Peacock’s just released the official trailer for Vampire Academy, a supernatural drama based on Richelle Mead’s bestselling book series. The network’s also showing off a batch of photos from season one along with a brand new poster.
Season one will kick off on September 15, 2022 with the release of the first four episodes. New episodes of the 10-episode season will arrive on subsequent Thursdays.
Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, Legacies, The Originals) returns to the world of fanged creatures of the night as co-showrunner, writer, and executive producer with longtime collaborator Marguerite MacIntyre. The cast is led by Sisi Stringer as Rose Hathaway, Daniela Nieves as Lissa Dragomir, Kieron Moore as Dimitri Belikov, and André Dae Kim as Christian Ozera.
Season one also features J. August Richards as Victor Dashkov, Anita-Joy Uwajeh Tatiana Vogel, Mia Mckenna-Bruce as Mia Karp, Rhian Blundell as Meredith, Jonetta Kaiser as Sonya Karp, and Andrew Liner as Mason Ashford.
The official trailer release was accompanied by a note from Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre sharing their thoughts on the series.
“Shot in a castle in Spain, filled with grandeur, palace intrigue, exciting fight sequences, and romance, at its heart VA is a story about the revolutionary power of friendship, particularly female friendship as we follow the extraordinary Rose Hathaway and Lissa Dragomir, two young women on the brink of inheriting a world order they never questioned until now,” stated Plec and MacIntyre. “And as they begin to see their world for what it is, not only do idols fall, but they realize even their own friendship isn’t immune to the cruelties of the system they were born into. A hard truth with the power to tear them apart, or spark a revolution.”
The Plot, Courtesy of 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 vampire society. 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.”
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