Mindy Kaling has already been hard at work on the highly anticipated third installment of Legally Blonde.
But the 41-year-old actor has added another project to her plate as she is set to voice Scooby Doo’s Velma Dinkley in an upcoming adult animated series for HBO Max.
The standalone series, titled Velma, will serve as the ‘origin story’ for the Mystery Inc. gang’s designated brainiac, as per Variety.
Aside from voicing the series’ main character, Kaling will also executive produce Velma, alongside Charlie Grandy, Howard Klein, and Sam Register.
Velma has been given a 10-episode order by HBO Max, but an official release date for the animated series has yet to be revealed.
Since airing for the first time in 1969, the Scooby Doo franchise has produced countless animated series’, as well as several live action iterations.
‘It is a tremendous privilege to build on the 100 year plus legacy of cartoons at this company,’ said executive vice president of original comedy and adult animation for HBO Max, Suzanna Makkos, as the network announced their adult animation expansion on Wednesday.
HBO Max subscribers will also be treated to a reboot of Clone High, which was given an optimistic two-season order by the streaming platform, while also picking up the brand new series Fired on Mars featuring the vocal talents of SNL’s Pete Davidson.
Kaling, best known for her work in front of behind the camera on NBC’s The Office, has also been penning the script for Legally Blonde 3 with fellow actress and pal Reese Witherspoon.