Y'all talk all day about supporting diversity roles, representation, strong female characters.
And I’ve seen several shows you guys campaigned for and NEVER watched.
Put your money where your mouth is and support.
Also political stuff aside, these are genuinely great characters with a long history that deserve it.
Such a good actor !!!
“I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play interesting characters. That’s really it." — Dylan O’Brien
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SPOILER ALERT FOR THE PILOT AND FUTURE EPISODES
Jughead narrates the entire pilot and possibly the rest of the series
Jughead and Archie have had a major falling out, but Jug is still willing to help Archie out with something
Betty has ADD
Cheryl calls Jason her “soulmate”, twincest details will be gradually revealed over the course of the season
A body (probably Jason’s?) is found in the pilot
Veronica is very supportive of Betty
Josie and the Pussycats play at the school dance and have an additional musical number in the pilot
the pilot includes a threesome, spin the bottle, and a dance montage
Betty and Veronica kiss (many viewers seem to think it was just for show but that is TBD)
Veronica and Archie play 7 minutes in heaven and kiss/makeout
Archie is generally boring/a jerk/cheesy according to many people who saw the pilot (classic Archie)
Jughead’s beanie is “pronged” to stick with the classic look but in a more modern fashion
Jughead and Betty are going to be investigating the murder(s?) together
Betty and Veronica may kiss again
episode 7 includes a “taboo slumber party” in which many of the kids will be kissing
Midge will be in episode 2 and she is Moose’s girlfriend
Moose has a thing with Kevin (possibly meaning Moose is the closeted character that has been mentioned in a previous interview)
Sabrina will be brought in at the very end of the season as an escapee of a cult
KJ says Archie will be more decisive than in the comics and that he will choose between B&V by the end of the season, but also mentions that he’s pretty sure it won’t be permanent, as this is Archie Andrews we’re talking about here
There is going to be love triangle with the grown ups
KJ prefers having orange hair now, he and his cast mates think it looks weird now that he’s got it back to black
There will be a big halloween episode that will be a sort of homage to Afterlife With Archie
Archie writes a song about his relationship with Ms. Grundy in the pilot
The show will film for 6 months starting in September
“Josie is a very driven and stern character. We’ll find out why she’s like that and why she doesn’t let men specifically get in her way”
Cole says the show will have a lot of film noir genre elements
the showrunners teased that almost every character will be involved with each other at some point
UPDATE 7/24
Roberto says that the show wasn’t directly inspired by the New Riverdale comics and was set up before the comic reboot was announced
There are currently no plans to follow comic book storylines but that may change as season one progresses
Expect more of a B&V friendship than a rivalry
Cole and KJ are most excited to explore Archie and Jughead’s relationship, and their introduction was KJ’s favorite scene to film for the pilot
Madelaine was drawn to the project due to Cheryl’s “villainous nature”
Cheryl’s vulnerabilities and cracks in her façade will be revealed over the course of the season
There is a yet to be disclosed “insane hairstyle” for the Pussycats which Ashley loves
There are plans to write original music for the Pussycats that will hopefully be released as an album at the end of the season
Luke is incredibly impressed with all the young actors on the show
The show really wants to focus on being an ensemble rather than focused on just Archie
There will be other classic side characters brought in
Cole thinks it’s really important that Jughead is asexual in the comics
The show is working off the Mark Waid comics where Jughead does not have a defined sexuality, so that is still unclear for the show
Cole thinks Jughead will be a romantic interest/pursuit, but that first and foremost his love is for food
Jughead is a budding writer, a photographer, and an amateur sleuth
Jughead’s main concern is what’s going on in the town
Jason was shot
Jughead has been viewing everyone’s reaction to the murder from the outside, taking pictures, and asking “weird, piercing questions”
Cole says the show is very similar in tone to Rian Johnson’s film Brick (sidenote: fantastic movie, everyone should go watch it) and that Jughead is very much like Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character in it
Roberto says the show is inspired by Twin Peaks and Fargo and the aesthetics of The Virgin Suicides and Heavenly Creatures
The show has also been compared to Pretty LIttle Liars and Friday Night Lights
Cole watched a lot of film noir to prepare for the role and says he tried to mimic Morgan Freeman’s narration as best he could
Roberto’s favorite character is Betty because she is good in the middle of the chaos
Betty will be coming into herself and discovering her voice in season one
KJ has to dye his hair every week while shooting to keep the color
Roberto is hoping for a January 27th release, but that is TBD
i’ll update when/if more info is released!
me: I am currently studying 6 languages, running several blogs, aspiring writer and straight A student, wanting to change the world one day, me, actually: does literally nothing except procrastinating
Waking up on a fall morning
“ Harry. You, wonderful,boy.You,brave,brave,man.” Happy birthday Harry!
(soft boof)
sam wilson appreciation post.
there’s no one in the mcu more caring, and gentle, and empathetic, and kind. he is the best friend everyone needs. someone who will call you out on your bs. someone who is kind enough and loves you enough to tell you what you need to hear even if you don’t wanna hear it. someone who treats you like family and gives you a place to stay. someone who listens and takes ones feelings into consideration. he’s the one you call one when you’re in trouble and need help.
sam wilson is just a good man. i say it all the time, i know. i can’t help it.
and they way he interacts w everyone in the show just makes my heart explode. he tries to reason with his enemies. john walker deserved nothing more than to rot in cell, but sam still wanted to talk things out. he comforts bucky, yes, but he also tells him what he needs to hear. he’s there for his family and doesn’t leave them behind despite the war he’s fighting against the flagsmashers. he believes in karli. ugh, i could go on and on about this man.
and bucky barnes. let’s talk abt character development for a moment. first off, he smiled genuinely too many this episode. i cry. anyways, the way he recognized his wrong and APOLOGIZED. HE APOLOGIZED. writers and directors always just kinda blow it off and leave the viewers assuming that the characters have made up and that it’s all good. but bucky apologized to sam. that- that is what i’m here for. as a poc that means so much, bc a lot of non poc don’t even make an effort to understand, to try and empathize. he tried. and he did.
lastly. i love this show. i love these men. bucky barnes is beautiful. sarah wilson deserves the world. i wanna take aj and cass out for ice cream. sam wilson was lookin like a snack and servin us lots of beautiful melanin.
yeah, sam wilson is my hero. sam wilson is captain america.
end of the story. goodnight.
you were meant to see this post. this post showed up on your screen for a reason. you are loved. whatever issue you may be going through right now, whether it be school or family or love, it will pass. it will pass, and you will be okay in the end. you will survive this.
Andrea Gibson
I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.
-Sylvia Plath