It’s about to get spooky in Riverdale as Warner Bros. announced that Kiernan Shipka’s Sabrina Spellman will be joining CW’s Riverdale for a season 6 crossover.
Shipka played Sabrina Spellman for four seasons on Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. The series was originally developed for the CW and would have shared a network with Riverdale. But the two Archie-series reboots wound up on different networks in the end.
looks like someone is making the road trip from Greendale to Riverdale…
See you in season 6, @kiernanshipka. 🔮✨ pic.twitter.com/EjvL5FkuCE
— Warner Bros. TV (@warnerbrostv) October 7, 2021
Still, that didn’t stop Riverdale creator and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina comic author Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa from teasing a potential crossover. And eventually, Aguirre-Sacasa announced the Riverdale and Sabrina crossover would happen in the comics. But it seems CW wanted this crossover on television as well.
The Archie comics have undergone a dramatic reboot in recent years in both the comics and on TV. Riverdale is a darker, more dramatic take on the classic American comic that doesn’t shy away from sex and violence.
In the same vein, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was a darker take on the teenage witch. The Netflix series embraced Sabrina’s ties to the occult and horror and garnered a dedicated fan following. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was canceled after the fourth season.
No word exactly on how Shipka’s Sabrina will find her way to Riverdale, especially since she died at the end of her Netflix show, seemingly. But as Riverdale continues to dabble with the dark arts, Sabrina will be a perfect new resident.
Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.