According to IMDb, Netflix's live-action Scooby-Doo series has released new cast photos showing the Mystery Inc. gang united on screen for the first time — giving fans their clearest look yet at how this beloved property has been brought to life.
Why This Moment Is Big for Fancasting
Scooby-Doo is one of those franchises that feels like it belongs to everyone. Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby have been reimagined in animation, live-action film, and everything in between for over five decades — which means fans have very strong opinions about who should play them. A Netflix live-action series represents a full reinvention, and with that comes the irresistible question: did the casting team land on the choices fans would have made?
The gang's core roles are the kind of parts that fancasting communities obsess over precisely because the characters are so iconic yet so adaptable. Fred's square-jawed leadership, Daphne's fashionable fearlessness, Velma's brainy skepticism, Shaggy's lovable cowardice — these archetypes invite endless debate about which actor could do them justice in a grounded, live-action context.
What myCast Fans Were Predicting
The myCast community has been dreaming up their own Mystery Inc. rosters across three separate fan-cast stories, and the picks paint a fascinating picture of where fan imagination was landing before the official cast came together.
In the most expansive fan-cast, the Scooby-Doo story with 69 roles, fans staked out some compelling choices. Dacre Montgomery — best known as Billy Hargrove in Stranger Things — earned the nod for Fred Jones, a pick that makes a lot of intuitive sense: Montgomery has the charisma and the jawline to sell Fred's effortless confidence. For Daphne, fans landed on Sadie Sink, another Stranger Things alum, while Auliʻi Cravalho was tapped for Velma Dinkley and Noah Jupe for Shaggy. Perhaps most satisfying of all: fans voted for Frank Welker — the legendary voice actor who has voiced Scooby-Doo since 2002 — to voice the Great Dane himself. Some things shouldn't change.