The pilot for the Riverdale TV series is being written by Archie Comics Chief Creative Officer Roberto Aguirre Sarcasa (Afterlife With Archie). The live-action series will features the familiar cast of Archie Comics characters including Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica, Josie & the Pussycats, etc., but with an approach that is far from the wholesome, white bread Archie Comics norm. Instead the producers of Riverdale describe the show as a “bold, subversive take..., exploring the surrealistic twists of small-town life plus the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome façade.”
At the CW Network
Posted by ICv2 on July 10, 2015 @ 6:21 pm CT
Comic-Con News: At the San Diego Comic-Con, Archie Comics revealed that the subversive live-action Archie Comics-based TV series Riverdale, which was originally set up at Fox (see “Archie Live Action TV Show”), has now received a pilot order from the CW Network where Riverdale producer Greg Berlanti has great connections thanks to the success of the comic book-based Arrow and The Flash series that he developed.
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