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The creative team behind Riverdale is heading back to the Archie Comics locale, albeit to tell a very different kind of story.
Disney+ has greenlit a series based on the Afterlife With Archie comic book, in which Riverdale is overrun by zombies. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa will serve as showrunner on the adaptation of his and Francesco Francavilla’s comic and executive produce with Jimmy Gibbons (via their Muckle Man Productions); Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Leigh London Redman of Berlanti Productions; and Jon Goldwater of Archie Comics Studios. It’s slated for a fall 2027 premiere.
Warner Bros. TV, where Aguirre-Sacasa and Berlanti have overall deals, is the studio. Afterlife With Archie is also a relatively rare series pickup for Disney+ from an outside studio.
“This was the comic book that started it all. Before there was a Riverdale, before there was a Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, there was Afterlife with Archie, which I collaborated on with the best horror artist in the business, Francesco Francavilla,” said Aguirre-Sacasa. “Getting to turn Afterlife into a TV series for the amazing team at Disney+ with our incredible partners at Berlanti Productions, WB and, of course, Jon and his Archie family is truly a full-circle moment — and the ultimate dream project for me.”
