“ Life after death with Archie ‘will rise from the tomb on Disney +

THE Archie Gang has always had their problems, but now they will face the living dead on Disney +. The streamer has just given a script commitment to the series to Life after death with ArchieAn hour-long dramatic series based on the comics of the writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and the artist Francesco Francavilla.

Deadline announced the news, which was said stronger this summer. The comic strip, which made its debut in 2013, reinvents the city of Riverdale as the heart of a zombie apocalypse. So you get all the classic characters of Riverdale – Archie, Veronica, Betty, Jughead – as you know, but they have to kill zombies. At the time he was released, we called him “more Traveling that Scooby Doobut without TravelingThe horrible need must constantly surpass its own violence. This is what just gives him the right edge for Disney +.

And, of course, it comes from the right team. Although AGUIRRE-SACASA helped create comics, he is also known for his showrunning Riverthe successful anguished version of Archie This worked for several seasons and created stars from his young actor. He is also joined as a producer by Greg Berlanti and his team, who also know the comics and the drama for adolescents very well thanks to their work on Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of SabrinaDC shows in the Arrowverse, And much more.

The news comes in the heels of another talented team, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, working in the world of Archie Comics On the big screen in Universal. This means that we could get a traditional Archie Film in theaters, and the same characters swinging baseball bats at the head of Disney +. Which seems fun, but also, are audiences that interest Archie? Of course, it is recognizable and is part of pop culture, but is it still as relevant and exciting? I guess we will know it.

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