New Archie TV Show

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The CW is casting for a new TV series based on the Archie comics.
the new show is titled 'Riverdale' and will be a "subversive" take on the classic comics.

Interestingly enough, they are doing quite a bit of race-swapping for the cast.

Veronica is going to be played by a Latina actress and Josie (from Josie and the Pussycats) is going to be Black.

 

[JamalSpunky]

And in typical CW fashion the race-switching is only for the female roles. The white male characters remain safely white. Get out of here. Another reason why I don't indulge that bs network.

 

[Shulz021]

And in typical CW fashion the race-switching is only for the female roles. The white male characters remain safely white. Get out of here. Another reason why I don't indulge that bs network.

 

[Thump]

And in typical CW fashion the race-switching is only for the female roles. The white male characters remain safely white. Get out of here. Another reason why I don't indulge that bs network.

I don't know, CW has about as many black males on their shows as any of the other broadcast networks. And The Flash has a racially swapped Wally West, and the show iZombie has a black male character who wasn't even in the source material.

 

[ColiBreh1]

The CW is casting for a new TV series based on the Archie comics.
the new show is titled 'Riverdale' and will be a "subversive" take on the classic comics.

Interestingly enough, they are doing quite a bit of race-swapping for the cast.

Veronica is going to be played by a Latina actress and Josie (from Josie and the Pussycats) is going to be Black.

And in typical CW fashion the race-switching is only for the female roles. The white male characters remain safely white. Get out of here. Another reason why I don't indulge that bs network.

As someone who HATES when they race-swap characters when they adapt comics into movies or TV shows instead of using actual black/PoC characters from the comics instead, this is annoying. There is already a black women that is part of Josie & the Pussycats named Valarie Brown. In fact, Rosario Dawson played her in the "Josie & the Pussycats" movie from 2001. Why not just use Valarie on this show instead of race-swapping Josie?

There's also a prominent Black Female character named Nancy Woods that friends with Archie & them and dates the brotha Chuck Clayton that they could of used instead.

 

[ColiBreh1]

And in typical CW fashion the race-switching is only for the female roles. The white male characters remain safely white. Get out of here. Another reason why I don't indulge that bs network.

I don't know, CW has about as many black males on their shows as any of the other broadcast networks. And The Flash has a racially swapped Wally West, and the show iZombie has a black male character who wasn't even in the source material.

You're forgetting Isaiah Washington & Michael Beach on "The 100", Charles Michael Davis & Yusuf Gatewood on "The Originals", Franz Drameh on "Legends of Tomorrow", David Gyasi on the upcoming show "Containment", David Ramsey on "Arrow", & Jesse L. Martin on "The Flash". Heck, Mekhi Phifer just got casted last week to Co-Star in The CW's upcoming "Frequency" reboot TV series.

Also, Wally West is black in The New 52 in the comics, so that wasn't a race-swap.

 

[Thump]

You're forgetting Isaiah Washington & Michael Beach on "The 100", Charles Michael Davis & Yusuf Gatewood on "The Originals", Franz Drameh on "Legends of Tomorrow", David Gyasi on the upcoming show "Containment", David Ramsey on "Arrow", & Jesse L. Martin on "The Flash". Heck, Mekhi Phifer just got casted last week to Co-Star in The CW's upcoming "Frequency" reboot TV series.

Also, Wally West is black in The New 52 in the comics, so that wasn't a race-swap.

I didn't forget them, I was only pointing out characters who were from adaptations of other source material.

I am also aware of the "new" Wally West, but since Wally was originaly white I consider the tv version a race-swap.

 

[ColiBreh1]

They finally dropped a full trailer today:

Welcome to a town where everything is perfect, but nothing is as it seems. Riverdale premieres January 26 on The CW!

 

[The Dark King]

No black guy on the CW gets to have any meaningful role unless it relies on being a back up to a white character.
Diggle always has to say mother may I to Oliver.
Jackson needs Stein to have actual power. The black detective on Izombie is a total throw character who can be replaced by anyone.
The one interesting black character on The 100 had to catch a head shot. All the women of color always seem to have a white male love interest totally ignoring any male of color.
And the absolute saddest thing of all is I don't think it's on purpose. I honestly think in their world black men are great sidekicks but no main men material.
We honestly need our own networks like a 90s BET

 

[Shulz021]

Just have to wait until Cloak & Dagger is released.

 

[ColiBreh1]

No black guy on the CW gets to have any meaningful role unless it relies on being a back up to a white character.
Diggle always has to say mother may I to Oliver.
Jackson needs Stein to have actual power. The black detective on Izombie is a total throw character who can be replaced by anyone.
The one interesting black character on The 100 had to catch a head shot. All the women of color always seem to have a white male love interest totally ignoring any male of color.
And the absolute saddest thing of all is I don't think it's on purpose. I honestly think in their world black men are great sidekicks but no main men material.
We honestly need our own networks like a 90s BET

The CW is now working on that. Did you see these stories early last month?:

http://shadowandact.com/2016/11/02/...-on-real-life-black-detective-samuel-marlowe/

On the heels of the “Network Diversity Scorecard” report published on this blog yesterday that rated The CW one of the worst among the Big 5 (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW), comes news today that, currently in development is a period crime drama inspired by the real-life black private investigator, Samuel Marlowe, who was the inspiration for author Raymond Chandler’s famed fictional character Philip Marlowe, who’s been played in film adaptations, by several actors over the decades, from Humphrey Bogart to Robert Mitchum.

The real Samuel Marlowe allegedly was the first black private detective licensed by the city of Los Angeles; this was in the 1930s. He was a Jamaican immigrant and World War I veteran, and is said to have corresponded with writers Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett for decades. He was born in 1890, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. According to an LA Times obituary, he served in Britain’s Egyptian Expeditionary Force, a World War I fighting brigade that guarded the Suez Canal. After the war, Marlowe immigrated to the U.S., settling in Los Angeles, where he became a private detective.

The CW drama based on Marlowe’s career is described as “a character-based procedural with a modern feel and contemporary soundtrack,” although it’ll be set in 1937 Los Angeles. “Marlowe” will follow Samuel Marlowe “from the mansions and red carpets of Beverly Hills, to the jazz clubs and back alleys of Little Harlem, where he navigates crimes, mysteries and social issues ripped from today’s headlines through the prism of 1937 Los Angeles,” says the press release.

Devon Greggory (“CSI Cyber,” “State of Affairs”) will pen the script and co-executive produce the project, which hails from Aaron Kaplan’s Kaplan Entertainment shingle. Kaplan will also exec produce.

The project is still in early development, and so whether it’ll eventually make it to a TV screen near you, courtesy of The CW, isn’t a guarantee. But should “Marlowe” indeed become a series for the network, it would become The CW’s first with a black character central.

Let’s hope it makes it through to the finish line; time to play, who would you cast as Marlowe? Given that it’s The CW, there’s a strong likelihood that the character is under 40 years old. The CW’s audience skews younger. So your casting choices are limited to black male actors under 40, or can play under 40.

http://shadowandact.com/2016/11/02/...-john-singleton-hip-hop-guardian-angel-drama/

Following news earlier today that the network had put into development a period crime drama series based on real-life black detective Samuel Marlowe, the network has also now picked up a new project from John Singleton titled “Straight Outta Heaven,” an hour-long drama which is described as a faith-based, hip-hop “‘Touched by an Angel’-meets-‘Ghost’ with an urban twist.”

The guardian angel drama, which will be written and executive produced by Singleton and Dallas Jackson, will be produced by Warner Bros. TV studio.

“John and I have similar genre taste and recognized a need on network television for the underserved urban youth audience and faith-based audience,” Jackson said. “The CW is the perfect home for this new kind of hero we’ve created who’s superpower is faith.”

This is the 3rd TV project Singleton has on his slate, including the previously announced FX crack epidemic drama “Snowfall,” and the BET cop series “Rebel.”

In case you haven’t been paying attention, there’s money to be made with so-called faith-based projects (for film and TV), as more and more stars take on material that targets that specific demographic. With the box office success of recent films like “Heaven Is for Real,” and TV ratings hits like “The Bible Series,” “Son of God,” and “AD,” it’s probably a very good time for content creators with faith-based projects primed for the big or small screen. Hence, more and more similar releases should be expected.

The CW, which as I noted in the “Marlowe” post earlier today, appears to be making a necessary diversity push, as it ranks (per a new study) as one of the worst of the Big 5 TV networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW) when it comes to inclusiveness on the screen.

Now about that “Straight Outta Heaven” title…

Deadline was first to report the new pickup by The CW.

Also The CW had a show with a BM lead back in the spring/summer called "Containment":

 

[ColiBreh1]

 

[samson1701]

No black guy on the CW gets to have any meaningful role unless it relies on being a back up to a white character.
Diggle always has to say mother may I to Oliver.
Jackson needs Stein to have actual power. The black detective on Izombie is a total throw character who can be replaced by anyone.
The one interesting black character on The 100 had to catch a head shot. All the women of color always seem to have a white male love interest totally ignoring any male of color.
And the absolute saddest thing of all is I don't think it's on purpose. I honestly think in their world black men are great sidekicks but no main men material.
We honestly need our own networks like a 90s BET

Yeah, you pretty much nailed it. But, I have to give them props for Marcel on The Originals. Dude is damn near the best character on there and he's forever smashing hot white girls and stealing them away from the white lead.

 

[The Dark King]

Yeah, you pretty much nailed it. But, I have to give them props for Marcel on The Originals. Dude is damn near the best character on there and he's forever smashing hot white girls and stealing them away from the white lead.

Who did Marcel steal away his biggest romantic interest got exiled for messing with him.

 

[samson1701]

Who did Marcel steal away his biggest romantic interest got exiled for messing with him.

Wasn't he fucking Cami for a while?

Yeah, you're right about the sister. I forgot about that. And actually, I'm surprised he's been alive this long. Black male characters don't last long in the Vampire Diaries universe. They're usually killed off in a few episodes after their introduction.

 

[The Dark King]

Wasn't he fucking Cami for a while?

Yeah, you're right about the sister. I forgot about that. And actually, I'm surprised he's been alive this long. Black male characters don't last long in the Vampire Diaries universe. They're usually killed off in a few episodes after their introduction.

Yeah pretty much. Always there to move a plot point then poof gone. The show is incredibly racist. You don't have to say n****r to show how inferior you think black people are.

 

[ColiBreh1]

Yeah pretty much. Always there to move a plot point then poof gone. The show is incredibly racist. You don't have to say n****r to show how inferior you think black people are.

I remember reading a rumor on the hater site I like to whine about a 2.5 years ago, that the main Executive producer/Showrunner on TVD & "The Originals" (Julie Plec) is racist:


http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/771627-The-Vampire-Diaries-tea

ever wondered why K@t G/raham gets sidelined in the show? because Jul/ie P/lec is a racist and a bitch in general. nobody in the cast can stand her

 

[Gorath]

I think that a black male character will show up later on Riverdale. There hasn't been a black male character when the Archie comics came out in the late 40's. A black male character appeared in the late 80's or sometime in the 90's. But I won't be holding my breath since this is a CW program.

 

[ColiBreh1]

I think that a black male character will show up later on Riverdale. There hasn't been a black male character when the Archie comics came out in the late 40's. A black male character appeared in the late 80's or sometime in the 90's. But I won't be holding my breath since this is a CW program.

The Black male character I remember from the comics is Chuck Clayton. According to these tweets from December he has been casted for the show:

https://twitter.com/CWRiverdaleNews/status/808480386191917057

https://twitter.com/CWRiverdaleNews/status/808481369336770560


It looks like he's gonna show up in this week's episode as love interest for Veronica: