‘Afterlife with Archie’ Will Rise From the Grave on Disney+

The Archie gang has all the time had their points, however now, they’ll battle the undead on Disney+. The streamer has simply given a script-to-series dedication to Afterlife With Archie, a one-hour drama collection based mostly on the comedian books by author Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and artist Francesco Francavilla.

Deadline broke the information, which was heavily rumored earlier this summer time. The comedian, which debuted in 2013, reimagines the city of Riverdale as the guts of a zombie apocalypse. So, you get all of the basic Riverdale characters—Archie, Veronica, Betty, Jughead—as them, however they must kill zombies. Back when it was released, we referred to as it “extra Strolling Useless than Scooby Doo, however with out Strolling Useless‘s grotesque must continuously outdo its personal violence.” Which is what offers it simply the appropriate edge for Disney+.

And, after all, it’s coming from the appropriate workforce. Although Aguirre-Sacasa helped create the comedian, he’s additionally identified for showrunning Riverdale, the hit angsty model of Archie that ran for a number of seasons and created stars out of its younger forged. He’s additionally joined as a producer by Greg Berlanti and his workforce, who’re additionally very conversant in mixing comics and teenage drama due to their work on Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, DC reveals within the Arrowverse, and a lot extra.

The information comes on the heels of one other proficient workforce, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, working on the earth of Archie Comics on the big screen over at Common. Meaning we’d get a conventional Archie film in theaters, and the identical characters swinging baseball bats at heads on Disney+. Which sounds enjoyable, but in addition, are audiences this fascinated with Archie? Certain, it’s recognizable and half of popular culture, however is it nonetheless that related and thrilling? I assume we’ll discover out.

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