Netflix’s ‘Sabrina The Teenage Witch’ series names Kiernan Shipka as lead actress

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What was first considered a Riverdale spinoff on The CW and now a Netflix series gets its lead actress. The untitled Sabrina The Teenage Witch series will star Mad Men and Feud grad Kiernan Shipka. Netflix already ordered two 10-episode seasons of the show and as we reported before it is based on the Archie Comics graphic novel The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. With the show being likened to the likes of Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist, Sabrina struggles with reconciling her witch and mortal sides as she goes against the evil forces that threaten her world.

Riverdale executive producer Robertor Aguirre-Sacasa, who will direct and co-executive produce the show, had this to say about Shipka’s casting, "We’re all such huge fans of Kiernan’s work that when we started talking about who this new incarnation of Sabrina could be, her name was on everyone’s wish list. This is a darker, more macabre version of Sabrina, and we’re incredibly excited for people to see Kiernan make this iconic character her own."

Source: The Hollywood Reporter