ARCHIE Movie in the Works, Phil Lord and Chris Miller Producing

According to Variety, the pair will produce an Archie Comics live-action movie along with Aditya Sood, president of their production company Lord Miller, through their first-look deal with Universal Pictures. Comic book author and apparent architectural pillar of the new DCU, Tom King, is writing the script.

“We are longtime fans of Archie, Veronica, Betty, and the gang in all of their iterations,” said Lord and Miller. “When we heard Tom King’s take on the classic material, we instantly thought it made sense as an event movie for all audiences — both lifelong fans and a whole new generation. We’re so excited to bring these beloved characters to the big screen.”

We have to assume King’s take on the material will stand apart from the recent CW Riverdale series, which went in a very different direction. Nor do we imagine it will head down the dark horror angle of DC Comics’ Chilling Adventures of Sabrina or Afterlife with Archie comics. So what could it be? Something akin to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie definitely could work.

Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. He hosts the weekly pop culture deep-dive podcast Laser Focus. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Letterboxd.