’s my point. Why change anything when the classics all still work, right?’ she adds before it hits her…
“Wait, you’re at my house?” she says when she turns to see the mysterious killer brandishing a large knife as she screams and the trailer comes to a close, revealing that the show will debut on HBO Max sometime in 2023.
The streaming service also revealed more voice cast members such as Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Russell Peters, Melissa Fumero, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Ming-Na Wen, Ken Leung, Cherry Jones, Frank Welker, Fortune Feimster, Yvonne Orji , Sarayu Blue, Nicole Byer, Shay Mitchell, Debby Ryan, Kulap Vilaysak and NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns.
Classic: ‘A serial killer calling from my house? Yes! That’s a classic! And that’s my point. Why change anything when the classics all still work, right?’ she adds before it hits her
Debut: ‘Wait, you’re at my house?’ she says when she turns to see the mysterious killer brandishing a large knife as she screams and the trailer comes to a close, revealing that the show will debut on HBO Max sometime in 2023