Peacock has officially announced the release date for its forthcoming teen supernatural drama Vampire Academy, which hails from The Vampire Diaries creator Julie Plec. The 10-episode series adaptation is scheduled to make its debut on September 15, exclusively on Peacock.
The leads are Sisi Stringer (Mortal Kombat) and Daniela Nieves (Sex Appeal). Stringer plays Rose Hathaway, the vampire-human hybrid who’s training to become a guardian at St. Vladimir’s Academy, while Nieves’Lissa Dragomir is vampire royalty.
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Based on Richelle Mead’s bestselling YA supernatural romance novel series, Vampire Academy is created, written, and executive produced by Julie Plec, who will also serve as showrunner and director. The adaptation is expected to tell the 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,” reads the synopsis. “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.”
Stringer and Nieves will be joined by Kieron Moore (Sex Education), Andre Dae Kim (Degrassi), J. August Richards (Generation), Anita-Joy Uwajeh (West End’s Cyrano de Bergerac and King Lear), Mia McKenna Bruce (The Dumping Ground), Rhian Blundell (Torchwood: Believe), Jonetta Kaiser (Tales) and Andrew Liner (Grown-ish).
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The Vampire Academy series will also be co-written and co-executive produced by Plec’s long-time collaborator Marguerite MacIntyre, who is also set as a showrunner. It is a production by Universal Television.
Executive producers are Emily Cummins, Don Murphy, Susan Montford, Deepak Nayar, and Jillian DeFrehn, with Bille Woodruff, Luis Prieto, Jesse Warn, Erica Dunton, and Geoff Shotz attached to direct.
