Overview
- Disney+ gave a series order, announced Monday, July 20, 2026, for an hourlong live-action horror drama adaptation of Afterlife with Archie with a target premiere of Halloween 2027.
- Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wrote the script and will executive-produce the show, reuniting the creative team behind Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and others.
- Warner Bros. Television will produce the series with Berlanti Productions, Muckle Man and Archie Comics Studios serving as partners and executive producers attached.
- No cast or episode count has been announced and outlets report the show will likely use a new teenage Riverdale cast rather than bringing back Riverdale-era actors.
- The TV pickup revives a ten-issue, cliffhanger-ending comic that gave the Archie universe a darker turn and gives Aguirre-Sacasa a chance to complete or expand unresolved storylines while drawing older horror viewers to Disney+.