Riverdale ended its fourth season prematurely in March, and we’re greater than able to see the gang again on our screens after virtually an entire 12 months away. Final time we checked in with the gang, they had been despatched a creepy video of “themselves” killing Principal Honey (Kerr Smith). That disturbing ending was not the initially supposed finale for Season 4, however as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturing was pressured to close down early. The season wrapped three episodes early with Episode 19, “Killing Mr. Honey,” and disadvantaged us of the upcoming promenade and commencement episodes.
Usually we might be preparing for brand spanking new episodes to air in a number of quick weeks, however it is going to be a number of extra months earlier than we see Archie (KJ Apa) and the crew formally graduate highschool. The Season Four episodes we did not get to see will front-end the brand new season, which is now premiering in 2021. As Hollywood is slowly getting again to work, extra particulars are being revealed about what to anticipate from Season 5. Here is every little thing we all know to date…
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We’ve a premiere date: Riverdale Season 5 will formally premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 at 8/7c and can lead into a brand new season of Nancy Drew.
Filming started in September, however already needed to pause: After a protracted hiatus, Riverdale is again in manufacturing in Vancouver. Mädchen Amick posted her annual first episode of the season table read selfie. Whereas everybody was socially distanced and distant for the read-through, present creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa confirmed with a really steamy picture that filming started on Sept. 14.
Nonetheless, Riverdale, along with several other Vancouver-based productions, had been pressured to pause manufacturing lower than a month in when British Columbia reported a backlog in COVID-19 exams. Manufacturing resumed again in October, protecting the present on monitor for a January premiere.
Senior 12 months will proceed in Season 5. The Season Four finale was presupposed to see Archie and his mates graduate from highschool and plot their futures collectively, however as a result of manufacturing shutdown, a number of senior 12 months rites of passage nonetheless wanted to be filmed — and we are going to get them in Season 5.
“We’ll do promenade as our season premiere subsequent 12 months,” Aguirre-Sacasa advised TV Information. “I really like that we’re not short-changing issues like promenade and commencement. We’re saving them to do them subsequent 12 months.”
An enormous time bounce is going on. Mädchen Amick revealed to TV Information that Riverdale was “planning on a little bit of a time bounce, after [the teens had] all gone off to school and one thing brings them again to the city,” however these plans had been placed on maintain with the abbreviated season.
“We’re speaking about what we are able to do [in the writers’ room],” Aguirre-Sacasa advised TV Information. “Often, time jumps are the most effective once they occur in between seasons, however we’re positively speaking about all of our completely different choices.”
Aguirre-Sacasa advised TVLine that the plans for a time bounce are nonetheless within the works, saying, “What we’re doing is choosing up proper the place we left off for the primary three episodes, after which doing a time bounce… after these three episodes.”
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Which means we can’t be saying goodbye to FP or Hermione simply but. In February, news dropped that each FP Jones (Skeet Ulrich) and Hermione Lodge (Marisol Nichols) would each lose their sequence common standing in Season 5, which makes a variety of sense given the time bounce. Nonetheless, since we’ll nonetheless be within the youngsters’ senior 12 months when Season 5 kicks off, we are going to get to see each of the adults once more and provides them a correct goodbye.
“Marisol already knew what we had deliberate for Hermione and actually liked it, and wished to ensure we weren’t going to alter that [in light of the shutdown] — which we weren’t,” Aguirre-Sacasa defined. “Skeet was utterly down…Neither character dies. My hope is that they are part of Riverdale so long as there is a Riverdale. At the same time as we speak about tales for Season 5, if Hermione and FP match into these tales, we’re writing them that means and hopefully, we’ll have the ability to use them, relying on what different commitments they’ve.”
Pop’s granddaughter is coming to city: The Resident alum Erin Westbrook might be becoming a member of Season 5 as Tabitha Tate, Pop Tate’s granddaughter who has massive plans to franchise the enduring chock’lit store at the same time as Riverdale struggles to outlive across the institution, per Deadline.
Extra Fangs, please!: We may also be seeing much more of Fangs in Season 5. Aguirre-Sacasa confirmed via Instagram that Drew Ray Tanner had been promoted to sequence common for the upcoming season, writing: “Thrilled with this information!! @drewraytanner is a sequence common on #Riverdale beginning this season!!! Fangs Fogarty has come a LOOOOONG means from the comedian books!!!”
Jughead and Veronica will discover out about Barchie. Season Four had Bughead and Varchie shippers’ heads spinning when Betty (Lili Reinhart) and Archie began getting nearer. They pretended to this point to avoid wasting Jughead from the Stonewall preppies, however then truly cheated on their important others through the musical episode. That illicit kiss won’t keep secret for lengthy in Season 5.
“Neither Veronica nor Jughead have came upon about [Betty and Archie in Season 4],” Aguirre-Sacasa mentioned. “I do not know if this can be a spoiler, however I can let you know that they positively will discover out in very alternative ways. I do not suppose it is the tip of the drama, or it is the tip of the love quadrangle by any stretch of the creativeness.” The Riverdale ship warfare continues.
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The voyeur has a “private” cause for videotaping everybody. A lingering thriller from Season Four is the mysterious voyeur sending disturbing videotapes to everybody on the town. Aguirre-Sacasa says the identification of the voyeur might be revealed in Season 5, and that they’ll have a private cause for making the tapes and forcing the kids to face all of the trauma they’ve skilled over the previous three years earlier than they transfer on to school.
Riverdale returns subsequent season on The CW.