#MAX is canceling its raunchy Scooby Doo reimagining Velma – Destructoid

After two seasons and over two years of… passionate on-line discourse, MAX is axing Mindy Kaling’s raunchy Scooby-Doo reimagining, Velma. Following a complicated bait-and-switch, the streaming service has formally confirmed the sequence gained’t be getting a 3rd season, and plenty of Scooby-Doo followers aren’t bottling up their tears of pleasure.

MAX is axing Velma after two seasons and a Halloween particular

After months of hypothesis, the primary trace of Velma‘s cancellation got here from Davey Cummings, one of many present’s background artists. All through the present’s run, Cummings usually uploaded photos of the background artwork he made for Velma to his Instagram web page.

In a now-deleted publish he uploaded on October 8, 2024, Cummings revealed MAX wouldn’t be renewing Velma for a 3rd season. He expressed his appreciation for Velma‘s artists and animators, emphasizing his want to work with them once more on one other challenge sometime. He rounded the publish off by encouraging readers to look at Velma‘s newly launched Halloween particular, the apply-named “This Halloween Wants To Be Extra Particular!”

“There won’t be a Season 3, however I hope I get to work with these wonderful gifted individuals once more sooner or later. GO WATCH VELMA HALLOWEEN SPECIAL ON MAX!!”

-Dave Cummings

Cummings’ announcement turned the Web’s collective head, with many onlookers taking this assertion from one in all Velma‘s employees as proof that the present was ending. Nevertheless, Cummings backpedaled on his announcement in one other deleted Instagram publish just some hours later. Right here, Cummings clarified MAX hadn’t formally canceled the present but and that Velma’s followers and detractors shouldn’t take his feedback as a mirrored image of MAX or Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans for the present.

This made an already unsure scenario much more doubtful for onlookers, however issues grew to become crystal clear after MAX formally introduced they had been canceling Velma. In an official assertion given to IGN, MAX confirmed Velma gained’t be returning for a 3rd season, expressing their condolences to the present’s inventive group and wishing them properly in all their future endeavors.

“Over the previous two seasons, Mindy [Kaling] and Charlie [Grandy] have created an extremely enjoyable and recent world inside the iconic whodunit franchise. Whereas we gained’t be shifting ahead with one other season of the sequence, we thank them for his or her compelling coming-of-age storytelling, unmatched clues, and hilarious hijinks.

Max Spokesman, IGN

Within the wake of this official declaration, I think Cummings and different members of Velma’s employees knew that the present’s possibilities of getting renewed had been low, however that didn’t cease them from believing it might occur. Velma‘s Halloween particular ends on a cliffhanger, so it’s clear that the present’s producers, writers, and artwork stream had been hoping to get a 3rd season.