At SDCC, julieplec and Marguerite MacIntyre spoke about the evolution of the vampire sub-genre and VampireAcademy.
Earlier this year The CW leveled a devastating blow by cancelling Legacies and effectively bringing an end to the thirteen-year chokehold that Julie Plec's Vampire Diaries franchise had on audiences. But from its ashes, a new vampire series has been born from the combined talents of Plec and Vampire Diaries actress Marguerite MacIntyre, who came together to adapt another beloved young adult book series for the screen.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY During the interview, Nemiroff asked Plec about returning to work on another vampire series and how she approaches it as a genre of storytelling. The showrunner went on to explain that she doesn't approach vampire stories as a genre story, but rather she approaches them thematically and emotionally. She went on to say,
Plec went on to discuss how those metaphors and allegories come into play with Vampire Academy. "The way we describe the show to people is that it is both ancient and modern. At the same time, you can have an ancient castle and a burger stand down the street. That really applies to the way that we've approached the vampire lore itself, which of course, we pulled entirely from the books, so we don't get the credit for it.
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