Yesterday,
Jon Goldwater, CEO of Archie Comics participated in a
Reddit AMA. When Goldwater was asked if the ongoing horror series,
Afterlife With Archie, will eventually become a television series or movie, he had this response:
"
As for film and TV - the answer is YES! Absolutely! This is something that will be happening at some point in the near future - nothing to announce just yet, but rest assured it will happen." - Jon Goldwater
This isn't too surprising as you have to imagine studios are scouring comic book properties that deal with zombie apocalypses to try and cash in on the success AMC has been having with
The Walking Dead. For those of you that don't know,
Afterlife With Archie begins with Sabrina the Teenage Witch bringing Jughead's beloved pet Hot Dog back to life. This has the
unintended consequence of sparking a zombie apocalypse in Riverdale. It is up to Archie to emerge as a hero and lead the survivors out of town. It could make for a fun movie or a standalone TV show but as comicbook.com points out it would make more sense as a Halloween special to go along with the Archie Comics television show Fox is currently developing.
What do you think?
AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE MAGAZINE #1 - “Escape From Riverdale”—This is how the end of the world begins… Harvey Award-winning writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Eisner-winning artist Francesco Francavilla take Archie and the gang where they’ve never been before—to the grave and back! A horrific accident sets off a series of grim events and Sabrina the Teenage Witch must try to repair the unspeakable evil her spell has unleashed. Gasp in horror as Riverdale faces an impending zombie Arch-pocalypse in the first issue of the magazine-size edition of the hugely successful, award-winning AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE series, featuring all new special features.
Script: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Vicente Alcazar
Art: Francesco Francavilla, Jack Morelli, Robert Hack,
Vicente Alcazar, Jim Mooney & Gray Morrow
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