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'Katy Keene': CW Prez Hopes 'Riverdale' Spinoff "Will Make a Huge Difference to Us"
With production on CW's Katy Keene currently underway, the Riverdale spinoff pilot from "Archie-verse" creator/executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros Television has already gained the confidence of one very important name Discussing the network's programming future with The Hollywood Reporter, CW President Mark Pedowitz expressed his high hopes for the series – and[...]
REPORT: Riverdale's Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Signs Multi-Year Deal with Warner Bros. Television
As streaming services and studios continue to lock down content by locking in creative talent to huge, multi-year exclusive deals, we can now add "Archie-verse" mastermind Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to that list Deadline Hollywood is reporting exclusively that Aguirre-Sacasa has signed a "massive new multi-year deal" with Warner Bros Television – and while no specific details[...]
'Katy Keene': Greg Berlanti on CW's 'Riverdale' Spinoff Series Timeline; Crossover Possibility
Now that the CW's Riverdale spinoff Katy Keene has found its lead in Pretty Little Liars alumna Lucy Hale,  executive producer Greg Berlanti is opening up on the timeframe for the series as well why the series is so meaningful for co-creators / executive producers Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Michael Grassi. The upcoming pilot from Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros[...]
'Katy Keene': Pretty Little Liars' Lucy Hale Lands Lead in 'Riverdale' Spinoff
Pretty Little Liars alumna Lucy Hale is set to star as the title character in the pilot for CW's Riverdale spinoff Katy Keene from "Archie-verse" creator/executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros TV Hale joins Riverdale's Ashleigh Murray, Jonny Beauchamp (Penny Dreadful), Julia Chan (Saving Hope), Camille Hyde (American Vandal), and Lucien Laviscount (Snatch) on[...]
'Riverdale' Season 3 Production Shut Down in Wake of Luke Perry's Passing
There is no word yet on how the show will address Perry's death or whether his character Fred Andrews – father of the show's lead Archie Andrews (KJ Apa) – would be recast or written out of the series.   Riverdale executive producers Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and Jon Goldwater issued the following statement along with[...]
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter's Tale: New Holiday Ep Hits Netflix in December
Series creator/showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa announced a holiday surprise for the horror/drama series' faithful fans: a holiday-themed special series episode entitled Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter's Tale will be released December 14 on Netflix With the series' first season premiering on the streaming service, production on the second season of the popular series is currently underway and[...]
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Check Out the Netflix Series' Opening Credits!
Tonally in the vein of Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, this adaptation finds Sabrina wrestling to reconcile her dual nature — half-witch, half-mortal — while standing against the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina stars Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto, Lucy Davis, Ross Lynch, Michelle Gomez,[...]
Sabrina Meets a "Familiar" Face in Netflix's New 'Chilling Adventures' Clip
Tonally in the vein of Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, this adaptation finds Sabrina wrestling to reconcile her dual nature — half-witch, half-mortal — while standing against the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina stars Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto, Lucy Davis, Ross Lynch, Michelle Gomez,[...]
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Trailer:  Half-Witch, Half-Human, All Sorts of Trouble
Tonally in the vein of Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, this adaptation finds Sabrina wrestling to reconcile her dual nature — half-witch, half-mortal — while standing against the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina stars Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto, Lucy Davis, Ross Lynch, Michelle Gomez,[...]
In New 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' Clip, Aunt Hilda Shares Her Fiery Regrets
In the following relevant-to-today's-issues clip, Sabrina asks Aunt Hilda if she regrets signing the Book of the Beast and joining the Church of Night – and her answer doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination (starting at the 2:58 mark): https://youtu.be/CAaSup1rgWk?t=2m58sVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Lucy Davis on the Darker "Chilling Adventures[...]
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Shipka on Sabrina's Strengths, Aguirre-Sacasa Talks "Dark Education"
Following Netflix's release of the first official teaser for the upcoming Kiernan Shipka-led supernatural horror series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina from Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Arrow's Greg Berlanti, Shipka and Aguirre-Sacasa offered viewers some additional insights into what viewers can expect when "The Witching Hour" arrives next month (courtesy of our friends at EW): ● The series introduces us to half-witch, half-human Sabrina on[...]
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Teaser: Yearbooks or Satan's Book? Decisions, Decisions
With a pilot script ('October Country') written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Arrow's Greg Berlanti serving as executive producer, the possible Riverdale spinoff series received a straight-to-series order from Netflix with a minimum commitment for 20 episodes over two seasons. https://youtu.be/Ab_rXrgk5R4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Teaser: Happy Birthday |[...]
'Sabrina' Update: Season "Series of Mini-Movies" Including 'Exorcist' Homage; New Set Pics
Even though we still have a little less than two month to go before its streaming service premiere, it's never too early to get as much information as we can on Netflix's upcoming Kiernan Shipka-led supernatural horror series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. With a pilot script ('October Country') written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and  Arrow's Greg Berlanti serving as[...]
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Netflix Offers Official First Looks at Sabrina, Aunts
#CAOS pic.twitter.com/Ue1L61pVSC — Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (@sabrinanetflix) August 13, 2018 Earlier this summer at the Television Critics Association (TCA) press event, Netflix formally announced Chilling Adventures of Sabrina would premiere on the streaming service on October 26th. Riverdale's Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa penned the script and serves as executive producer alongside Riverdale collaborators Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater and Lee Toland Krieger. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina imagines[...]
Salem Just Can't Be Bothered in Latest 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' Post
Riverdale's Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa penned the script for the series and serves as executive producer alongside Riverdale collaborators Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater and Lee Toland Krieger. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina imagines the origin and adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age story that traffics in horror, the occult[...]
Netflix's 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' to Cast Premiere Spell in October
On a stage filled with Sabrina lookalikes performing for the crowd, Netflix formally announced that Chilling Adventures of Sabrina will work its 10-episode magic across the streaming service on October 26th. Riverdale's Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa penned the script for the series and serves as executive producer alongside Riverdale collaborators Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater[...]
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Set Video: Kiernan Shipka, Cast Welcome You to Their Coven
Credit: Netflix Not to be outdone by Netflix releasing the first official poster for Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (which you can see below), the series' Sabrina Spellman — Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) — took to the show's official Instagram account to share a video greeting from the set. With a friendly "Hey, witches," Shipka turns the[...]
Netflix Conjures First Official 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' Poster
Credit: Netflix While Sabrina the Teenage Witch fans are still left waiting for a premiere date, Netflix has released the first official poster for Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (which you can see above) The poster's artwork does a stunning job of showing the bond that exists between the series' titular witch (Kiernan Shipka) and her familiar Salem[...]
sabrina Kiernan Shipka
The untitled new project stars Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) as Sabrina Spellman, and Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally) will be playing Harvey Kinkle. This first-look photo was posted on Twitter by series showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who is also the showrunner for Riverdale Along with the image, Aguirre-Sacasa posted: "Well, it's out there A 1st look at Harvey and[...]
Black Hood
Series executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa revealed at PaleyFest that the villain who was terrorizing the town did not die earlier this season as it may have appeared. Riverdale When we started, we had three likely suspects, so for the first half of the season, we were always dropping red herrings so we could pick [one of the[...]
Cole Sprouse
TVLine is reporting that Cole Sprouse, who plays Jughead Jones, will not sing by his own choice. Cole Sprouse as Jughead The episode is planned for April 18th, and executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa explained that they knew going in that Sprouse was not a fan of the genre. "Cole and I talked about it a while ago, and[...]
sabrina
I've been with Bleeding Cool long enough now that I am doing a casting announcement for a cat. Today, executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa shared a first look photo of Salem the cat from Netflix's adaptation of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina comics The series will start Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina and Jaz Sinclair as her best friend Rosalind. Salem[...]
Riverdale season 2
But will this give us our first opportunity to hear Jughead (Cole Sprouse) and the rest of the cast hit a few notes? Series writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa tweeted out the below cast list and said, "Dream episode of Riverdale coming up!" Riverdale, which is in it's second season, airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m ET on the CW.   Dream[...]
Netflix Taps Mad Men's Kiernan Shipka for Riverdale Spinoff 'Sabrina'
Netflix has found its teenage witch in the form of Mad Men alum Kiernan Shipka, who is set to take the lead in the streaming network's upcoming series based on Archie Comics' supernatural heroine Sabrina. Credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com With Archie Comics' Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Jon Goldwater serving as executive producers alongside Lee Toland Krieger, Greg Berlanti, and[...]
Sabrina
You may recall there being a series about the character back in the '90s, the title character played by Melissa Joan Hart. Just this year, the character's comic was relaunched with a more dark modern horror bent than the talking cat teen comedy we've seen previously. The series is already being described by The Hollywood Reporter (who broke[...]
Sabrina
Recently it was announced that Greg Berlanti, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and the CW were working on a spinoff of their hit series Riverdale The idea is to adapt the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina with Aguirre-Sacasa writing the pilot, and he shared the first page of his script last night on Twitter It includes details on who Sabrina[...]
Riverdale Season 2
The cast; KJ Apa (Archie Andrews), Lili Reinhart (Betty Cooper), Camila Mendes (Veronica Lodge), Cole Sprouse (Jughead Jones), Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom), Ashleigh Murray (Josie McCoy), Asha Bromfield (Melody Valentine), and Hayley Law (Valerie Brown) as well as showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and writers from the show, then took the stage and discussed everything from craft[...]
Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina #7 Review: The Origin Of Sabrina's Father
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is an established writer who has given a lot of these characters new life In this single issue, I felt both rage and joy for Edward, even though I know he's not exactly a good guy There's also a great deal of dark humor sewn throughout the story When Edward marries Diana (Sabrina's[...]