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Riverdale at SDCC info

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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!