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The premiere of season four of Riverdale is right around the corner, and it’s going to be “brutal.”

The episode will pay tribute to the death of beloved cast member Luke Perry, who played Fred Andrews.

“When Luke passed, we very quickly made the decision that we weren’t going to address it [at the end of season three],” executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa told TVLine. “We didn’t want to rush it. We didn’t want to sandwich it in between all the other plotlines.” Even finishing off last season with a brief acknowledgement “felt a little cheap. So we thought, ‘Let’s just hold it, so we can think about it over the hiatus and reflect on it.’”

The upcoming full episode addressing Luke Perry‘s passing was “absolutely the right decision,” Roberto said. “It kind of allowed us to absorb what happened, and really think about what kind of story we wanted to tell.”

It will draw inspiration from the Friday Night Lights episode “The Son,” which is about the death of quarterback Matt Saracen’s father: “We kind of wanted to just tell a very grounded, truthful story.”

“We kind of knew this was going to be brutal on the cast, especially KJ [Apa], who was Luke’s main scene partner,” Roberto added. “[But] everyone was really proud to gather to tell this tribute to Fred, and to Luke. When it happened, we were all kind of scattered. So there was something really special when we gathered to do the table read that was cathartic. You know, shows are families. But we knew it was going to be hard, and it was.”

Season four of Riverdale premieres on October 9 on The CW at 8/7c.

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Looks like one of the Spellmans is going to die in the upcoming third season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa shared a photo from filming and teased a death.

“A scene from yesterday’s filming of #sabrinanetflix! The dread banshee has arrived, but which Spellman will die? #CAOS 🔥🔮🕷☠️🚑🎡📺,” he captioned the image on social media. Check it out HERE!

Roberto has also previously revealed that the new season likely won’t be ready by Halloween. He also dished that in the new episodes they’re going to hell.

“I think it’s safe to say that we are going to Hell, yes. We’re going to Hell. It’s very fun. It’s very fun. It’s dangerous, but it’s really fun,” he told The Wrap.

Cole Sprouse is getting ready for a very new Jughead!

The 26-year-old star revealed that his iconic Riverdale character is headed for some major changes in Season 4 during the show’s Comic-Con panel on Sunday (July 21) in San Diego, Calif.

“Jughead gets whisked away on a scholarship to a very, sort of, Gossip Girl, Upper East Side, preppy, pretentious, richy-rich, silver spoon [school,] and he’s going to be the new blood,” Cole shared. “But yeah, I think it’s fun. And the school also kind of serves — I assume, maybe I’m just speaking out of turn here — but it serves as the setting for the flash-forward.”

Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa also chimed in with some details about Jughead’s future.

“Yeah,” Roberto agreed. “One of the biggest mysteries of the season is kind of centered around Jughead at the new school, which is also going to be a big rival school for Riverdale High. So Archie and the Bulldogs will be having a football game against the Stonewall Stags.”

Find out which classic CW show Cole Sprouse wants Riverdale to do a crossover with here!

The Riverdale cast have big wish lists when it comes to crossover episodes!

Some members of the CW hit’s cast – including KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse, and Lili Reinhart, revealed their dream crossover shows during their recent appearance at Comic-Con on Sunday (July 21) in San Diego, Calif.

In a series of tweets, GameSpot Entertainment Editor Chris Hayner shared the stars’ answers to the big crossover question:

KJ: The Flash
Cole: I’d like to do Supernatural. They’re so tall!
Lili: Sabrina!

Chris also revealed that Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa confirmed that there are no Chilling Adventures of Sabrina crossovers planned at the moment, but that a Katy Keene crossover is very likely.

Read the (sort of) spoilers the cast of Riverdale shared about the future of their characters’ romantic relationships here!

Camila Mendes, Lili Reinhart, and Madelaine Petsch look chic at the Riverdale panel held during 2019 Comic-Con on Sunday (July 21) in San Diego, Calif.

The ladies were joined by their leading men KJ Apa and Cole Sprouse, as well as creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.

The panel began with a special video tribute for Luke Perry, and it was announced that the first episode of the season will be titled “In Memorium” for Luke, with his close friend Shannon Doherty making an appearance.

During the panel, Roberto dished that episode four will be a Halloween episode airing on October 30. He also said that they are working on getting clearance on a couple of DC characters for Cheryl and Toni.

A blooper reel was also released with funny moments from season three. Check it out!

Luke Perry will be remembered in the season premiere of Riverdale.

Showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa announced that season four will kick off with a tribute episode to Luke and his character Fred Andrews.

“Probably the most important episode of #Riverdale we’ll do this year, if not ever. A tribute to our fallen friend. Thankful for this opportunity to honor Luke & Fred. ❤️🏆💎👨🏻‍💻” Robert tweeted.

Luke‘s last appearance on Riverdale aired back in April and the absence of his character has not been addressed on screen yet.

Luke passed away in March after suffering a stroke.

Riverdale season 4 premieres October 9 on The CW.

No one will be safe in Riverdale‘s fourth season!

Showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa just teased that the show’s Core Four (Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead) will go through some major turmoil next season – and he says fans should be especially concerned for Jughead (played by Cole Sprouse).

Fans were already worried about Jughead thanks to a flash-forward in Riverdale‘s season finale that featured the group burning the character’s iconic hat and saying they won’t be friends anymore.

When Us Weekly asked Roberto if the moment meant fans should worry about the beloved character, he was quick to say that it means exactly that.

“You know, I would be,” he said. “I think of all the murders and stuff that’s happened in our town, blessedly our core four have been spared the worst of it. It also felt like in this last go-around, again we would put them at the very center of the mystery.”

Riverdale returns for its fourth season in the fall on The CW.