Los Angeles: "Mad Men" actor Kiernan Shipka
has been roped in to play the lead in Netflix's untitled
adaptation of "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" comic.
The project imagines the origin and adventures of
"Sabrina the Teenage Witch" as a dark coming-of-age story that
traffics in horror, the occult, and, of course, witchcraft,
reported Entertainment Weekly.
Described as an empowered young woman, Sabrina Spellman
is just beginning her dark education as a sorceress, even as
she tries to maintain a normal life as a sophomore at Baxter
High.
Intelligent, compassionate, and brave to the point of
recklessness, Sabrina is all that stands between "us and the
forces of darkness that threaten our world".
"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," executive producer Roberto
Aguirre-Sacasa says.
PTI
