‘Afterlife With Archie’ Series Based On Comic Ordered By Disney+, Gets Halloween 2027 Premiere
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- Disney+ ordered 'Afterlife with Archie' hourlong drama based on Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla's comic, with a Halloween 2027 premiere planned
- The order comes nine months after the project landed at Disney+ with a major script-to-series commitment
- Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Greg Berlanti's Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television reunite after building CW's Riverdale and Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- It is the third live-action Archie Comics adaptation — and the first to actually launch on the outlet it was originally sold to (Riverdale moved from Fox to CW; Sabrina moved from CW to Netflix)
- The series marks Warner Bros. Television's first series for Disney+, which has been increasingly opening its slate to outside studios
- Plot turns Riverdale into a zombie-overrun apocalypse after a supernatural spell from a teen witch backfires, unleashing the possessed dead on Archie and his friends
- Aguirre-Sacasa has served as Archie Comics' Chief Creative Officer since March 2014, having written both 'Afterlife with Archie' and 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' comics
Why it matters: Disney+ lands its first Warner Bros. Television series just as it opens its slate to outside studios — a notable pipeline shift. For Berlanti and Aguirre-Sacasa, the show completes a decade-long Archie TV expansion that began with 2017's Riverdale and finally adapts the horror comic that preceded both it and Sabrina. The Halloween 2027 premiere gives the streamer a built-in seasonal tentpole from a franchise with proven YA appeal.
