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Disney+ Sets Script-to-Series Afterlife With Archie From Riverdale Team

The horror comic’s creator is writing the adaptation under Warner Bros. Television in a reunion with Greg Berlanti.

Overview

  • Disney+ put a TV adaptation of Afterlife with Archie into development with a script-to-series commitment.
  • The one-hour drama’s official logline reimagines Riverdale as a nightmare landscape overrun by flesh-eating zombies.
  • Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa will write and executive produce via Muckle Man alongside executive producers Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Jon Goldwater, and Jimmy Gibbons.
  • Warner Bros. Television will serve as the studio, a cross-studio pairing that Deadline characterized as WBTV’s biggest development commitment to date at Disney+.
  • No casting, production start, or release window has been announced; Deadline first reported the news and Variety confirmed details.