The CW’s had loads of time letting Riverdale do persistently bizarre shit for practically a decade, but it surely’s all set to return to an finish with a last, absolutely bonkers season later this 12 months. But lest you suppose that may be the tip of the TV universe based mostly on the Archie Comics universe, you’d be mistaken, as a result of there’s one other shared universe present on the horizon.

Reported by Deadline, The CW shall be creating Jake Chang, a present based mostly on the titular character, a 16-year-old non-public investigator who operates out of Chinatown. Like most dramas with teen protagonists, Jake must steadiness his PI job together with his highschool life, all whereas navigating the varied socioeconomic and racial strife across the metropolis together with his personal private household strife.Unlike fellow Archie Comics spinoff stars Sabrina and Katy Keene, Jake’s a brand new model new character within the Archie Comics universe. He’s set to make his first look subsequent month when he crosses paths with Archie mainstays Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge within the “Mystery of the Missing Mermaid” story.Surprisingly, he received’t be arrange in the course of the last season of Riverdale, and his present is meant to begin off as standalone.

Developing the collection is Viet Nguyen and Oanh Ly, each of whom beforehand labored on Chilling Adventures, with Daniel Dae Kim’s 3AD manufacturing firm serving to carry it into existence with Warner Bros. TV and Archie Studios. In an announcement to Deadline, each Nguyen and Ly expressed pleasure in attending to “be a part be a part of this new wave of Asian-American content created by and starring Asian-Americans.” With Chang, the 2 need it to be harking back to Fu Chang, a personality who, within the universe of the Archie Comics character, served as a PI in Chinatown in the course of the Nineteen Forties. There’s no express connection between Jake and Fu, however absolutely that can grow to be clearer because the present builds out its solid and provides a clearer concept of what sort of present it’ll grow to be.

You can meet Jake in World of Betty & Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #17 by Tee Franklin, David Gallaher, Dan Parent, Bill Galvan, Bob Smith, Ben Galvan, Glenn Whitmore and Jack Morelli. The comedian will launch on July 27.

[through CBR]

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