Mumbai: Shooting on Zoya Akhtar's live-action musical film The Archies is finished, the makers announced on Monday. The Netflix movie, set in the 1960s, is the Indian adaptation of the popular American comic Archies Comics.
The musical film is an adaptation of the globally loved Archie Comics and has the gang of teenagers Archie, Betty, Dilton, Ether, Jughead, Reggie and Veronica at the centre of it. The film is touted to be filled with the youthful energy, hope and excitement synonymous with the 1960s. Billed as a coming-of-age story, The Archies is based in the Anglo Indian community of India.
Netflix India shared the announcement on its official Twitter page. "Grab your milkshakes and say Archiesssss, because filming just wrapped and we can't wait to see the gang on-screen! (sic)" the streamer said in the post accompanied by a series of photos.