Lord And Miller Tease Afterparty Season 2 And The Future Of The Spider-Verse

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The filmmaking duo of Christopher Miller and Phil Lord has been enjoying a bit of a renaissance over the past several years, and it's not difficult to see why. They've knocked projects out of the park in the animated medium as well as the live-action space, including The Afterparty and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, leaving some fans to wonder whether there's anything they can't do. Well, it's hard to answer that question. But one thing's for sure: they aren't stopping anytime soon.

After the undeniable success of The Afterparty on Apple TV Plus, fans quickly began wondering if it would get a follow-up. The thing is, even though The Afterparty season 2 was only announced relatively recently, it turns out that it was quietly greenlit even before the first season aired. Not a bad first impression from a series that started life as a movie concept a whole decade ago. A murder mystery where each suspect's story is told in a different style and genre certainly seems tailor-made for TV, and the series' reception proved that. Now, season 2 looks to keep that same magic alive while also bringing something new to the table.

What Other TV Comedies Can Learn From The Afterparty

While on Deadline's Crew Call podcast, Lord and Miller discussed the show's origins as well as where it will go from here. While many likely already knew that The Afterparty was originally conceived by Miller as a film, Apple TV Plus' eagerness for a second season may be a lesser-known fact. That probably explains why the season 2 premise was pretty quickly revealed, since the writers had already been hard at work for a while by the time the season finale aired. Granted, a murder mystery series like The Afterparty already has plenty of possibilities for new