Vampire Academy (TV series)
Vampire Academy is an upcoming American fantasy horror television series based on the novels series of the same name by Richelle Mead. The series was adapted for Peacock by Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre, and is produced by Universal Television. It is the second adaptation of the novel series, after the 2014 film of the same name, and serves as a reboot. It was given a straight-to-series order in May 2021 by Peacock, and casting announcements were made throughout 2021. Filming takes place in Spain. The series features an ensemble cast led by Rose  Hathaway (Sisi Stringer), a guardian-in-training Dhampir, and Lissa Dragomir (Daniela Nieves), a Moroi princess, and follows their life and adventures at the St Vladimir's Academy, a boarding school. "Vampire Academy" is set to premiere in 2022 on Peacock. Production. Development. In 2010, Preger Entertainment optioned the film rights to the "Vampire Academy" series by Richelle Mead. The film, based on the first book, was released theatrically in United States in February 2014 and was a box-office bomb. Following the movie failure, Preger Entertainment launched a Indiegogo campaign to help fund the production for a sequel based  on the second novel, "Frostbite". However, the campaign failed to reach its goal and the project was ultimately cancelled. In March 2015, Julie Plec expressed on Twitter a desire to adapt the books into a television series. In May 2021, Peacock picked up "Vampire Academy" straight-to-series with Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre as developers and also expected to executive produce alongside Emily Cummins and Jillian DeFrehn, as part of Plec overall deal at Universal Television. Don Murphy, Susan Montford, and Deepak Nayar, who produced the 2014 film, also joined the series as executive producers. Casting. In August 2021, the  core cast for the series was set, including Sisi Stringer as Rose Hathaway, Daniela Nieves as Lissa Dragomir, Kieron Moore as Dimitri Belikov, and André Dae Kim as Christian Ozera. J. August Richards, Jonetta Kaiser, and Andrew Liner were cast as Victor Dashkov, Sonya Karp, and Mason Ashford, respectively. Anita-Joy Uwajeh joined the cast as Tatiana Vogel, while Mia McKenna-Bruce signed for the role of Mia Karp, two re-imagined versions of characters from the books, Tatiana Ivashkov, and Mia Rinaldi. Rhian Blundell was announced to play Meredith, a minor characters in the books. Filming. Filming had begun  in Spain in locations such as Pamplona, Olite, Viana and Zaragoza in September 2021, as revealed by Bille Woodruff, who directed the pilot, and Julie Plec. Release. "Vampire Academy" is scheduled to debut on Peacock in 2022.