In it, Kiernan Shipka’s Sabrina sets up the premise for the show, explaining she has to choose between the human world and the supernatural world. Yes! On October 3, Netflix shared the first trailer for the upcoming series. Our show is based off the newer ones.” Is there a trailer yet? Ross Lynch also confirmed a gloomier retelling in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “Our show is really different,” the actor said. “If you just google it you’ll see you can tell the difference between the old and the new ones. “Tonally in the vein of Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist, this adaptation finds Sabrina wrestling to reconcile her dual nature - half-witch, half-mortal - while standing against the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit,” reads a press release. Netflix is also hinting towards a darker take on the story of Sabrina. I think it’s going to be more like Buffy the Vampire Slayer than the Sabrina that most people know,” she said in an interview with E! News. “I think what they’re doing is smart, doing the darker version. Melissa Joan Hart, who played Sabrina in the original television series, confirmed that she’s not involved in the new show but she did voice her support for the new spin-off. All hail, Salem! #sabrina, #netflix /XZ1dNPgvja Ladies and gentlemen, meet #Greendale’s latest resident. In the ’96 show, Salem was played by a puppet. The name of the cat playing Salem isn’t yet known, but the new Sabrina reboot will feature an actual, real-life feline. Jaz Sinclair, Richard Coyle, Tati Gabrielle, Adeline Rudolph, Abigail Cowen, Lachlan Watson and Bronson Pinchot are also confirmed. Michelle Gomez will play the role of Mary Wardell, Sabrina’s teacher, and Chance Perdomo will bring a brand new character -Sabrina’s cousin Ambrose – to the show. Ross Lynch posted a picture of the cartoon Harvey Kinkle from the original comic on Instagram back in March, and also dyed his hair brunette around the same time. Perfect project for October as the #Riverdale family expands….and 9 days to premier night!….oh….watch Fallon tonight as well! ❤️?Ī post shared by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa on at 4:08pm PDT and Netflix has now revealed that he’ll be played by Disney actor Ross Lynch. We learned that Sabrina’s high school sweetheart Harvey Kinkle would be making a comeback when Aguirre-Sacasa posted a photo of the show’s script on Instagram. Kiernan Shipka – who plays Sally Draper in Mad Men – is set to play the lead role of Sabrina, while Homeland’s Miranda Otto will take on the role of her Aunt Zelda. Lucy Davis (Wonder Woman) meanwhile will play Aunt Hilda. According to Archie Comics, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schecter, Jon Goldwater, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lee Toland Krieger are all executive producers. Lee Toland Krieger ( The Vicious Kind, The Age of Adaline) is directing The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and Greg Berlanti ( Dawson’s Creek, Riverdale) of Berlanti Productions is producing. He has already confirmed that Netflix’s reboot will be nothing like the jokey ’90s show, explaining that his “is a darker, more macabre version of Sabrina.” Helpfully, Aguirre-Sacasa is also Archie Comics’ Chief Creative Officer. You May Also Like.Many of the team behind Netflix favourite Riverdale are also at the helm of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa writing the show. Sabrina has now ended its 7 year long run, but remains a close loved show in our hearts. Now entering adulthood, Sabrina begins a career in journalism with her first paying job at Scorch, an alternative music magazine that focuses on everything and anything 'cutting edge'. She also has to keep the secret from her boyfriend, Harvey, friends Jenny and later Valerie, stuck-up nemesis Libby, and her ever-suspicious vice-principal, Mr. Along the way, she gets into many scrapes while figuring out how certain spells work. She lives with them in Massachusetts while preparing to receive her witch's license. Sabrina Spellman, a perfectly normal 16-year-old, is informed by her aunts, Hilda and Zelda, that they are witches. s01e15 - Hilda and Zelda: the Teenage Years.s01e14 - Sabrina Through the Looking Glass.s01e03 - The True Adventures of Rudy Kazootie.Sabrina The Teenage Witch Season 1 Episodes. However, instead of helping her, it actually makes life more difficult, especially after she gets on the wrong side of head cheerleader, Libby. On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman finds out that she is a witch.