Vampire Academy's Julie Plec calls her new show "modern-day Bridgerton with vampires"

Entertainment Weekly

The Vampire Diaries co-creator says she's enthusiastic for her new Peacock vampire series because she read Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy books "before Twilight. I read them before Vampire Diaries came into my world and just really enjoyed the series and always thought, 'Gosh, one day I'd really love to work on a show like this.'" In developing the show, Plec says: "I thought, 'This is modern-day Bridgerton with vampires.' Who's not going to want to see that?"