Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa reveals the opening scene of the present’s upcoming season 7 premiere, which is about within the Fifties.
A sneak peek at Riverdale season 7 has revealed the Fifties-set opening of the brand new season. The CW sequence, which is ending with the upcoming season, is a gritty reboot of basic Archie Comics characters that has been operating since 2017. While the present is thought for its wacky twists and turns, maybe one of many boldest got here throughout its season 6 finale earlier this 12 months, wherein Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch) used her newfound supernatural powers to divert a comet that was going to destroy the city. In the method, she by accident sends everybody again to the Fifties, with solely Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse) remembering their earlier lives within the trendy period.
This week, the present’s creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa celebrated Entertainment Weekly‘s protection of the upcoming Riverdale season 7 by revealing a portion of the opening scene of the premiere. The clip opens with somebody setting the jukebox to play “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets, each utilizing the title to spotlight the time journey facet of the brand new season and utilizing the music itself to underline the precise period it is going down in. Then, the returning characters are launched in a retro tv intro fashion (with Jughead the one one trying panicked and confused) earlier than Jughead’s narration introduces the truth that it is now 1955. Check out the clip beneath.
Everything We Know About Riverdale Season 7
One factor that this clip has confirmed is the return of the core solid of Riverdale characters. This consists of Jughead and Cheryl, in addition to Archie Andrews (KJ Apa), Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart), Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes), Kevin (Casey Cott), Toni Topaz (Vanessa Morgan), and newer addition Tabitha Tate (Erinn Westbrook). It additionally appears that Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe will proceed to be a central teen hangout, although it’ll now have a recent ambiance for the time interval slightly than a conspicuously retro one.
This new season has additionally promised to be extra toned-down and character-focused, regardless of its high-concept inception. While there are nonetheless going to be daring and weird storylines arising, naturally, Petsch has described Riverdale‘s official closing season as extra “grounded” than latest seasons of the sequence have been. However, for the season to have the ability to give attention to relationship dynamics, will probably be greater than probably that the characters will discover some technique to keep in mind their earlier lives, to be able to correctly get closure on long-running storylines slightly than having everybody begin contemporary and by no means regain their recollections.
While that appears probably, particularly with Jughead attempting to determine what is going on on, Riverdale has proved conclusively that it is unafraid of taking wild swings. Whatever the case could also be, followers will not have too lengthy to attend to seek out out. Riverdale is due for a midseason premiere someday in Spring 2023 alongside The Flash season 9, which can even be that present’s closing outing.
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