Riverdale
 

Coming in 2016 to the CW Network, a live action Archie series called Riverdale! This was announced today at Comic Con. Casting expected soon.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ar...dale-tv-series

Casting calls are now out along with character profiles. It's not good folks... not good at all. :ohwell:

WTF did Hiram Lodge do to be imprisioned?! :o Polly's a goth?! Betty's a druggie?! Jughead hates Archie?!

http://comicsalliance.com/archie-cas...-cw-riverdale/

This is gonna be hilarious. How far from the source material can we get? How many fans can we piss off? How many STDs can get passed around the triangle of Arch, Bets, and Veronica?

I've never been interested in Archie, but I feel for you fans...

I have to admit to being a closet Archie fan. I read Digest all through my childhood and into adulthood. I haven't actually read Archie in many years, but I've certainly read/heard about all the super progressive things they've been doing in comics. I've always wanted either A) a goofy Archie sitcom or B) a movie in the vein of Josie and the Pussycats.

This...nobody asked for this.

Life With Archie: Married Life was awesome (the ending was very depressing)
Afterlife With Archie is Awesome and uber dark
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is just plain DARK and sooo not for kids
The reboot of the franchise is nice and somewhat angsty (Im sure someday we'll find out WTF the "lipstick" incident was.)
Archie vs Predator: AKA how to kill people off in the most greusome ways possible. :o


This tho...Ugh...

As for a movie. Well just find 1990's Return To Riverdale.

So there's an Archie multiverse now?

I'm surprised that they didn't make it so that Jughead has Aspergers.
Yeah, still no DVD release for that movie. Not even on DVD-R.

We're a long way from Archie's TV Funnies. I hope Mr Weatherbee turns out to be an undercover DEA agent.

The Multi-verse was established a couple years ago in Life With Archie: Married Life with a COIE type storyline (one that in the end only Mr. Lodge remembered). Ambrose, a character who's been around since the Lil Archie days, has the ability to travel in the multi-verse. The main opening is a street in Riverdale called Memory Lane. It's a small breach that alows people to travel to various earths. During the COIE type event there was a major breach that was closed thanks to Mr. Lodge (who kinda went all loopy after it ended), Moose, Ambrose, and a couple others.

Memory Lane was also used in the main book when Archie was dating Valerie (from Josie and the Pussycats). It showed him all the possible futures for him (mainly one where he was married to Valerie...Betty ended up as his sister-in-law as at the time she was dating Valerie's brother).

All the various stories and books are now just simply part of the multi-verse (especialy in the ones in the double digest).

What's COIE?

I really don't feel like there's any kind of world the Riverdale characters wouldn't work in. If they want to put them in a teen drama with real-world problems, I don't see any reason why it shouldn't exist. I'm cool with having the new comics, the classic-style digests (which I understand are to continue as usual), and this new series.

I'll definitely watch a couple to see how it turns out. I can comfortably walk away, accepting that it's not for me, so long as I feel they've done the characters justice.

I think it's an exciting time to be an Archie fan. I hope all these wild things they're trying out succeed in keeping the property relevant.

Crisis on Infinite Earths

So, like... has anybody been reading the new reboot series by Mark Waid and Fiona Staples? It nicely updates the characters and their world while retaining their classic appeal, doesn't needlessly "edgy" things up, throws in some fun and engaging narrative stuff, and is overall a solid, fun, thoroughly likeable series.

And it's also clear that it'd translate pretty damn smoothly into a live-action dramedy series.

...juuuust saying.

Looks like filming starts this spring. CW Network officially ordered the pilot.

http://archiecomics.com/archie-comic...tion-tv-pilot/

And casting has begun!! Disney kid Cole Sprouse has been cast as Jughead! :o Lili Reinhart has been cast as Betty. Wonder if Dylan will show up in the show? It be like "Hey this is my identical cousin...." :P

And the info from the casting calls is still legit it seems as Jughead and Archie had a falling out. :/

http://comicbook.com/2016/02/09/rive...ead-and-betty/

Uh...*blinks* *looks at the date on the calender* Luke Perry has been cast as Fred Andrews. WTF?! :teek:

http://archiecomics.com/the-cw-river...-fred-andrews/

Okay, so, I'm concerned now.

WTH?! Archie's not a red head?!?!? Josie of Josie and the Pussycats is black? Will Valerie now be played by a white girl? :ohwell:

New Zealand actor KJ Apa has been cast as Archie:
https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress...ead-archie.jpg

Ashleigh Murray has been cast as Josie:
https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress...rray-josie.jpg

http://deadline.com/2016/02/riverdal...ot-1201708847/

Edit: I just remembered Christopher Rich didn't have red hair when he played Archie in 1990 in FOX's attempt at a live action Archie series with Return to Riverdale. Meh. :/

You can get away with casting against a character's appearance a lot of the time, but not Archie. The way he looks is as much a part of his character as his personality. Josie, not so much, but casting that guy as Archie is like casting a dog as Garfield.

Camila Mendes (this is her first role like ever) has been cast as Veronica

http://www.comicbookresources.com/im...dale-706a1.jpg

And Madelaine Petsch has been cast as the Biatch Cheryl Blossom. Nobody will be playing her twin brother, Jason, tho as apparantly he died "in a mysterious accident" WTF?!

http://www.comicbookresources.com/im...cial-2ca70.jpg

Also apparantly it's been picked up for series so we'll definatly be seeing this in the fall.

http://deadline.com/2016/02/riverdal...cw-1201710249/
http://www.comicbookresources.com/ar...cheryl-blossom

And now for the mom's!

24 actress Marissa Nichols has been cast as Hermione Lodge who has returned to Riverdale after the scandal with Hiram (I can't wait to find out WTF this whole scandal is that caused Hiram to be imprisioned! )

https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress...ne-gingold.jpg

Madchen Amick meanwhile has been cast as Betty's mom, Alice Cooper, who is now editor of the newspaper (which is kinda odd as that's usually what Reggie's dad does in the comics. But there's been no mention of the Mantle's so far! )
https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress...ice-cooper.jpg

^Has Betty's mom's name always been "Alice Cooper"?

I've read a few of the recent ongoing Archie comics and they seemed decent.

Anybody remember "Archie's Weird Mysteries"?

*raises my hand*

Now how about The New Archies?

I think that one was before my time.

Watched the intro on YouTube and chuckled at seeing "Pop's Video Cafe." You don't get any more '80s than that.

Archie's Weird Mysteries is pretty much what made me a fan of archie in the first place. After watching that series I started reading the comics and checking out the old series. I actually started re-watching it a few days ago lol, I think I only have two or three episodes left to watch.

As for this though I might give it a try but idk.

Welp I read a review of spoilers for this show... some of the er highlights:

Archie WILL have red hair


http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/02/...s-and-cougars/

Oh and yes Betty's mom has always been Alice Cooper. Her father is Hal, Her brother is Chic, and her sister is Polly.

That makes sense. They're not exactly friends in the rebooted Archie comics either

Reggie, Moose and Dilton have been cast now. Reggie is being reduced to recurring character status for some reason. Hrm...

Daniel Yang is Dilton, Ross Butler is Reggie, and Cody Kearsley is Moose Mason

Somehow I had a feeling that Reggie would be asian..

The images below are Ross Butler and Cody Kearsley. Not finding one of Daniel Yang yet.

http://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/up...y-kearsley.jpg

Kevin Keller has now been cast! He'll be played by unknown Casey Cott. This kid looks like he stepped out of the comics!

http://media.comicbook.com/2016/03/k...ale-173852.png

http://comicbook.com/2016/03/12/the-...haracter-kevi/

Some more casting!
Colin Lawrence is Coach Clayton
Lochlyn Munro (recently seen in 2 eps of Lucifer) is Hal Cooper (Betty's dad)
Ashanti Bromfeld is Melody (Josie and the Pussycats)
Irie Hayleau is Valerie (Josie and the Pussycats)
Caitlin Mitchell-Markovitch is Ginger Lopez (one of Archie's love interests in the comics)

Apparantly Cheryl is the big bad in the 1st season (taking her anger out on everyone for the loss of her brother?)

Barclay Hope (who I last saw as Lily's foster father in Once Upon A Time) and Nathalie Bolt (I think the only thing I've seen her in is District 9) have been cast as Cheryl Blossom's parents Clifford and Penelope.

In the comics Clifford is essentially Bill Gates. An uber rich, yet down to earth software designer. The Blossom's are richer than the Lodge's.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cd4khfSVIAASiZ1.jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cd4khfQUMAEgyI9.jpg

you didn't think Big Bang Theory was lieing, did you?

Ok everyone. We can all relax. KJ Apa's now sportin red hair. Fun tidbit: KJ's part Samoan.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeAV_JEVAAEHb4H.jpg

Been following the goings on of the cast and stuff on twitter.

https://twitter.com/CWRiverdaleNews

Dear CW Network. Miss Grundy is supposed to be older not YOUNGER than me. Seriously WTF?!

Introducing Sarah Habel as Miss Grundy (according to the show's twitter page):

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ce9hcY_UUAAjWng.jpg

...whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? This show is gonna bomb SO hard.

And now for:

Pop Tate:

Alvin Sanders (Mr. Popo in DBZ and has even done a couple voices in MLP FIM) has been cast as Pop Tate...At 62 he's the oldest person on CW network...

http://www.magweb.com/picts/nm0761452.jpg

Jason Blossom

Trevor Stines (he's a fashion model/actor from Seattle) has been cast as Jason Blossom (he'll just be shown in flashbacks):

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GvATEBV9zK...00/trevor7.jpg

Smithers:

Tom McBeath (SG1's Harry Maybourne) has been cast as Smithers

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfVOxJbWEAARe6O.jpg

YES!! CW picked officially up Riverdale!!!!!! :D


http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/12...cy-no-tomorrow

A series summary here as CW release their fall schedule info. The show will be midseason and it will kick off with Archie fresh out of a relationship with his music teacher

http://deadline.com/2016/05/the-cw-f...on-1201759334/

And now we have a (pretty grimdark) trailer