Vampire Academy is set to release sometime later this year, but a concrete date has not been confirmed. Given that series creator Julie Plec has six books to work with, her rendition of Vampire Academy may outrun Legacies, in the meantime creating a competitive edge for both shows. However, while regarded as criminally underrated upon its release but has since gained a cult following. There is also a graphic novel adaptation of the first two books that came out in 2012. The film was a box office bomb due to it failing to adequately build up the world and its interesting lore, and the sequel Frostbite was subsequently scrapped. In 2014, a movie based on the first book starring Zooey Deutch and Lucy Fry was released. Considering that both Legacies and Vampire Academy are both about supernatural schools, as well as the immense popularity of the Vampire Academy books, Julie Plec's new show will give Legacies some real competition.īefore Vampire Academy was greenlit as a TV show, the book series had other adaptations. Vladamir's Academy to hone her powers as a dhampir, vampire-human hybrids who act as bodyguards for the Moroi, vampire royalty.

Vampire Academy follows Rose Hathaway who is training at St. In May of 2021, Peacock announced a straight-to-series order of Vampire Academy with Julie Plec overseeing the series' development. The new show is based on a series of YA supernatural romance novels by author Richelle Mead. However, Vampire Diaries TV universe creator/showrunner Julie Plec's new show Vampire Academywill likely end up being Legacies' biggest competition. Related: How Legacies Is Continuing A Damon Tradition From The Vampire Diaries That said, with its relatively solid ratings and fanbase it's unlikely that the Legacies series will be over any time soon.

As of now, Legacies hasn't been canceled or renewed for a fifth season. While fans have welcomed the changes made in season 4, this season's tone had felt much more reminiscent of its predecessors than the previous seasons. With Legacies' star Kaylee Bryant's exit from the series, viewers are wondering if Hope's (Danielle Rose Russell) hero-turned-villain arc is marking the end of another story in The Vampire Diaries universe.

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