Vampire Academy (TV Series)

“	Once, long ago, we lived in the human world. The Moroi vampires who make the rules... And the Dhampir Guardians sworn to protect against our enemy... the Strigoi. Undead vampires who live to kill. Now we live in a world of our own, one grounded in elemental magic and seeped in rules no one's challenged in centuries until now. The spark of revolution can come from anywhere, even two unlikely friends... And one night that changed everything.	”
—Lissa & Rose's Opening Introduction to the audience.

Vampire Academy is an American fantasy horror television series based on the novels of the same name by Richelle Mead.^[1] it was adapted by Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre, while starring the likes of: Sisi Stringer, Daniela Nieves, Kieron Moore, André Dae Kim,Anita-Joy Uwajeh,Mia McKenna-Bruce, Jonetta Kaiser, Andrew Liner, Rhian Blundell and J. August Richards.^[2]The series premiered with episodes on September 15, 2022 on Peacock.^[3]

Premise[]

From executive producers Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre comes a story of friendship, romance, and danger. In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society. One as a powerful Royal, the other a half-vampire Guardian trained to protect against the savage 'Strigoi' who threaten to tear their society apart. That is, if Royal infighting doesn’t do the job first.^[4]

Cast and Characters[]

Starring[]

Guest Starring[]

Max Parker as Mikhail Tanner
Jennifer Kirby as Alberta Casey
Joseph Ollman as Jesse Zeklos
Yaël Belicha as Marie Carter
Adam Quintero as Peter Tarus
Pik Sen Lim as The Queen
Jason Diaz as Andre Dragomir
Angela Wynter as High Priestess Irene
Blake Patrick Anderson as Edison Castile
Lorna Brown as Janine Hathaway
Craig Stevenson as Dane Zeklos

Co-Starring[]

Episodes[]

Season	Episodes	Released Date	Premiere Episode	Finale Episode
Season 1	10	September 15, 2022 – October 27, 2022	Pilot	Ascension

Production[]

Development[]

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.^[5]

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 then announced to play Meredith, who was a minor characters in the books.^[6]

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.^[7]