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‘Riverdale’ Team at Work on ‘Afterlife With Archie’ Series for Disney+

Disney+ bypasses pilot stage with a full season commitment for the live-action horror series adapting the acclaimed zombie-themed Archie comic.

  • Deadline reports today that Disney+ gave a script-to-series commitment to a live-action, hour-long horror adaptation of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla's Afterlife With Archie.
  • The 2013 Afterlife With Archie comic established the groundwork by receiving critical acclaim and strong sales, while Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Greg Berlanti's Riverdale success proved Archie adaptations can succeed on TV.
  • Aguirre-Sacasa and Jimmy Gibbons will serve as executive producers via Muckle Man Productions, while Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman executive-produce for Berlanti Productions, and Jon Goldwater for Archie Comics Studios.
  • The comic's plot kicks off when Sabrina the Teenage Witch resurrects Jughead Jones' dog Hot Dog, who spreads a zombie outbreak, forcing Archie and the gang to escape Riverdale soon.
  • First published in October 2013, the Afterlife With Archie comic ran for ten issues and creators Francesco Francavilla and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa have written issues 11 and 12, plotting 13 as Berlanti Productions expands Archie streaming projects.
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‘Riverdale’ Team at Work on ‘Afterlife With Archie’ Series for Disney+

The comic adaptation follows Riverdale after it becomes overrun by the undead.

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Almost 9 years ago, The CW launched Riverdale, an adapted series of the characters of Archie Comics that marked a whole generation of teenagers and young adults who discovered it especially when she...

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Bleeding Cool News And Rumors broke the news in on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
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