Whereas a few of us should still be nursing the heartbreak over the Lucy Hale-led Katy Keene being canceled, it appears that evidently Riverdale and Pretty Little Liars haven’t severed their connection simply but. TV Information has confirmed that Riverdale boss Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is seeking to reboot the long-lasting Freeform drama.
Fairly Little Liars ran from 2010-16 on Freeform (previously ABC Household) defining the community as a go-to vacation spot for younger viewers. The collection was primarily based on a Sara Shepard Younger Grownup novel collection of the identical identify and centered on a gaggle of buddies being blackmailed by their alleged useless frenemy from past the grave. That is proper, a twisty present about 4 women who consistently discover themselves concerned in homicide and blackmail plots might return below the stewardship of the person who loves involving small-town highschool children in homicide and blackmail plots! It really makes quite a lot of sense when you consider it — however there are nonetheless quite a lot of issues left up within the air.
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The brand new take may have new characters and a brand new story, however it feels secure to imagine a useless physique will probably be concerned ultimately. The information of this reboot comes a yr after Freeform canceled Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, a college-set spin-off. The reboot will nonetheless be housed at Warner Bros. TV, which produced the unique PLL, together with its two one-and-done spin-offs, and Aguirre-Sacasa’s Archie universe together with Riverdale and the now-canceled Katy Keene and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless unclear whether or not I. Marlene King, who made the unique PLL an enormous hit for Freeform, or any of the unique solid will probably be concerned on this new undertaking. However, Aguirre-Sacasa has a transparent connection to Hale who previously told Leisure Tonight she’d be curious about producing a possible reboot.
The undertaking continues to be in early improvement phases and has not been pitched to potential networks, so it is nonetheless too early to inform if the reboot will really come to move — however know that if it makes it, it will be one twisty, bizarre experience. Prepare, bitches.
The Hollywood Reporter was the primary to report the information.
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