Mindy Kaling set to voice Scooby Doo’s Velma Dinkley in upcoming animated series Velma for HBO Max 

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.

The Ocean’s 8 star gushed in a recent interview with Access Hollywood that it has been ‘really fun to imagine’ Witherspoon’s iconic character Elle Woods at age 40.

‘I love the franchise so much. I love Elle Woods as a character. And when Reese [Witherspoon] asked me if I wanted to write it, I was like, “Absolutely!” recalled Kaling.

‘I can’t wait to see what people think of the way we’ve written Elle Woods at 40. How Elle Woods is at 40 versus when she was 21 has been really fun to imagine.’

The plans for Legally Blonde 3 were confirmed last May, with Kaling and Parks and Recreation writer Dan Goor signing on to write a new script for the beloved comedy.

Teasing the project, Mindy told TODAY in October that tackling a Legally Blonde script was ‘really daunting’ task for her ‘because it’s such an iconic movie.’

She added that ‘the thing that made it the most appealing was the fact that [Elle is] now 20 years older.’

So what is like the 42-year-old version of Elle Woods? Like what is she like? Is she as chipper? Has life gotten her down at all? Has she become cynical at all? Or is she exactly the same?’

‘For me, I thought making her that age and having her gone through the same kinds of things that I’ve gone through as a 40-year-old, made it fun.’

The first Legally Blonde film hit theaters in July of 2001, with a sequel titled Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde have premiered in 2003.