Fans of The CW’s Riverdale got some good news this week when series maker and executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa announced that pre-production on the fifth season was officially underway. As most of you know, the new season will begin with a focus on some “remnants” of the fourth season: prom, graduation, and other major senior drama. From there, a time jump begins in the beginning around the fourth episode. “We’ve talked and planned about doing a time jump, and of course, most of the time, time jumps happen between seasons because there’s a farm at the end,” Aguirre-Sacasa explained. “So what we do is record exactly where we stopped for the first three episodes, and then do a time jump … after those three episodes.”
Now, Lili Reinhart has a few more pieces from Intel sharing about production and the new season. Appears as a virtual guest on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Reinhart revealed that it would have to be back on set filming in “a few days” once in quarantine wraps. With 2-1 / 2 episodes left before the production closes, Reinhart jokes about how the characters’ appearance may be a little different in the mid-episode, as they end the ‘stories’. t senior year film. From there, Reinhart spoke about the “seven-year leap” that will take place and how she was “really psyched” about the new possibilities for storylines and how it “would be fun to play an adult.”
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The fourth season of Riverdale begins with a farewell and tribute to Fred (Luke Perry). When Independence Day arrives, Archie willKJ Apa) gets a phone call that will change his life forever. Through an emotional journey, supported by his girlfriend Veronica (Camila Mendes) and best friends Betty (Reinhart) and Jughead (Cole Sprouse), Archie and the citizens of Riverdale mourn the loss of the heart and soul of the city, Fred Andrews.
Our story continues with senior year at Riverdale High, which means varsity football games, cheerleading, back-to-school parties, and college applications. Archie, who wants to give back to the community that his father cared so much about, will turn the El Royale Boxing Club into a community center for teens at risk with the help of his pens Munroe “Mad Dog” Moore and Reggie (Charles Melton). Betty has a lot to discover this season, including the abode of her mother Alice (Girl Amick). With the help of her long-lost stepbrother Charles, her ex-best friend Kevin (Casey Cott), and some insider information, will Betty be able to rescue her mother and sister Polly from the farm?
Meanwhile, with Hiram (Highlight Consuelos) and Hermione (Marisol Nichols) in prison for crimes they have committed, Veronica finds herself in an empty Pembrooke apartment, which means a lot of un-chaperone only time for the Core Four. But the arrival of her older sister Hermosa has left her with many worries. Elsewhere, after submitting a short story to a writing contest, Jughead receives an offer to spend his senior year at the elite Stonewall Preparatory School. Jughead is surprised when his father, Sheriff FP Jones (Skeet Ulrich), it turns out that Jughead’s grandfather also attended Stonewall Prep, but only for a few months before he was expelled – a fact that triggers Jughead’s detective skills …
Finally, Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) lives in complete Gothic glory – in a family that includes her beloved girlfriend Toni Topaz (Vanessa Morgan), Nana Rose, her twin and cousin, and the taxidermy corpse of her twin brother Jason. Unfortunately, problems arise when it turns out that the ghost of her deceased brother Julian Thistlehouse is haunted. To make matters worse, Cheryl immediately finds an enemy in Riverdale High’s new main-ass main character – Mr. HoneyKerr Smith).
