(thanks to Wasta)

Variety is reporting that the Walt Disney Company plans to begin shooting a live action Underdog film in Vancouver in January. The movie is based on the Underdog cartoon series, which debuted on NBC in 1964 and lasted nine years managing to parody just about every superhero cliche in the process. Disney hopes the film, which, unlike the Scooby-Doo features will use a real dog to play the eponymous canine superhero, can become a franchise.

Of course, it is Disney… 🙁