How Vampire Academy Is Different From TVD, Explained By Creator
screenrant.comVampire Academy co-creator Marguerite MacIntyre explains how the upcoming series differs from The Vampire Diaries. Making its Peacock on September 15 and based on the novels of the same name by Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy takes place at a boarding school. The story focuses on two young women as they prepare to complete their education and enter into vamp society. The show, which is co-created byVampire Diaries boss Julie Plec, comes after the 2014 movie adaptation which starred Zoey Deutch and Cameron Monaghan.
In the upcoming Vampire Academy show, an ensemble cast will be led by Sisi Stringer as Rose Hathaway, a guardian-in-training Dhampir, and Daniela Nieves as Moroi princess Lissa Dragomir. Based on the character descriptions alone, Vampire Academy looks to set itself apart from other supernatural dramas. However, because of Plec’s history with the Vampire Diaries universe, and MacIntyre’s own history with the franchise (as she played the recurring character of Sheriff Forbes), Vampire Academy has already begun to drawn comparisons to the popular CW show.
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During an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, MacIntyre addressed the comparisons between Vampire Academy and Vampire Diaries. Given that MacIntyre was a writer and producer on TVD spinoffs The Originals and Legacies, she has a unique perspective. MacIntyre praised Plec for her past work, noting that Vampire Academy brings attention to class issues and benefits from timeliness as a result. She elaborated that the new vampire-based Peacock show is about a broken and unfair system, and how that affects its characters. Read MacIntyre’s full quote below:
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