Riverdale is returning to our TV screens — but not in the way some may expect.

Showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is expanding the fictional universe with a Disney+ series that is currently in development. Based on Afterlife With Archie, which is a comic book series written by Aguirre-Sacasa, the show “reimagines the beloved town of Riverdale as an apocalyptic, nightmare-fueled hellscape overrun with flesh-eating zombies.”

While casting has not been announced yet, it isn’t expected for any of the original cast members to reprise their roles in the spinoff. Riverdale ran on The CW from 2017 to 2023 and even inspired the short-lived spinoff Katy Keene.

Pulling inspiration from the characters of the Archie comic book series, Riverdale made KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse,

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