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| Based on | Vampire Academy byRichelle Mead |
| Developed by | Julie Plec & Marguerite MacIntyre |
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| Music by | Jacob Yoffee & Roahn Hylton |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Running time | 45–55 minutes |
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| Network | Peacock |
| Release | September 15 (2022-09-15) – October 27, 2022 (2022-10-27) |
Vampire Academy is an Americanfantasyhorror television series based on thenovels series of the same name byRichelle Mead.[1] Adapted forPeacock byJulie Plec andMarguerite MacIntyre, the series is produced byUniversal Television. It starsSisi Stringer,Daniela Nieves,Kieron Moore andAndré Dae Kim alongside anensemble cast.
It is the second adaptation of the novel series, after the2014 film of the same name, and serves as areboot. Unlike the film, it does not adapt a particular novel of Mead's series, but instead takes the basics, inspirations, and elements from the six novels, using them to tell a different story. It was given a straight-to-series order in May 2021 by Peacock, and casting announcements were made in 2021. The filming took place in Spain and Portugal.
The series takes place in 1997 and features characters from the books and re-imagined versions of others. It revolves around Rose Hathaway who is a guardian-in-trainingDhampir, and Lissa Dragomir, who is aMoroi princess, and follows their life and adventures at the St Vladimir's Academy, a boarding school.[2]
The series premiered on September 15, 2022 on Peacock to generally positive reviews.[3] In January 2023, the series was canceled after one season.[4]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Teleplay by | Original release date [5] |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Bille Woodruff | Marguerite MacIntyre &Julie Plec | September 15, 2022 (2022-09-15) |
| 2 | "Earth. Air. Water. Fire." | Luis Prieto | Linda Ge | September 15, 2022 (2022-09-15) |
| 3 | "Death Watch" | Luis Prieto | Morenike Balogun-Koch | September 15, 2022 (2022-09-15) |
| 4 | "Benchmark" | Jesse Warn | Jason Coffey | September 15, 2022 (2022-09-15) |
| 5 | "Near Guard, Far Guard" | Jesse Warn | Adam Starks | September 22, 2022 (2022-09-22) |
| 6 | "Molnija" | Erica Dunton | Y. Shireen Razack | September 29, 2022 (2022-09-29) |
| 7 | "Beyond the Wards" | Erica Dunton | J.J. Braider | October 6, 2022 (2022-10-06) |
| 8 | "The Trials" | Julie Plec | Noah Diaz | October 13, 2022 (2022-10-13) |
| 9 | "Darkness" | Geoffrey Wing Shotz | Tawal Panyacosit, Jr & Benjamin O'Hara | October 20, 2022 (2022-10-20) |
| 10 | "Ascension" | Geoffrey Wing Shotz | Marguerite MacIntyre | October 27, 2022 (2022-10-27) |
In 2010, Preger Entertainment optioned the film rights to theVampire Academy series byRichelle Mead. The film, based on thefirst book, was released theatrically in United States in February 2014 and was abox-office bomb.[6] Following the movie failure, Preger Entertainment launched aIndiegogo 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.[7]
In March 2015,Julie Plec expressed onTwitter a desire to adapt the books into a television series. In May 2021,Peacock picked upVampire Academy straight-to-series with Plec andMarguerite MacIntyre as developers and also expected to executive produce alongside Emily Cummins and Jillian DeFrehn, as part of Plec overall deal atUniversal Television.Don Murphy,Susan Montford, and Deepak Nayar, who produced the2014 film, also joined the series as executive producers.[8]
On January 20, 2023, Peacock canceled the series after one season.[4] Though Plec initially announced that they were shopping the series to other platforms, she confirmed in April 2023 that cast contracts had expired, ending chances of a revival.[9]
In August 2021, the core cast for the series was set, including Sisi Stringer asRose Hathaway,Daniela Nieves asLissa Dragomir,Kieron Moore asDimitri Belikov, andAndré Dae Kim asChristian Ozera.J. August Richards, Jonetta Kaiser, and Andrew Liner were cast asVictor Dashkov,Sonya Karp, andMason Ashford, respectively. Anita-Joy Uwajeh joined the cast as Tatiana Vogel, whileMia McKenna-Bruce signed for the role of Mia Karp, two re-imagined versions of characters from the books,Tatiana Ivashkov, andMia Rinaldi. Rhian Blundell was announced to play Meredith, a minor characters in the books.[10] In August 2022,Angela Wynter,Lorna Brown,Louisa Connolly-Burnham,Cornelius Macarthy, Jason Diaz,Jennifer Kirby, Joseph Ollman, andPik-Sen Lim were cast in recurring capacities.[11]
Filming had begun in Spain in locations such asPamplona,Olite,Viana andZaragoza in September 2021, as revealed byBille Woodruff, who directed the pilot, andJulie Plec.[12][13] The series was also filmed in Portugal.[14]
Vampire Academy premiered on Peacock on September 15, 2022.[3]
Thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes reported a 77% approval rating with an average rating of 7.4/10, based on 13 critic reviews.[15]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 59 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[16]
