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The Vampire Diaries creator adapting Vampire Academy books for Peacock

By Dan Selcke

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 11: Executive Producer Julie Plec speaks onstage during the 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'The Originals' panel as part of The CW 2015 Winter Television Critics Association press tour at the Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa on January 11, 2015 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 11: Executive Producer Julie Plec speaks onstage during the 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'The Originals' panel as part of The CW 2015 Winter Television Critics Association press tour at the Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa on January 11, 2015 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) /
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The Vampire Diaries creator Julie Plec is setting her sights on the vampire story she ORIGINALLY wanted to adapt: Vampire Academy.

Julie Plec has a type. She’s one of the creators The Vampire Diaries, which ran for eight seasons on The CW. Now, she’s adapting Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy series of books for Peacock.

“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 royal vampire society,” reads the official synopsis. “This serialized and sexy drama combines the elegance of aristocratic romance and the supernatural thrills of the vampire genre. ”

So we’re still talking about a sumptuous vampire series, but an entirely sumptuous vampire series that’s not in any way related to The Vampire Diaries. “Julie Plec created one of the biggest fan-favorite universes with The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off series The Originals and Legacies, and we are excited to deliver this passionate audience a brand new story on Peacock,” said NBCUniversal exec Lisa Katz in a statement. “Julie is known for binge-able, enthralling dramas and we know Vampire Academy will keep Peacock viewers right on the edge of their seats.”

As it ends up, Plec has had her eye on Vampire Academy for a while. “When I signed my new deal with Universal Television, they asked what project I had always been dying to make and my immediate answer was ‘Vampire Academy,’” she said. She’ll serve as showrunner alongside her longtime collaborator Marguerite MacIntyre.

Vampire Academy has been adapted to the screen before, as a 2014 movie that no one liked starring Anya Taylor-Joy before she blew up. Let’s hope the new series has better luck.

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