Riverdale Greg Berlanti's Riverdale - Archie Comics-Based Drama on CW

[Sawyer]

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[Primal Slayer]

Can't wait to see who they cast in this show.

 

[Boy Scout]

Has anyone picked up the new Archie #1 by Mark Waid. I did and I was really into it.

I read it today. I thought it was decent. The art was the best thing about it.

 

[jed]

I'm excited about Kevin Keller. I hope they cast a hot guy to play Kevin.

 

[Sawyer]

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[Sawyer]

http://www.tvinsider.com/article/46...cs-show-including-a-virgin-suicides-plotline/

Everything We Know About the New Archie Comics Show (Including a Virgin Suicides Plotline?!)
Gregory E. Miller October 9, 2015 9:41 pm

This ain’t your momma’s Archie.

The new Archie Andrews TV reboot Riverdale, currently in development at the CW, will be “darker” and “weirder” than what you’ve come to expect from the beloved brand, says Archie Comics chief creative officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Case in point: Aguirre-Sacasa, who wrote the pilot, reveals that the first episode includes a plotline inspired by The Virgin Suicides, the controversial book and subsequent film about five young sisters who off themselves.

So… not exactly the typical town gossip dished over a sundae at Pope Tate’s.

But what else can you expect from the new series? We cornered Aguirre-Sacasa at New York Comic Con’s Archie Comics booth to get the scoop. Here’s everything we know so far.

The show will be a little like Twin Peaks.

While the show is currently part of the pilot cycle at the CW, it was originally in the works at Fox. It was there that the show became darker than initially intended. “They really pushed us to kind of go beyond a typical high school show like Saved by the Bell and to go into something that was a little darker and weirder like Twin Peaks,” says Aguirre-Sacasa. Though Fox ultimately decided not to make the show, Warner Bros. and red-hot producer Greg Berlanti helped bring it to the CW, where the new tone remains.

But it’ll also be a little like The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

The film came up as inspiration when Aguirre-Sacasa was originally pitching Riverdale as a movie, alongside Pitch Perfect director Jason Moore. “I was like, wow, if we could do that with Archie, that would be great,” he says. “A real John Hughes[-esque], contemporary, emotional, deep, dark, funny, coming-of-age movie—that’s what it would be.” That goal carried over to the TV show. “These are the ultimate teenagers who will tell the ultimate coming-of-age story,” says Aguirre-Sacasa.

Archie’s going to have a whole new look.

The pilot has big changes in store for our leading man. “Archie spent the summer working at his dad’s construction site company, and he got hot,” says Aguirre-Sacasa, laughing. “So he shows up for sophomore year, and all the girls are like, ‘What happened to Archie over the summer?”

Betty and Veronica spent some time away.

“Veronica and her mom move back to Riverdale under very mysterious circumstances,” says Aguirre-Sacasa. The first thing that happens then is the Virgin Suicides inspired event, which is “the mystery that propels” the show.

As for Betty, she’s still Archie’s neighbor, but she spent her summer interning in Los Angeles, where she met her idol, author Judy Blume. “Judy Blume told her, ‘You know, when you’re 15 or 16, everything can change in a summer,’” says Aguirre-Sacasa. “[So] when she comes back to school, she’s determined to finally get out of the friend zone with Archie and get into the girlfriend/boyfriend zone.”

Betty will still be the girl next door, but with a twist. “Betty’s sort of like the perfect girl, perfect student, student council president, and I think we’re really getting underneath what is the cost of being the perfect girl in today’s world,” says Aguirre-Sacasa.

The villain’s a lady in red.

Ginger bombshell Cheryl Blossom will be stirring up all kinds of trouble. “I don’t think it’s spoiling to say that Cheryl Blossom is our lead villainess for season one… and she’s really crazy,” says Aguirre-Sacasa, with a laugh.

All your other favorite characters will be around too.

You’ll see Josie and the Pussycats, who attend Riverdale High, as well as Kevin Keller, the comic series’ first gay character, who will appear as Betty’s best friend on the show. As for Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Aguirre-Sacasa is coy: “Let me say this: she’s not in the pilot.”

The CW tradition of insanely hot actors will continue.

“One of the great things about Perks of Being a Wallflower is those kids seem so real,” says Aguirre-Sacasa. “Yeah, they’re cute, but they’re not hot. They’re kids, and they’re not cookie cutter. So I think we want to strike the right balance between hot kids and real-looking kids. Ultimately the goal is to get as realistic a portrayal as we can get.”

Still he concedes: “Yeah, they’ll all be hot though.”

 

[Mogwai]

This project has peaked my interest. Can't wait for some casting info.

 

[Sawyer]

http://tvline.com/2015/11/05/archie-tv-series-riverdale-the-cw-cast-characters/

Riverdale: Meet The CW's Buff Archie, Scandal-ized Veronica and the Rest
By Matt Webb Mitovich

This is not quite your grandma’s Archie comics come-to-life.

The casting breakdowns for The CW’s Riverdale pilot, which promises a live-action, modern-day take on the iconic comic book characters (in a Riverdale where “secrets, intrigue and scandal abound&#8221, reveal greater muscle mass for our carrot-topped group leader, a stressed-out Betty, scandal-stricken Veronica and new adversity for Jughead to overcome.

Prolific TV producer Greg Berlanti is among the project’s executive producers, while Archie Comics’ chief creative officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is penning the pilot.

Here now, the specific breakdowns for the Core Four:

ARCHIE ANDREWS | A high school sophomore, the redhead is still boyishly handsome but “pumped and looking good after working construction for his dad during the summer.” Archie is grappling with heavy issues and juggling the interest of several girls while discovering his passion for writing and performing music against his father and his football coach’s better wishes. Oh, and he’s harboring more than one dark, terrible secret.

BETTY COOPER | The blonde and pretty sophomore is described as having “some self-esteem issues and affinity for Adderall.” Eager-to-please, wholesome and studious, Betty has a super-crush on her longtime best bud, Archie. But tired of being the “perfect” everything, she turns to her new friend, Veronica, for life advice. Betty has an emotionally brittle mom, a goth-like sister and a coveted spot on the cheerleading squad — though with certain conditions….

VERONICA LODGE | Producers are aiming to ideally cast a Latina as this “silver-tongued” stunner, who has just returned to Riverdale from New York following a scandal which resulted in her father going to prison. Extremely intelligent, self-confident and immediately popular, Veronica is eager to reinvent herself — from Mean Girl to caring friend.

JUGHEAD JONES | A hearing-impaired actor is being sought to play Jughead as an “emo-heartthrob.” The lanky lad is Archie’s former best friend, seeing as the two still are smarting from a rift that took place between them. Angry, but with a philosophical bent, Jughead “refuses to take the olive branch being proffered by Archie, the hurt goes that deep.”

Wonder why they're going hearing-impaired for Jughead. If it wasn't for that, I would be thinking...

 

[Boy Scout]

Uh...not a huge fan of a lot of what we've been hearing about the series so far.

 

[Sawyer]

Cool.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Naya would've made a perfect Veronica back in the day

 

[Boy Scout]

Cool.

Just because I'm not blindly praising everything I see, it doesn't mean I'm not still interested in the series.

 

[Sawyer]

Naya would've made a perfect Veronica back in the day

Season 1 era Naya would've been fantastic.

Current Naya could be, like... Veronica's young-looking aunt.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Jughead as an “emo-heartthrob.”

 

[Wheels]

I was going with it until I read the Jughead description. This sounds a bit too serious for my taste. I hope the show isn't as dramatic as the character descriptions imply I need some off-beat quirkiness and cheese. Maybe it's a satire of shows like One Tree Hill and Dawson's Creek and the melodrama is part of the joke.

 

[Mogwai]

Yeah, I feel this should have a campy tone.

 

[Primal Slayer]

If Bryan Fuller should do any show, it should be this one. He would be perfect for it.

 

[moviefreak]

Y'all should watch "Riverdale : Archie Movie Trailer" on youtube. lol

It's a Canadian comedy fan trailer made about five years ago, a subversive take on Archie and his group . This is the Archie that I will definitely want to see if it ever get made.

 

[mr. peasant]

http://tvline.com/2015/11/05/archie-tv-series-riverdale-the-cw-cast-characters/

Riverdale: Meet The CW's Buff Archie, Scandal-ized Veronica and the Rest
By Matt Webb Mitovich

This is not quite your grandma’s Archie comics come-to-life.

The casting breakdowns for The CW’s Riverdale pilot, which promises a live-action, modern-day take on the iconic comic book characters (in a Riverdale where “secrets, intrigue and scandal abound&#8221, reveal greater muscle mass for our carrot-topped group leader, a stressed-out Betty, scandal-stricken Veronica and new adversity for Jughead to overcome.

Prolific TV producer Greg Berlanti is among the project’s executive producers, while Archie Comics’ chief creative officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is penning the pilot.

Here now, the specific breakdowns for the Core Four:

ARCHIE ANDREWS | A high school sophomore, the redhead is still boyishly handsome but “pumped and looking good after working construction for his dad during the summer.” Archie is grappling with heavy issues and juggling the interest of several girls while discovering his passion for writing and performing music against his father and his football coach’s better wishes. Oh, and he’s harboring more than one dark, terrible secret.

BETTY COOPER | The blonde and pretty sophomore is described as having “some self-esteem issues and affinity for Adderall.” Eager-to-please, wholesome and studious, Betty has a super-crush on her longtime best bud, Archie. But tired of being the “perfect” everything, she turns to her new friend, Veronica, for life advice. Betty has an emotionally brittle mom, a goth-like sister and a coveted spot on the cheerleading squad — though with certain conditions….

VERONICA LODGE | Producers are aiming to ideally cast a Latina as this “silver-tongued” stunner, who has just returned to Riverdale from New York following a scandal which resulted in her father going to prison. Extremely intelligent, self-confident and immediately popular, Veronica is eager to reinvent herself — from Mean Girl to caring friend.

JUGHEAD JONES | A hearing-impaired actor is being sought to play Jughead as an “emo-heartthrob.” The lanky lad is Archie’s former best friend, seeing as the two still are smarting from a rift that took place between them. Angry, but with a philosophical bent, Jughead “refuses to take the olive branch being proffered by Archie, the hurt goes that deep.”

Just saw this. First, the characters seem very, very different from their source material. Enough so that I'm even wondering why slap the "Archie" brand on it in the first place.

Second, where's Reggie?!! There's supposed to be a Core Five!!

 

[terry78]

Does Jughead still eat constantly? If they keep that trait, I may forgive that emo thing.

 

[Jason Kane]

http://tvline.com/2015/11/05/archie-tv-series-riverdale-the-cw-cast-characters/

Just saw this. First, the characters seem very, very different from their source material. Enough so that I'm even wondering why slap the "Archie" brand on it in the first place.

Second, where's Reggie?!! There's supposed to be a Core Five!!

In historical fairness, Reggie wasn't in the 1940s radio show

 

[Sawyer]

Those character descriptions made me hope casting announcements were on the way, but I guess we'll have to until after a pilot is ordered in Jan/Feb.

 

[Sawyer]

Still say Elizabeth Lail for Betty.

If she really was up for Supergirl when that pilot was casting, hopefully she's still on Berlanti and his casting director's radar.

 

[Sawyer]

Pilot ordered.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/greg-berlantis-archie-take-transylvania-860523

Originally developed for Fox, Riverdale is set in present day and based on the iconic Archie Comics characters. It's described as a surprising and subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, and their friends, exploring the surrealism of small-town life — the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome façade.

 

[aNarcHy2day]

I'm definitely excited to see what is on offer. Well, I love Archie so I was always gonna be.