According to Davey Cummings, a background artist on Mindy Kaling's animated Max authentic “Velma,” the present is not going to return for a 3rd season.
Over on Instagram, Cummings posted a few of his work from the upcoming “Velma” Halloween particular earlier than revealing one thing enormous. “Backgrounds I painted for Velma Halloween Special,” he wrote alongside a carousel put up of various spooky backdrops. “So fun working with this crew. There will not be a season 3, but I hope I get to work with these amazing talented people again one day. GO WATCH ‘VELMA' HALLOWEEN SPECIAL ON MAX!!”
Cummings is the primary to announce this information, nevertheless it's not an enormous shock that Max selected to drag the plug on this “Scooby-Doo” spin-off, sadly. The present did not garner nice critiques when its first season initially premiered in 2023, and whereas some of these reactions have been undoubtedly in unhealthy religion (one thing that occurred to women-run and women-led series all too typically, frankly), there was legitimate criticism relating to a number of the lackluster jokes and stereotypes present in “Velma.” Still, it is stunning that Cummings was so forthcoming with information of the present's cancellation.
Velma's mystery-solving days are over
With Mindy Kaling herself because the voice of Velma — alongside Constance Wu as Daphne, Sam Richardson as Shaggy, and Glenn Howerton as Fred — you would possibly suppose that this unapologetically brash spin on “Scooby-Doo” would have been an enormous hit when it dropped on Max in 2023. That merely did not occur. Yes, loads of the backlash in opposition to “Velma” was actually resulting from the truth that each Velma and Kaling are Southeast Asian-American, and the showrunner tweaked the traditional character for the narrative she wished to create. Still, critics had reputable considerations concerning the series' flip tone and method to each race and sexuality. The present's Rotten Tomatoes consensus for season 1 says it “doesn't have the first clue for how to turn its clever subversion into engaging fun,” and a few reviewers simply discovered all the expertise to be extremely disagreeable, with Autostraddle‘s Heather Hogan writing, “Every episode is a cringy, eye-rolling slog that doesn't seem to have any idea who its audience is, yet seems to despise them all the same.”
Still, “Velma” returned for a second season this 12 months and, as Davey Cummings identified, aired a Halloween particular titled “This Halloween Needs To Be More Special!” Apparently, this outing might be its final. Both seasons of “Velma” are streaming on Max now, as is the Halloween particular.
