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[Magwik]

2016 is sure to be a major year for Archie Comics, as America’s Favorite Teenager celebrates 75 years of existence. But the party kicked off in a major way today with news that The CW has officially picked up the pilot episode for the live-action “Riverdale” TV series, to start filming this spring.

The live-action series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, and their friends, exploring small-town life and the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade. The show will focus on the eternal love triangle of Archie Andrews, girl-next-door Betty Cooper, and rich socialite Veronica Lodge, and will include the entire cast of characters from the comic books—including Archie’s rival, Reggie Mantle, and his slacker best friend, Jughead Jones.

http://archiecomics.com/archie-comi...ally-picks-up-riverdale-live-action-tv-pilot/

 

[Ogodei]

Live action Jughead better live up to his template.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

if Jughead isn't a burger eating weaboo like the comic I'm boycotting

 

[WedgeX]

First CW and Netflix crossover soon to be confirmed?

 

[TheGreatDirector]

From how celebrated the modern comic seems to be, I actually really excited for this.

 

[Alphahawk]

Hopefully this and the new Degrassi brings back teen dramas in a big way.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

What do I need to do to get an audition as Jughead?

 

[gaiadyne]

http://archiecomics.com/archie-comi...ally-picks-up-riverdale-live-action-tv-pilot/

Why is his guitar upside down?

 

[hamchan]

I think I'll get freaked out seeing the real life versions of these characters.

 

[Maddocks]

More pretty people on CW, I'm down wit dat.

 

[Baroquemantic]

First CW and Netflix crossover soon to be confirmed?

??

 

[buy teh haloz]

Wait, who's the blonde guy to the right?

 

[crazyrabbits]

Guess they're trying for the third time.

 

[WedgeX]

??

Inevitable Punisher crossover, of course.

 

[Zaptruder]

Why is his guitar upside down?

Because when you pull it around from under, it'll be right side up?

 

[Barrylocke]

I'm happy, though maybe not SUPER surprised, to see Kevin (the relatively recent gay addition to the cast) is going to be with the classic characters.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I'm a hundred percent into this. The direction that Archie Comics has been going in is splendid, with Afterlife, Sabrina, and Dark Circle, along with the new ongoing.

 

[mreddie]

Is that one of the Pussycats on the left? Also is Sabrina involved? Who's the redhead with Reggie?

STAY OUTTA RIVERDALE

 

[HUELEN10]

Fox did it better.

 

[SystemBug]

Why is his guitar upside down?

thats how you do it

 

[gaiadyne]

Because when you pull it around from under, it'll be right side up?

Yeah I checked google and it makes sense to me now. It's how it would naturally go to your back if you were wearing it on the front.

 

[Oxirane]

Live action Jughead better live up to his template.

Try living up to this live action Jughead.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

I remember hearing about and I think discussing this last year, it'll be interesting to see where they go with it, hope they get good writers and don't pander to the lowest common denominator of the network's general target demo. Let MTV take that mantle and give us more shows with at least decent to good writing like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Jane the Virgin, iZombie and The 100.

Try living up to this live action Jughead.

Yeee... I vaguely remember this.

 

[DonMigs85]

I wonder if they'll also include Cheryl Blossom... Also I wonder how they'll treat Moose and Dilton.

 

[Barrylocke]

I wonder if they'll also include Cheryl Blossom... Also I wonder how they'll treat Moose and Dilton.

I assume the redhead snuggling up on Reggie is Cheryl.

 

[Miker]

Seems like a perfect fit for the C-Dub. Looking forward to casting (of beautiful people).

 

[VanWinkle]

Could be good, but it could also go horribly wrong. We'll see. Hopefully it will be a comedy and not a drama.

 

[Jigorath]

Character descriptions

Happy-go-lucky Jughead is now an "emo-heartthrob" who's actually currently on the outs with his former best friend, Archie.

Oh boy...

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Character descriptions



Oh boy...

Fuck off this shit. Biggest character assassination and mistake of their lives.

 

[KarmaCow]

The live-action series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, and their friends, exploring small-town life and the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.

Not that I would be really interested in a live action Archie anyway but this sounds far worse.

 

[MHWilliams]

if Jughead isn't a burger eating weaboo like the comic I'm boycotting

The current comic version isn't much of a weeaboo.

Still loves burgers though. I expect Riverdale will have a similar tone as the current comic, with Archie doing the monologue thing like Scrubs.

 

[Dicer]

Character descriptions



Oh boy...

Ew ew ew...

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

Holy shit. I forgot that the Fiona Staples comic was a thing. So this new series is supposed to be similar to the comic huh, interesting...

 

[TheGreatDirector]

More In-Depth Character Descriptions:

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.”

 

[Silkworm]

For some reason I imagine RJ Mitte as this incarnation of Jughead, but then again maybe not. *shrug*

 

[Bronx-Man]

What happened to the Afterlife with Archie series that was in the news?

 

[Swamped]

Those character descriptions sure are something. Guess this show isn't going to be like the Archie Digest comics I used to read as a kid. Very intrigued.

I recently read Afterlife with Archie and thoroughly enjoyed it, even though i felt it was being too edgy just for the sake of it. This show feels like it might be in that vein.

 

[blame space]

Why is his guitar upside down?

We need a word for this kind of weird, out-of-nowhere, "I think I'm smarter than what I'm critiquing" critiques. I see it all the time on this forum.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

What happened to the Afterlife with Archie series that was in the news?

That and the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina are still going, the releases are just very spread out. But are excellent though, one of those comics that comes out every 3-6 months but you forgive the sporadic release because it's so good.

I'm all about this CW series. It can work.

 

[JeTmAn81]

Casting of the most handsome versions of Jughead and Dilton ever incoming

 

[Trojita]

I still need to read this and that Lovecraft esque Sabrina series, what was that called again? Is it a part of Afterlife with Archie and then Chilling Adventures of Sabrina? I remember people on this forum saying they were pretty good.

 

[weshes195]

Reading those descriptions make me wanna puke

I'm all for mixing it up with Archie (I love Afterlife) but... EMO Jughead? Ugh

 

[hamchan]

Mr Lodge is in prison? XD

What a glorious train wreck this will be. I can't wait.

 

[watershed]

The new comic series is really good but I don't have any faith that a live-action tv show can do Archie right, especially with those character descriptions.

 

[whitehawk]

We need a word for this kind of weird, out-of-nowhere, "I think I'm smarter than what I'm critiquing" critiques. I see it all the time on this forum.

lmao I had a similar thought about that post.

 

[Madness]

Is that really the look of Archie and the Gang now?

 

[watershed]

I love Jughead in the new comic. He's true to character but modern. In fact, they've gotten all the characters right so far.

 

[RedNumberFive]

I've got nothing. Everything about this sounds horrible.

 

[nintendork666]

I've always wanted to get into Archie in some form or another.

Didn't know Waid was writing the comics.

 

[DiscoJer]

http://archiecomics.com/archie-comi...ally-picks-up-riverdale-live-action-tv-pilot/

It's weird, everyone is dressed like out of the 1980s except for Jughead and I guess Josie, who look out of the mid 1990s.