Riverdale’s spinoff Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is expected to premiere sometime next year on Netflix. Meanwhile, the network has begun to reveal some exciting details for the Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s imprint of Archie Comics which follows the life of a teenage witch Sabrina Spellman, who lives in Riverdale’s twin town Greendale.
Recently, the network has released character descriptions for the highly anticipated series. That Hashtag Show is the first one to snag the details. Fans must note that the casting and production is yet to begin.
As per the official description, the titular role of Sabrina is open for all ethnicity to play the role of 16-year-old Sabrina, who just begin her dark education as a sorceress.
The description also mentions Harvey Kinkle, Sabrina’s high-school sweetheart. The description for Sabrina is below.
[SABRINA SPELLMAN]Female, Open ethnicity, legal 18 or 18+ to play 16. Sabrina is an empowered young woman, half-human, half-witch, struggling to reconcile her dual natures. She is just beginning her dark education as a sorceress, even as she tries to maintain some semblance of a normal life as a sophomore at Baxter High. Sabrina’s intelligent, compassionate, and brave to the point of recklessness. She challenges witch-doctrine at every turn. She is fiercely loyal to her family and friends; wickedly funny; and in the middle of a star-crossed romance with her classmate Harvey Kinkle. Sabrina is all that stands between us and the Forces of Darkness that threaten our world. SERIES LEAD.
Besides Sabrina, the series will also be introducing Hilda and Zelda Spellman, Sabrina’s Aunts, who take in her niece to raise and teach how to be a witch. In addition, the series will bring to life Ambrose Spellman, Sabrina’s cousin. The description for the aforementioned characters is below.
[HILDA SPELLMAN]Female, late 30s to early 40s, All Ethnicities. Hilda is the kinder of the Spellman sisters who are raising Sabrina, though her nurturing nature belies a more ruthless side. She is a healer, a potion-maker, sweet-as-pie until you cross her or anyone she leaves. Operating the local funeral home, the sisters hide their witchery from the world while teaching Sabrina spells and incantations at home…ASP SERIES REGULAR
[ZELDA SPELLMAN]Female, late 30s to early 40s, All Ethnicities. Zelda is the harsher of the Spellman sisters who helped raise Sabrina, though her sternness and tough facade might be hiding a more…mothering soul. Unlike Hilda, Zelda claims that she has never known love—her devotion to the Dark Lord is all-consuming—which is why people looking for a love-potion go to Hilda; those looking to make a spite-jar go to Zelda…ASP SERIES REGULAR
[AMBROSE SPELLMAN]Male, early 20s, African American or East Indian, British. Ambrose is Sabrina’s “cousin” and a necromancer. He is witty, puckish, pan-sexual—and loves being a witch. Trapped in the funeral home due to a binding spell, Ambrose lives in the mortuary’s attic and acts as one of Sabrina’s partners in crime…10/13 SERIES REGULAR
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina will reportedly begin its production in 2018. Netflix has asked for a two-season order. Several reports suggest that the upcoming series will follow a dark drama in the horror genre. It will be nothing like its 1996-2003 comedy series version, “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.” The new version will tap into the dark side of Sabrina’s life as she learns witchcraft and sorcery.
It looks like the spinoff series would be darker than Riverdale. It is currently unknown if the Archie comics character-based TV series will have any sort of crossover or reveal a connection with the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Source: THS
