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Zoya Akhtar to direct musical based on the Archie comics for Netflix
Scroll | 11/11/2021 12:36 PM | Click to read full article
Gully Boy director Zoya Akhtar will direct a live-action musical based on the Archie comics for Netflix, the streaming platform announced today.
Titled The Archies, the film will be set in the 1960s. The popular comics feature the comic adventures of teenager Archie Andrews and other key characters – Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, and Reggie Mantle – in the fictional town Riverdale.
