Archie Comics is getting new life on TV thanks to The CW ordering a Riverdale pilot.
A re-imagining of the classic comic books will star K.J. Apa and Suite Life's Cole Sprouse as Archie and Jughead, former friends now torn apart by a stunning betrayal.
Producing Riverdale for The CW is Greg Berlanti, who has struck gold for the network in the past with Arrow and The Flash.
Writing this revamped version of Riverdale with Berlanti is Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the Glee scribe who is also the chief creative figure over at Archie Comics.
(Grant Gustin and Peyton List in The Flash)
Elsewhere, The CW has ordered a pilot based on the Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel science fiction family drama Frequency.
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Vacation and We're the Millers producer Toby Emmerich is behind the Frequency TV series, and The Flash's Peyton List will play a police detective who is somehow able to communicate with a past version of her father (Riley Smith) through a ham radio.
They worked together across the decades to solve a notorious murder case.
The CW has also ordered No Tomorrow, a comedy-drama about lovers (Tori Anderson and Joshua Sasse) who are out to fulfil their bucket lists before an impending apocalypse.
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