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It is common knowledge that Riverdale, and many of its major characters, is based on the Archie Comics. However, many might not know the great lengths the writers went to include as many characters from the comics as possible. While popular Archie Comics characters like Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, and Jughead Jones are well-known as iconic characters, there are many characters in the comics that aren't as well known.

Many of these lesser-known characters ended up appearing in Riverdale, which really expresses how much effort was put into the early seasons of the show as an adaptation of the Archie Comics. With these characters being so unknown, many Riverdale viewers may have assumed that they were original characters, but these Riverdale characters can be traced back to the comics, even though their Riverdale counterparts may be vastly different.

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Riverdale has become somewhat of an infamous show in pop culture. Despite being one of the last popular teen dramas to follow the 22-episode format, with seven seasons to its name, most regard it as a very bizarre series. Based on the Archie Comics, the series follows Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, and Jughead Jones in the small town of Riverdale. Unlike the lighthearted comics, the series features dark themes such as murder mysteries, gang wars, cults, and supernatural elements.

While the show is often remembered for going off the rails very early on, many will remember that the first season of the series was rather good, following a simple murder mystery plot. Before Riverdale began exploring witches, organ-harvesting cults, and parallel dimensions, the first season followed the characters as they...

Twisters follows Kate Carter, Javi, and Tyler Owens in a high-stakes storm-chasing adventure in Oklahoma. Director Lee Isaac Chung aims to make tornadoes even more terrifying with a powerful cast in Twisters. Cast members underwent intense training for authenticity, drawing from personal experiences with severe weather.

Twisters follows Kate Carter, a former storm chaser who now studies them from the safety of New York City after surviving a devastating tornado in college. Her friend Javi has a groundbreaking new technology, and he draws her back to the life of storm chasing to test it. While in Oklahoma, they cross paths with a storm-chasing social media superstar, Tyler Owens, who seeks out the most dangerous tornadoes he can find. The trio and their teams find themselves in the middle of multiple converging storm systems over central Oklahoma fighting for their lives.

Twisters is a stand-alone sequel to the iconic disaster movie Twister,...

Bloody Rose truly lives up her name — the first half it, anyway — in Episode 7 of Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, which ends with the presumed murder of a major player in the game.

Now streaming on Max, the season’s penultimate episode concludes with Kelly finally seeing the error of her mother’s ways. But when Faran arrives at the pool for a secret chat with the reformed cult member, she finds Kelly floating face down in the water, following an apparently fatal encounter with Bloody Rose.

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Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers from Pretty Little Liars: Summer School episode 6.

Pretty Little Liars: Summer School episode 6 revealed that Greg is related to Riverdale's Kevin Keller, showing a direct connection between the two shows. Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin previously referenced Riverdale, establishing a connection in season 1. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa created Riverdale and Pretty Little Liars: Summer School.

The world of Pretty Little Liars: Summer School is constantly expanding, and episode 6 seemingly confirmed its connection to the CW teen drama television show Riverdale. Max's slasher mystery series, created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (who also developed Riverdale) and Lindsay Calhoon Bring, is a spinoff of the original Pretty Little Liars, meaning that it also takes place in the same universe as the popular Freeform show. However, Aguirre-Sacasa has made it his mission to connect his latest project to the one he is undoubtedly most known for.

New episodes of...

In case you forgot that Max’s Pretty Little Liars reboot shares a universe with The CW’s Riverdale, Episode 6 of Pll: Summer School is more than happy to remind you. And not very subtly.

During a Pride pool party, Greg approaches Faran with major news: not only did he quit Redemption House, but he also ended things with Kelly. He’s seen the light, and he’s even a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. In fact, that’s where the show’s latest Riverdale connection comes in.

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And the countdown begins! Get ready to meet Riverdale’s favourite set of teenagers. The Archies, a coming-of-age musical, follows the lives of Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Ethel and Dilton who will take audiences to the fictional hilly town of Riverdale on 7th of December 2023. Seen through the lens of the unique Anglo-Indian community, The Archies explores friendship, freedom, love, heartbreak and rebellion.

The cast, many of whom are debuting in their first film, announced the date of launch along with their director, Zoya Akhtar with a live billboard on one of India’s busiest roads – Mumbai’s Western Express Highway. The billboard also has a countdown timer which tracks the number of days before the film launches on Netflix. Fans have already begun marking their calendar for this musical set in the 1960s.

The Indian adaptation of the beloved comics will see Dot play Ethel Muggs, Agastya Nanda...

Riverdale's series finale explores the at-times ridiculousness of its source material, offering a fun and meta-filled conclusion. The core four characters of Betty, Veronica, Archie, and Jughead end up in a polyamorous "quad," while other fan-favorite pairings also stick. The Riverdale gang drifts apart over time, offering a heartbreaking twist that reflects the show's nostalgic approach and the reality of growing up.

After six years, seven seasons, and all the epic highs and lows of high school football, the Riverdale series finale finally reveals what happens to Archie and his friends from the titular "town with pep." Packed with meta references to its Archie Comics roots, Riverdale has no problem exploring the at-times ridiculousness of its source material. That's exactly what makes the show fun, and it's also what's helped the Archie Comics publisher endure for nearly 85 years. In an inspired twist that feels in line with the rest of...

Superman will soon get armor just like Steel, his one-time replacement. In this November’s Action Comics #1059, Superman joins forces once again with John Henry Irons to save Metropolis from the alien-hating Blue Earth organization. Blue Earth is forcing Superman to think outside the box, leading him to adopt his own metallic suit of armor in Steve Beach’s eye-popping cover.

DC Comics just shared its solicitations for the months of November and December, including information on Action Comics #1059. The book will feature stories written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Gene Luen Yang and Dan Parent and drawn by Rafa Sandoval, Viktor Bogdanovic and Marguerite Sauvage. The summary for the issue reads:

As the forces of Norah Stone’s Blue Earth take control of Metropolis, Superman dusts off his Warworld weapons and armors up alongside Steel to take their city back! Can even the House of El defeat this potent new threat?...

Riverdale's emotional and complex ending is teased in a new promo, leaving fans on the edge of their seats. This dark reimagining of Archie Comics has been full of massive plot twists, including time travel to an alternate 1950s. The CW's Riverdale series finale, "Goodbye, Riverdale," promises to leave viewers wanting more.

The emotional and complicated ending of Riverdale has been teased in a new promo for the series. Riverdale is a dark reimagining of the iconic characters from Archie Comics including Archie (Kj Apa), Jughead (Cole Sprouse), Betty (Lili Reinhart), and Veronica (Camila Mendes). Over the course of seven seasons, many huge twists and turns have taken place, including a supernatural occurrence that sent the entire cast back to an alternate version of the 1950s for the bulk of the currently airing season 7.

The CW has aired a brand-new official promo for the Riverdale season 7 finale, "Goodbye, Riverdale," which is also the series finale.

Los Angeles, Aug 17 (Ians) Hollywood star Cole Sprouse got candid about the backlash from ‘Riverdale’ fans after he broke up with co-star Lili Reinhart.

In a new interview, the Jughead depicter on the hit CW series talked about how fans were so “invested” in the show to the point he received death threats following the split, reports aceshowbiz.com.

“I get a lot of stuff sent to my house or my loved ones’ houses. Death threats, really nasty, honestly criminal stuff,” Cole told Vulture.

“And I do think it’s because at least four of us at this table have dated our co-workers,” he added, referring to co-stars Camila Mendes and Charles Melton who dated each other for a year.

He continued, “Is that just a consequence of an incredible love? Or is that what fanaticism looks like? Perhaps because those lines were blurred to our audience, it’s hard...

The CW has released the official synopsis for the series finale of Riverdale.

Per TVLine, the upcoming twentieth and final episode of Riverdale Season 7 is titled "Goodbye, Riverdale" and is set to air on The CW on Wednesday, Aug. 23 at 9/8c. The synopsis reads as follows: "Back in [the] present day and longing for her former life in Riverdale, 86-year-old Betty turns to a special friend to help her relive her last day of senior year with her friends as they were, their memories restored." At this time, it is unknown if Betty Cooper performer Lili Reinhart will portray the "present day" Betty in old age makeup or if the show will hire an older actor to play the elderly version of the fan-favorite character.

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Riverdale's series finale synopsis seems to contradict recent comments made by Mädchen Amick -- who stars as Betty Cooper's...

Riverdale star Mädchen Amick recently shared that Archie and the gang will remain stuck in the 1950s for the remainder of the final season.

During an interview with Decider, the actor -- who stars as Betty Cooper's mother Alice in The CW drama series -- revealed that the entire seventh season takes place in the fifties. "No, we don’t get out of the 1950s. So I guess maybe that is a big spoiler," said Amick. "I will say you do experience the characters in different… dimensions, that you get to see a lot of closures that are outside of the 1950s. I can tease it that way. I think that’s saying enough."

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The seventh and final season of Riverdale premiered on March 29, 2023, and picks up after the explosive Season 6 finale that saw Cheryl...

The show must go on, but for Archie and his friends, the musical isn't the light-hearted tale they want to sing about. The show was more like Kevin's projected fantasy than a grounded musical.

Based on everyone's reaction on Riverdale Season 7 Episode 14, it was clear they weren't jiving with it.

Riverdale's last musical ended its legacy with a round of original songs. However, the plots and teen drama seemed to be retreading themselves, stuck in a neverending refrain of typical Riverdale tropes.

Riverdale musicals always find a way to tie back to the main plot. Even Carrie the Musical on Riverdale Season 2 Episode 18 found a way to connect back to Cheryl's issues with Penelope and Alice's fear of potentially losing Betty.

These nods were great because they gave more weight to the lyrics and what teens were performing. "Archie the Musical" is the most meta version of this style...

Riverdale's final season has pushed its characters from their adult states back to a teenage facsimile -- only this time, they're stuck in the 1950s.

For some, the '50s were the reset they'd been hoping to see from Riverdale, which can offer fresh, campy storytelling. For others, Riverdale's foray into the '50s has fallen hopelessly flat.

Riverdale Season 5 starts with a seven-year time jump that aged all the characters from high school seniors to aimless twenty-somethings. Divulging in more mature plots and relationships that the high school years hadn't seen before, the time jump allowed the characters to continue to grow.

Riverdale Season 6 moved into the supernatural, with the season culminating in Riverdale Season 6 Episode 22, "Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen: The Night Of The Comet," wherein the residents of Riverdale were faced with a new kind of peril as a comet hurdled towards them, threatening to wipe them...

The CW’s Riverdale has been one wild ride. Our beloved Riverdalians — Archie Andrews (Kj Apa), Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart), Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes), Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse), Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch), Toni Topaz (Vanessa Morgan), and newcomer Tabitha Tate (Erinn Westbrook) — have fought back against serial killers, crime bosses, and a demon from the alternate dimension of Rivervale to attempt to keep their town safe. Unfortunately, the series hasn’t always known how to handle its large ensemble of supporting characters, which has, at times, dramatically impacted the quality of the show. As a series regular for all but the first season of the drama, this is especially true for Kevin Keller (Casey Cott), who the series has never known what to do with, even well into the final season as the characters continue their “new” lives in the 1950s.

A classic Archie Comics' character is making her return in a groundbreaking new one-shot for the publisher. Chilling Adventures Presents...Strange Science #1 sees the return of Danni Malloy, reinterpreted as Archie's first trans character.

In an exclusive with io9, Archie Comics revealed details on its upcoming one-shot Chilling Adventures Presents...Strange Science #1. The one-shot will be written by Magdalene Visaggio and drawn by Butch Mappa. The new comic updates a classic Archie title, Dilton's Strange Science, and brings back one of its featured characters, Danni Malloy. In a major first for the company, Danni is being reinterpreted as a trans woman. The comic will showcase the versatility of horror by blending elements of horror with sci-fi. Visaggio expresses excitement at writing Danni and hopes that she'll find a permanent place in Archie canon.

Archie Comics Brings Back Danni Malloy as its First Trans Character

Danni's reintroduction to the Archie...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Season 7 Episodes 1-3 of Riverdale.The CW’s Riverdale has begun its final season with a major twist. Our beloved characters — Archie Andrews (Kj Apa), Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart), Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes), Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse), Kevin Keller (Casey Cott), Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch), and Toni Topaz (Vanessa Morgan) — have been transported back to the year 1955, following an extinction-level event caused by Bailey’s Comet striking Riverdale after Percival Pickens (Chris O’Shea) set it on a collision course with the town right before the gang took him down. In 1955, where they are once again teenagers attending Riverdale High, the characters have also lost all of their memories of the present day. Their memories have been replaced with false memories of their new lives and a vastly different Riverdale, bringing back familiar faces, including those who were previously dead. So, without memories of their present-day relationships,...

“Riverdale” star Casey Cott and his wife Nichola Basara are expecting their first baby together.

Cott and Basara, who tied the knot in December 2021, announced the exciting news in an interview with People.

They’re set to welcome a baby boy in September.

“We thought there was a chance I was pregnant but, you never really know until you know for sure!” Basara told the mag.

Basara explained how she woke up on a Saturday morning before Cott to take a test, and was thrilled when it said “pregnant.”

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She recalled, “Only problem was that Casey was still fast asleep! I waited for him to wake up for two full hours.

“Finally, when he woke up, I immediately showed him the front of the test. He was half asleep, but proceeded...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Season 7 Episode 1 of Riverdale.For six seasons of The CW’s Riverdale, we have watched our beloved Archie characters — Archie Andrews (Kj Apa), Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart), Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes), Kevin Keller (Casey Cott), Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch), Toni Topaz (Vanessa Morgan), Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse), and relative newcomer Tabitha Tate (Erinn Westbrook) — take on cult leaders, serial killers, and criminal masterminds as their small town has been under siege by darkness, despair, and death. All the while, they’ve followed their hearts to make some unexpected choices and explored various romantic partners that have greatly shifted their futures in various ways, bringing us to where we last saw the characters in the sixth season. However, following a wicked cliffhanger, Riverdale Season 7 has greatly changed things for these characters.

[Warning: The below contains spoilers for Season 7 Episode 1 of Riverdale, “Chapter One Hundred Eighteen: Don’t Worry Darling.”] Happy days are here again. Or more like Happy Days. On jingle-jangle, that is. Because Riverdale returned tonight for its seventh and final season doing the time warp back to the ’50s. Thanks to the Bailey’s Comet catastrophe that was seemingly thwarted at the end of the supernatural-infused Season 6, our gang was transported to the era of James Dean’s death, Emmett Till’s trial, and hot-rodding teens, with only Jughead (Cole Sprouse) clued-in to the mix-up. The rest were busy being typical teens (again), with the head-turning arrival of transfer student and Hollywood kid Veronica (Camila Mendes), the growing civil-rights movement, and the storybook romance of high-school sweethearts Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) and … future gay icon Kevin Keller (Casey Cott)? Yeah, things are a little different this season. One thing that hasn’t changed, however, is that Betty remains...

"Riverdale" is ending after seven seasons of romance, intrigue, and absolute chaos, and it's still unclear where the show's many couples will end up. Of course, the Archie comics that the series is based on center on the iconic love triangle of Archie, Veronica, and Betty, played in the series by Kj Apa, Camila Mendes, and Lili Reinhart, respectively. The television show has seemed to favor Archie with Veronica, but what does the final season hold? And could Archie's fate in the comics be a clue? Here's what we know about Archie's romantic history.

Does Archie End Up With Betty or Veronica in Archie Comics?

In the comics, Archie is forever caught in a love triangle between Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge. This who-will-he-choose model has persisted through the decades and decades of comic-book issues. But there are some answers in the pages of the original franchise.

First of all,...

The final season of  live-action "Archie" comics TV series "Riverdale", begins March 29, 2023 on The CW:

"...picking up where last season ended, 'Jughead Jones' (Cole Sprouse) finds himself trapped in the 1950's. He has no idea how he got there, nor how to get back to the present. 

"His friends are no help, as they are living seemingly authentic lives, similar to their classic 'Archie Comics' counterparts, unaware that they've ever been anywhere but the 1950's. 

"'Archie Andrews' (Kj Apa) is the classic all-American teen, coming of age, getting into trouble, and learning life-lessons. 'Betty Cooper' (Lili Reinhart) is the girl next door, starting to question everything about her perfect life - including her controlling mother 'Alice' (Madchen Amick), 'Veronica Lodge' (Camila Mendes) is a Hollywood starlet who moved to 'Riverdale' under mysterious circumstances. 

"'Cheryl Blossom' (Madelaine Petsch) is the 'Queen Bee' with a withering wit and a secret longing.

The final season of  live-action "Archie" comics TV series "Riverdale", airs March 29, 2023 on The CW:

"...picking up where last season ended, 'Jughead Jones' (Cole Sprouse) finds himself trapped in the 1950's. He has no idea how he got there, nor how to get back to the present. 

"His friends are no help, as they are living seemingly authentic lives, similar to their classic 'Archie Comics' counterparts, unaware that they've ever been anywhere but the 1950's. 

"'Archie Andrews' (Kj Apa) is the classic all-American teen, coming of age, getting into trouble, and learning life-lessons. 'Betty Cooper' (Lili Reinhart) is the girl next door, starting to question everything about her perfect life - including her controlling mother 'Alice' (Madchen Amick), 'Veronica Lodge' (Camila Mendes) is a Hollywood starlet who moved to 'Riverdale' under mysterious circumstances. 

"'Cheryl Blossom' (Madelaine Petsch) is the 'Queen Bee' with a withering wit and a secret longing.

The live-action TV series drama "Riverdale", Season Seven, based on "Archie Comics" characters, airs March 29, 2023 on The CW:

"...picking up where last season ended, 'Jughead Jones' (Cole Sprouse) finds himself trapped in the 1950's. He has no idea how he got there, nor how to get back to the present. 

"His friends are no help, as they are living seemingly authentic lives, similar to their classic 'Archie Comics' counterparts, unaware that they've ever been anywhere but the 1950's. 

"'Archie Andrews' (Kj Apa) is the classic all-American teen, coming of age, getting into trouble, and learning life-lessons. 'Betty Cooper' (Lili Reinhart) is the girl next door, starting to question everything about her perfect life...

"...including her controlling mother 'Alice' (Madchen Amick), 'Veronica Lodge' (Camila Mendes) is a Hollywood starlet who moved to 'Riverdale' under mysterious circumstances. 

"'Cheryl Blossom' (Madelaine Petsch) is the 'Queen Bee' with a...

The end is approaching for Riverdale.

The seventh and final season premieres Wednesday, March 29, on The CW, and if the first trailer is any indication, the trippy storytelling that made the first few seasons a success is making a comeback.

When Riverdale Season 6 concluded in 2022, the gang was transported back to the 1950s, which looks to be the setting for the final chapter.

In true Riverdale fashion, Jughead (Cole Sprouse) appears to be the only person who knows what's happening in this new timeline.

"We were all sent back in time," Jughead tells his friends.

"We need to get back."

However, his friends are far too interested in spending their time at school than unraveling the mysteries surrounding their lives.

"Jughead, we're juniors in high school. Life's good," Archie (Kj Apa) says.

"Why would we want to go back? ... We are not from the future!"

In this timeline, Veronica (Camila Mendes...

Riverdale season 7 finally has its first official trailer, revealing more details of the 1950s setting. The series will end with this new season, which premieres on The CW on March 29. Season 1 premiered in 2017, introducing darker versions of the iconic characters Archie (Kj Apa), Jughead (Cole Sprouse), Betty (Lili Reinhart), and Veronica (Camila Mendes), among others. Over the years, the show has become known for its massive twists and turns, including a drug called jingle jangle, a serial killer, a cult, several musical episodes, and Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch) developing supernatural powers.

The CW unveiled the trailer for Riverdale season 7, digging deep into the time warp mayhem that kicked off with the season 6 finale's cliffhanger ending.

The trailer, which follows Jughead attempting to get his friends to believe him that they are all from the future, showcases a huge shift in character dynamics from the modern day. This includes the fact...

If you've read Archie Comics or watched Riverdale, then you know that Pop Tate's Chock’lit Shoppe is the beating heart of "the town with pep," making it the perfect setting for Chilling Adventures Presents... Pop's Chock’lit Shoppe of Horrors. A new anthology one-shot joining the ever-growing world of Archie Horror, Pop's Chock’lit Shoppe of Horrors will be released on March 22nd, and we're thrilled and chilled to exclusively reveal unlettered black-and-white interior artwork from the upcoming comic!

Below, you can check out the unlettered black-and-white interior artwork by Federico Sabbatini, Chris Panda, and Liana Kangas.

W also have some exclusive comments from the creative team behind Pop's Chock’lit Shoppe of Horrors!

Here's what Ryan Cady had to say about writing "Night Shift":

“So much of being a horror writer is just distorting the ordinary culture around you, and in Riverdale, there's this kind of near-idyllic...

Riverdale — “Chapter One Hundred Eighteen: Don’t Worry Darling” – Pictured (L – R): Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom, Kj Apa as Archie Andrews, Casey Cott as Kevin Keller and Nicholas Barasch as Juilian Blossom — Photo: Michael Courtney/The CW — © 2023 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. The seventh season of Riverdale goes where no season of Riverdale has dared to go before – the 1950s! Picking up where last season ended, Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse) finds himself trapped in the 1950s. He has no idea how he got there, nor how to get back to the present. His friends are no help, as they are living seemingly authentic lives, similar to their classic Archie Comics counterparts, unaware that they’ve ever been anywhere but the 1950’s. Archie Andrews (Kj Apa) is the classic all-American teen, coming of age, getting into trouble, and learning life-lessons; Betty Cooper...

Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones and Erinn Westbrook as Tabitha Tate in ‘Riverdale’

The seventh and final season of The CW’s Riverdale will premiere on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 9pm Et/Pt. Season seven will take place in the 1950s, with Jughead the only one among the friends who knows they’ve traveled back in time.

The fourth season of Nancy Drew brings the series to an end beginning on Wednesday, May 31st at 8pm Et/Pt. The CW’s schedule shows Riverdale and Nancy Drew will air their series finales on Wednesday, August 23rd.

“Riverdale and Nancy Drew are two beloved CW series with some of the most passionate and dedicated fans in all of television, and these final seasons are true gifts to them,” stated Brad Schwartz, President, Entertainment, The CW Network. “As we prepare to say farewell to these iconic characters, there are still plenty of surprises...

Riverdale season 7 has added new cast members, including a new twin for Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch). The CW series, which is a gritty reboot of the iconic characters of Archie Comics, has used Cheryl's twin brother Jason (Trevor Stines) as a plot point from the very beginning, as season 1 centered on solving his murder. Later on, the series' signature twists and turns included the revelation that Cheryl may have had a secret triplet named Julian who was absorbed in the womb and at one point supposedly possessed a haunted doll.

Per TVLine, two new cast members have been added to Riverdale's impending season 7, which will be the final season of the series. First and foremost is Nicholas Barasch, who will be playing a newly alive Julian Blossom, who is a bullying teenager at the high school attended by Archie and company. Karl Walcott has also joined the cast as Clay Walker,...

Exclusive: The CW has expanded the cast of Riverdale for the upcoming seventh and final season. Nicholas Barasch (Hadestown) and Karl Walcott (Le Chalet) have been tapped for major recurring roles on the Archie Comics series, developed and executive produced by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.

Barasch will play Julien Blossom, your classic high school red-headed bully. He’s preppy, rich, and extremely entitled. Handsome, athletic, and cocky, he always gets his way, but in the rare times he doesn’t—like with Veronica—he makes life miserable for everyone around him. He often butts heads with his twin sister, but is also an antagonist to all of our teen characters, most especially Archie.

Walcott is Clay Walker, a teen renaissance man. He is studious, artistic, well-read, and well-traveled. An Army brat, Clay comes from a loving family and is a champion for social justice. He is very open-minded in his art and his sexuality.

Say Archiesssss, because the filming of ‘The Archies’ starring Mihir Ahuja, Dot, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan, Yuvraj Menda, Agastya Nanda and Vedang Raina just wrapped, and we can’t wait to see them on-screen! The film is an adaptation of the globally loved Archie Comics and has the iconic gang at the centre of it. The film is filled with the youthful energy, hope and excitement synonymous with the swinging 1960s.

A musical experience bursting with youth, rebellion, friendships, first loves and everything young adult, The Archies still promises to have something for every generation. We can’t wait to see the new kids on the block!

Archie Comics is the leading mass market comic book publisher in the world and the home to a wide array of the most popular humour, action-adventure and superhero characters in entertainment, including Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, Reggie, Kevin Keller, Josie and the Pussycats,...

New images from Riverdale season 7 reveal that the characters are still stuck in the 1950s. The series, which is a gritty reboot of the classic Archie Comics, has been running on The CW since 2017 and is preparing to premiere its seventh and final season in Spring 2023. This season will follow the shocking twist ending of season 6, which saw Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch) use her newfound powers to prevent a comet from destroying the town of Riverdale, inadvertently sending the entire town back into the 1950s with only Jughead (Cole Sprouse) remembering their present-day lives.

Entertainment Weekly shared a collection of first-look images from Riverdale's upcoming final season as part of their 2023 preview. The images showcase the new time period for the season, including two portraits highlighting brand-new outfits for Veronica (Camila Mendes) and Jughead, whose hat looks much closer to the original comic book design for the character. The...

Over the past several years, it's been a dream (or perhaps a delightful nightmare) come true to see the worlds of horror and Archie Comics collide in Afterlife with Archie, Blossoms 666, and other comic book series, so I'm especially thrilled that Archie Comics has announced a new one-shot called Happy HorrorDays that will feature three holiday horror tales and will be released on December 14th—just in time to add it to your ghoulish gift lists!

We have the official press release with more information below, as well as a look at the main cover by Adam Gorham and the variant cover by Robert Hack.

Visit Archie Comics' website for more details on their upcoming releases, and be sure to check out our previews of Archie Comics' Halloween-themed digest releases!

Press Release: Archie Comics is wishing everyone a very scary holiday season with an all-new one-shot comic, Happy Horrordays, hitting...

The Archies, based on the iconic comic and set in the fictional town of Riverdale in the 60s, makes its way to India with Netflix and Tiger Baby. A video message from ‘The Archies’ director Zoya Akhtar in conversation with the CEO of Archie Comics, Jon Goldwater was shared at Netflix Films Day in Mumbai, in anticipation of the first-ever Archie feature film. Singer and Music Supervisor of The Archies, Ankur Tewari with band – The Islanders presented a live musical showcase of the magical world of The Archies.

Director and producer at Tiger Baby, Zoya Akhtar shared, “It’s been an absolute honour to be asked to make an Indian adaptation and the first-ever film for this very iconic Archies franchise. This is a surreal experience since Archie Comics was a part of my childhood. It is super exciting to take these beloved characters and introduce them to a new...

Exclusive: Neal McDonough (The Flash) and Casey Cott (Riverdale) will headline the sports drama Black Spartans, written and to be directed by Ben Cory Jones (Insecure), which is heading into production in Atlanta this fall.

Exploring the explosive era of the mid-1960s where social upheaval paved the way for a new order in college football, Jones’ first feature tells the story of the first fully integrated college football team. The film is inspired by the Michigan State Spartans team, coached by Duffy Daugherty, which forever changed the face of the sport.

Jones, McDonough, Cott, David Brown, Rochelle Claerbaut, Ruve McDonough, Justin Oates-Marable and Jimmy V are producing, with Cory Wharton serving as exec producer.

McDonough is an award-winning actor whose film credits include Sonic the Hedgehog, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Red 2, Captain America: The First Avenger, Flags of Our Fathers and more. On the TV side,...

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Riverdale Season 6 Episode 13

“Those dark secrets that we all carry in our hearts, I am those secrets…”

Riverdale continues to be anything but dull.

With the apocalypse looming, the series’ latest episode focused on…overdue library books. Yes friends, you read that correct. The next step in Percival Pickens’ plan to destroy the town and then the world involved pestering Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica, Cheryl and Reggie to return books they checked out from the Riverdale Public Library days, sometimes years, ago. Turns out that Percival is planning to close and demolish the town’s only library to make room for a hotel that will be required to, er, lodge all the guests that his new railroad will bring in. .

Before he closes the library, he wants all of its books back. Jughead rightfully surmises that this is because Percival seeks to control the knowledge...

This Riverdale review contains spoilers.

Riverdale Season 6 Episode 11

“Pop’s has endured for a reason, it’s Riverdale’s anchor.”

Every now and again a moment of television comes along that is so transcendent that it immediately embeds itself into the fabric of our pop culture consciousness: Walter White running around in his tighty whities in the Breaking Bad pilot, Six Feet Under‘s “Breathe Me” death montage, and now, Tabitha Tate drinking a milkshake from the Holy Grail in the latest episode of Riverdale.

Yes friends, this is a thing that actually occurred.

Why? The why is not important at this point. As I’ve said before in my breakdowns of the show the reasoning behind Riverdale in inconsequential as the show is an island unto itself.. Whee!

The appearance of the Grail was a throwaway moment in the episode, which shows you the level of confidence that the writing staff current has.

Sabrina Spellman is making another appearance in the crime-filled town of Riverdale.

TV Line is reporting that Kiernan Shipka has closed a deal to return, marking the second Chilling Adventures of Sabrina crossover.

Details are scarce on how long Sabrina will be sticking around this time, but if you watch Riverdale online, you know Cheryl could probably use a witch in her corner.

Throughout recent episodes of Riverdale Season 6, Cheryl has been possessed by the spirit of her ancestor Abigail.

This very different iteration of Cheryl has been thinking of plans to cause mass destruction in Riverdale ... and beyond.

Shipka appeared as Sabrina earlier this season during the five-part Rivervale event that left fans with a lot of questions.

In the episode, Sabrina arrives in town to help Cheryl with a spell, but it seems like things will be spookier than ever.

Shipka headlined Chilling Adventures of Sabrina for four...

“It’s a golden age to be an Archie Comics fan right now,” says company president Mike Pellerito with infectious enthusiasm, adding “I just can’t imagine a better time.”

The declaration is more than accurate, as the independently owned publisher is celebrating its 80th anniversary with the massive CW hit Riverdale entering its sixth season. Despite the TV success, comics are still Archie’s bread and butter, from the digest reprints that beg for impulse buys at the supermarket to a series of innovative titles that have seen Archie and his “pals and gals” become critical darlings.

Some history: In December of 1941, Mlj Comics – a publisher then best known for its stable of superheroes like The Shield, a patriotic figure who predates Captain America – released Pep #22, featuring a backup story focusing on lovable klutz Archie Andrews. It was an instant success due to the humor and charm of its cast,...

Betty can't ever escape her Final Girl status. Based on Riverdale Season 5 Episode 13 alone, she has the ingenuity and skills to take down every vengeful killer who gets in her way.

The Lonely Highway killer was no exception. Even with a chainsaw in hand, he couldn't defeat Riverdale's version of Nancy Drew.

But did the battle with the mysterious trucker live up to the expectations? Or, did it leave us wanting more?

As I mentioned in previous reviews, Tabitha and Betty were an unlikely great pair. They balanced each other, albeit with some silence and distance from Betty. (She really needs to let someone in and trust again.)

Glenn would've been a good ally had he not wasted his efforts in the wrong places. Going after the escorts instead of the serial killer trucker will yield him zero results. Anyone with any sense of logic would know this.

Seriously, how...

We never imagined we’d be walking away from Riverdale’s big “Quiz Show” wanting to talk about tickling fetish videos, but here we are! Though this week’s episode throws a few curveballs at the audience, none were quite as wild and unexpected as what Kevin Keller gets into on his “Grind’em” date. As Dial M For Maple…...

Baffling character decisions result in an infuriating episode of Riverdale.

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This Riverdale review contains spoilers.

Riverdale Season 4 Episode 11

"You threw a live grenade into my relationship to win a trivia contest?"

If you are a regular reader of my Riverdale reviews, you are more than familiar with my general policy that this show exists in its own logic bubble..

But everyone has their limits. This episode was packed with so many contrivances and head-boggling decisions that I almost respect its borderline contempt for the audience.

Let's begin with the biggest storyline of the night: Betty's ongoing battle with Stonewall Prep's resident asshole Brett. At this point I've just come to accept that the institution is the sort of blue-blooded old boys network that spawns the type of men who have gotten America into the shitty position that it is today. Money and power grease the wheel, plowing...

In today’s TV News Roundup, the CW revealed this year’s musical episode of “Riverdale” will feature numbers from “Hedwig & the Angry Inch,” and Amazon announced the premiere date for “Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse.”

Dates

This Season 4 musical episode of “Riverdale” will air on Apr. 8 at 8:00 pm on the CW, and this year the Riverdale High School students will be rallying against their principal and performing numbers from “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” “Riverdale” stars Kj Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom, Marisol Nichols as Hermione Lodge, Mӓdchen Amick as Alice Cooper, Casey Cott as Kevin Keller, Mark Consuelos as Hiram Lodge, Skeet Ulrich as Fp Jones, Charles Melton as Reggie Mantle and Vanessa Morgan as Toni Topaz. You can see who will be play which “Hedwig” character in the poster art below.

Chris Cummins Jan 28, 2020

This year's musical episode of Riverdale is shaping up to be the best one yet, with Hedwig and the Angry Inch!

That scream you just heard that shook the heavens? That was my response to learning that Hedwig and the Angry Inch will be the focus of this year's musical episode of Riverdale.

Originally performed Off-Broadway in 1998, the show, created by Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell (who stars in the titular role), chronicles the hilarious and poignant experiences of Hedwig Schmidt -- a genderqueer performer whose band is on a tour of dive venues that piggybacks the itinerary of Hedwig's rock star ex.

It's about a whole lot more than that though, and part of the fun of Hedwig and the Angry Inch is how it peels back the layers of Hedwig's story literally and figuratively. What results is a captivating look at love and identity,...

Riverdale is getting another musical episode!

The CW has confirmed that Kevin Keller will lead the production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Wednesday, April 8 at 8/7c.

“After the previous debacles of Carrie and Heathers, Kevin has decided to revive Riverdale High’s tradition of hosting a variety show,” reads the episode’s official synopsis.

“But when Mr. Honey forbids him from performing a number from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kevin and our gang rally against their principal — by each performing a number from Hedwig, turning the variety show into a full-fledged musical that, as always, reflects our characters’ inner lives and struggles."

"Amidst the drama, one forbidden ‘showmance’ begins to blossom.”

“Musical episodes have become a yearly tradition on Riverdale, but this year, we wanted to try something different,” creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa said in a statement.

“When we heard that Stephen Trask was a fan of Riverdale,...

Hedwig meets Jughead? Even with today’s anything-goes, mash-up approach to pop culture, nobody saw this one coming. The frothy CW series Riverdale will build its annual musical episode around Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the stage production that premiered back in 1998 with its rousing tale of a genderqueer East German glam rocker.

Hedwig, the rock musical that featured the music and lyrics of Stephen Trask and book by John Cameron Mitchell, will be the core story component in the April 8 episode of Riverdale, the CW series based on classic Archie Comics characters.

The episode description from Riverdale producers: “After the previous debacles of Carrie and Heathers, Kevin Keller has decided to revive Riverdale High’s tradition of hosting a Variety Show! But when Mr. Honey forbids him from performing a number from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kevin and our gang rallies against their principal—by each performing a number from Hedwig,...

From the people that brought you Carrie and Heathers, comes Riverdale's next musical episode: Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Yes, you read that right. After the previous musical debacles, Kevin Keller (Casey Cott) revives Riverdale High's variety show. But when Mr. Honey (Kerr Smith) forbids him from performing a musical number from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the Riverdale kids rally against the principal and each perform a number from the musical. Each performance represents the characters' inner struggles. Look for a forbidden showmance to blossom amidst all the drama. "Musical episodes have become a yearly tradition on Riverdale, but this year, we wanted to try something different," Roberto...

Considering its reputation as a wicked little town, Riverdale‘s next musical actually makes perfect sense. Kevin Keller will lead a production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Wednesday, April 8 (The CW, 8/7c), TVLine has learned — and it just might be his most controversial show yet.

“After the previous debacles of Carrie and Heathers, Kevin has decided to revive Riverdale High’s tradition of hosting a variety show,” reads the episode’s official synopsis. “But when Mr. Honey forbids him from performing a number from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kevin and our gang rally against their principal — by...