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What’s the theme? Why, Afterlife With Archie, of course.
That’s according to Archie’s Chief Creative Officer, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who talked with Comic Book Resources about the just-announced series today.
He also confirmed an observation that ComicBook.com made in our initial report — that Riverdale owes something of its approach to David Lynch’s cult classic Twin Peaks.
“Something we talk a lot about is, ‘Imagine if Riverdale were like Twin Peaks,’ and was a really weird small town. But Twin Peaks had some very funny black humor stuff to it; obviously it was very serious as well. So that kind of balance is what we’re going to try to strike with the show,” Aguirre-Sacasa explained. “Riverdale is ‘Archie Meets Twin Peaks.’ You know how we’re doing Archie Meets Predator [in the comics]? This is ‘Archie Meets David Lynch.’”
He also complared the series to Gotham, saying that over time the plan is for the town to evolve into a more recognizable version of itself — and that Betty and Veronica meet for the first time in the pilot.
