According to a Max Press Release, a new original titled Velma: This Halloween Needs To Be More Special will release for the first time on the streamer on Thursday, October 3.
The logline is as follows: “With just 24 hours to bring Velma back, the friends search for a dark spellbook while trying to avoid the wrath of a vengeful spirit. But as the annual Sexy Halloween party nears, Velma and the gang must face their biggest fears… if they all want to make it out alive.”
The main cast will include Constance Wu (Fresh Off The Boat, Crazy Rich Asians), Glenn Howerton (It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, That 80’s Show), Mindy Kaling (The Office, The Mindy Project) and Sam Richardson (Ted Lasso, Hocus Pocus 2).
Other cast members who play side characters will include Andia Winslow (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Playing Through), Debby Ryan (Jessie, The Suite Life on Deck), Frank Welker (Curious George, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated), Fortune Feimster (Ginny & Georgia, Yes Day), Gary Cole (The Brady Bunch Movie, Cadet Kelly), Jane Lynch (Glee, Wretch It Ralph), Jason Mantzoukas (Big Mouth, The Dictator), Jennifer Hale (X-Men ‘97, Ralph Breaks the Internet), Kulap Vilaysack (Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, Childrens Hospital), Nicole Byer (Nailed It!, The Bobs Burgers Movie), Nicholas Braun (Sky High, Princess Protection Program), Richard Kind (Inside Out, Young Sheldon), Russell Peters (Source Code, The Indian Detective), Saweetie (Bel-Air, Grown-Ish), Sarayu Blue (To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, Never Have I Ever), Sara Ramirez (Grey’s Anatomy, And Just Like That) and Wanda Skyes (Ice Age: Continental Drift, Over The Hedge).
The show was developed and written by Charlie Grandy (Champions, Velma). The executive producers are Grandy, Kaling, Elijah Aron (Bojack Horseman, Raising Hope) and Howard Klein (The Office, Jessica Jones), along with co-executive producer Sam Register (Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, Justice League: Warworld). The supervising producer is Jessica Kumai Scott (The Sex Life Of College Girls, Hesher). The production team includes Amy Winfrey (Bojack Horseman, Making Friends) and co-producers Kandace Reuter (ThunderCats Roar, Aquaman: King of Atlantis) and Greg Gallant (Perfect Harmony, Speechless). Direction will be done by Meg Waldow (Captain Fall, Tuca & Bertie) and Adam Parton (Bojack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie).