Overview

• Universal Pictures is developing an Archie Comics movie with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller producing through Lord Miller, and comic writer Tom King attached as screenwriter.
• Emma Watts, Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater and Lord Miller president Aditya Sood are producing, with Universal executives Britt Hennemuth and Christine Sun overseeing.
• It has not been decided or announced whether the film will be animated or live-action, and plot specifics and a release window have not been disclosed.
• Archie Comics’ official social account amplified trade reports about the project, signaling the publisher’s acknowledgment of the development.
• Separate industry reporting points to additional Archie projects in the works, including a proposed Afterlife With Archie series and a rumor the film may draw from Archie: The Married Life, both unconfirmed.