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Archie is heading back to screens, and Riverdale has nothing to do with it.

As noted in an Aug. 20 Twitter post from industry account Discussing Film, a new Archie Comics live-action feature film is reportedly in the works. The project is set to be produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, best known for classic shows like Clone High and hit cinematic endeavors such as Sony's Spider-Verse trilogy of animated films, and will be written by critically-acclaimed comic book writer Tom King.

The Archie Comics brand is one of the most iconic and instantly recognizable pieces of mid-century American pop culture. The character, Archibald "Chick" Andrews (better known as Archie) first appeared alongside other classic characters Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones all the way back in the pages of Pep Comics #22 in Dec. 1941. Archie became such a popular character that the publisher changed its name from M.L.J. Magazines, which it had been founded as in 1939, to Archie Comics Publications just five years after the character debuted.

Archie Has Been Adapted Across Different Mediums Before

Since then, the Archie line of comics have been expanded in multiple directions, with classic spinoffs like Ginger coming into form early on. Over the years, the Archie Comics brand has shifted from pop stories to overtly evangelical Christian titles, all before settling into a more modern and decidedly dramatic tone in more recent years. Thanks to titles like 2010's Life with Archie, fans have been given the chance to watch their favorite characters live out more realistic stories than their usual outings, whereas titles like Afterlife with Archie and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina opened the door to more fantastical tales than ever before.

The Archie franchise reached what might be the absolute height of its modern-day popularity thanks to the release of Riverdale on The CW back in 2017. The hit drama series updated the town of Riverdale for a more modern setting, all while introducing shocking, soap opera-esque storylines involving devious murders, stolen corpses, and potential incestuous affairs. Over the course of its run on The CW, Riverdale amassed 137 episodes over seven seasons, which brought the overarching story of The CW's Archie Andrews to a close in 2023.

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