Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the filmmaking duo behind “Spider-Verse,” “The Lego Movie” and “21 Jump Street,” are bringing Archie Comics to the big screen.
They’ll produce a new live-action film with Aditya Sood, president of their production company Lord Miller, through their first-look deal with Universal Pictures. Comic book writer Tom King is penning the screenplay, though plot details haven’t been confirmed.
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In its 85-year history, Archie Comics has sold over 3 billion copies that were published in dozens of languages across the globe. The characters of Archie, Betty and Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats and Katy Keene have graced screens many times over the years, most recently on TV shows like the CW series “Riverdale” and Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.”
“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.”
Emma Watts, who brought the project to Lord Miller with King, will produce the untitled film along with publisher Jon Goldwater. Universal’s senior VP of production development Britt Hennemuth and director of production development Christine Sun will oversee the project for the studio.
Lord and Miller’s next film is “Project Hail Mary,” a sci-fi epic starring Ryan Gosling that will be released in theaters in March 2026. They are also producing and writing the third “Spider-Verse” film in the franchise, “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse,” set for June 2027.
TheInSneider broke the news about the new Archie Comics movie.
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