Velma May Still Be Happening

8/16/2022

After last week's news that the trademark for Velma had been abandoned, most fans assumed that the show was dead. However, Deadline reported that an email sent out to WB employees mentioned Velma as if it was still happening. Here's the exact quote from the email:

Suzanna Makkos will now report into Amy Gravitt, Head of Comedy and EVP, Programming for HBO. Suzanna has led an incredibly successful comedy slate for Max Originals, punctuated by the acclaimed, Emmy-winning series Hacks, as well as The Sex Lives of College Girls, Rap S**t, and Julia, and also animated series including the upcoming Velma and Young Love. This transition will align our scripted comedy slate under one powerhouse, genre-redefining team; and by unifying this department under Amy, we’ll be able to maximize our effectiveness in continuing to build out our slate across both the HBO and Max Originals brand.

Based on this, it seems like Velma may not have been cancelled after all. It still doesn't explain the trademark news from last week, but it's exciting to know that Holiday Haunt may be the only Scooby production that is not moving forward at the moment. Credit goes to Hippyboy86 for posting this news on the ScoobyAddicts forum.

33 Comments

Becker

8/16/2022 08:50:47 am

I really have no idea what's gonna happen anymore lol

WildwindVampire link

8/16/2022 09:18:38 am

Yup lol, everything seems up in the air.

Mr Neither

8/16/2022 08:55:59 am

At this point I wonder if Warner Bros. is ryun by the animaniacs, they seem to be run by lunatics.

WildwindVampire link

8/16/2022 09:19:02 am

That would be quite entertaining if they were run by the Animaniacs haha.

Matt

8/16/2022 12:24:42 pm

David Zaslav is really Daffy Duck in disguise, taking revenge on Warner Bros for Duck Amuck after all of these years

WildwindVampire link

8/16/2022 03:15:52 pm

Ha! That would be hilarious lol/

Mr Neither

8/17/2022 08:37:35 am

Considering Bah Humduck, it's a good shout.

James Dixon

8/16/2022 10:38:55 am

Goonies never say die!

WildwindVampire link

8/16/2022 11:49:04 am

Haha

WildwindVampire link

8/16/2022 12:08:22 pm

I didn't think this was worth making another post for, but apparently HBO Max sent out a survey asking about the type of original programming people are interested in, with two of the options being Boomerang content and original animated series. This may mean that they aren't as firm on the "let's cancel everything" philosophy as we were fearing, since if they were just going to cancel all the animated original programming on HBO Max, they wouldn't send out a survey asking people what they thought.

John Locke

8/16/2022 12:13:38 pm

Ngl, I'll be rather upset if they put this out and couldn't be bothered to give us Holiday Haunt which I was actually looking forward to.

WildwindVampire link

8/16/2022 03:17:41 pm

That's fair, I guess my philosophy is more like Matt's below even though I was admittedly more excited about Holiday Haunt than Velma.

Matt

8/16/2022 12:23:18 pm

Well, that is some good news at least. We’ll take what we can get

Hippyboy86

8/16/2022 01:07:03 pm

This memo seems like a confirmation Velma (and a few other shows) are still in production, at this stage. Hope things won't change since it feels like new reports come out every couple of days, and I am kind of curious to check the show out if/when it premieres.

It's also funny seeing Velma listed alongside some of those other shows, granted I never watched them and am just going by their titles alone.

WildwindVampire link

8/16/2022 03:18:16 pm

I hope nothing changes either. It feels like even WB doesn't know which direction they're going in these past few weeks haha.

Gibby Norton

8/16/2022 01:32:10 pm

I am extremely excited to hear this news as well as a bit more optimistic for the prospects of Scooby's future! I really hope it gets its chance to show audience's what the creators had in mind!

WildwindVampire link

8/16/2022 03:17:05 pm

Me too! Hopefully this news and the survey means that nothing else is getting cancelled.

Dimitri Brenick

8/16/2022 03:35:54 pm

100% just think they are renaming it and maybe changing some details that fans have had issue with.

WildwindVampire link

8/16/2022 09:00:12 pm

That certainly could be. Hopefully they're using this time to make an even better product that most fans will enjoy.

Carson Maitland - Smith link

8/16/2022 10:31:12 pm

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

James Dixon

8/18/2022 11:24:59 am

HBO Max is removing a lot of stuff this week and it's all down to residuals according to this guy. https://twitter.com/zander_cannon/status/1560257353953550337

A lot of old and new stuff in the making is probably down to residuals, which makes a ton of sense. It's not just about spending the money to make these movies and shows, it's about the paying the makers afterwards.

WildwindVampire link

8/18/2022 01:06:04 pm

That’s really interesting to hear they’ve removed so much! It definitely makes sense why they did it, although that probably means it will be more difficult to stream Scooby if they’re getting rid of the Boomerang app too. If they’re trying to cut costs, I can’t imagine they would keep Boomerang since they’ve basically abandoned the app and don’t add anything new anymore.

Matt

8/18/2022 03:54:34 pm

Rant incoming so here is your warning to not read this if you don’t want to read a rant:

I swear, I have never seen part of this fanbase be so annoying and whiny as they have been with their displeasure of this show. Even if it will be bad (and that is an IF, no premature judgement will change that), there has been bad stuff in this franchise before. I think Guess Who was uninspired and cheap, but guess what, I just don’t watch it. Its existence is not the end of the world. There was even a movie completely retconning the most beloved movie of the franchise that the masses hated. And guess what? Life still goes on and here we are wishing for more content. All this talk from one picture of this show being a “disgrace” to the franchise is just ridiculous. It is a cartoon. Some people want to see the franchise go in different directions than others. If it isn’t your cup of tea, fine. Just give it a rest with the whining

Becker

8/18/2022 03:59:55 pm

As someone that's not very interested in this show, I wholeheartedly agree.

WildwindVampire link

8/18/2022 04:28:46 pm

Very well said and I couldn't agree more. I totally get that this show isn't for everyone, but it doesn't mean any of the previous content is ruined. It's pretty much confirmed this won't change the direction of the franchise, given the next show we're getting will be a preschool show, so as you said, this show is very easy to ignore if someone is that angry with the show's existence. Just take Arabian Nights as an example. It's pretty much universally thought that the film was one of the worst pieces of Scooby media out there, so everyone just ignores it. The same could happen with this show.

The other thing is that the show hasn't even come out yet (and may not be released at all), so I don't understand why people are so quick to intensely judge the show. Again, I understand that maybe that image has turned some people off from watching the show. That's fine, and in that case, just ignore the show and don't get worked up about it. There's nothing anyone is gaining from freaking out about the show when we've seen one image and don't know much about it. The show isn't going to get any better or worse from people's complaining, so why not just wait and see how the show is when it comes out instead of prematurely freaking out about it?

I understand that the show isn't everybody's cup of tea, but it seems very easy to just ignore the show, rather than getting up in arms about it when we barely know anything. The extreme reactions related to this show seem silly to me well, so you're definitely not alone in your rant.

Matt

8/20/2022 01:25:15 pm

It is like, usually, the Scooby Doo fanbase just has a bunch of good vibes, way more than any other fanbase I have really engaged in, so seeing people act like this over something that we haven’t even seen is just very annoying

The most similar case was the anger over Be Cool Scooby Doo (although, that feels like it was more of the case of outside of the fandom), and while Be Cool isn’t my favorite or anything, I think it turned out very well and is even getting better with time

Becker

8/20/2022 03:04:31 pm

The Velma show has not been pretty at any point in time with the fanbase. A mindfield as soon as it was announced.

True, Be Cool is still only made of by people that aren't actually that much of Scooby fans and probably haven't even seen a full episode. The real fandom is quite positive on it. It's definitely the best Scooby show since WNSD imo.

Becker

8/20/2022 03:05:30 pm

Minefield*

WildwindVampire

8/20/2022 07:54:27 pm

@Matt Yeah, it bums me out too. This is usually such a great fandom so it’s unfortunate to see people being so overly negative about something before enough information has been put out to fairly judge the show yet.

@Becker I know a few big Scooby fans who legitimately hate BCSD because of the animation, but yeah, I think it was mainly outside the fandom that the show got a lot of hate.

Lamont

8/20/2022 11:30:19 pm

With the way HBOMax is now. I’ll have to see it to believe it. But if this does happen, then I’m looking forward to this show.

WildwindVampire link

8/21/2022 09:50:12 am

Same for me. I'm hoping this gets its chance!

sdf

8/23/2022 11:25:04 am

i have to say that warner's managment is a joke. I don't know why they have a boomerang service and not put everything in hbo max like disney does... Kinda irrelevant with the topic but i had to say it. The scooby franchise is in very bad hands

WildwindVampire link

8/23/2022 02:19:08 pm

I don't understand why they keep the Boomerang service going, since they've basically abandoned it. Even the last 11 episodes of Guess Who haven't been put on there, despite that the series started airing on that platform.

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