Rowan Atkinson, best known for his role as the classic hilariously dimwitted Mr. Bean, is currently in talks to play the lead villain in the upcoming live-action movie version of Scooby-Doo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Raja Gosnell will direct the film, which is scheduled to begin shooting Feb. 13 in Australia. James Gunn and John August wrote the script.

Atkinson would join a cast that includes real-life couple Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar as Fred and Daphne, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy and Linda Cardellini as Velma. I still think that Mike Meyers would have been the more fitting role for Shaggy though. And as for Atkinson's character, he will be called Mondavarious.