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Julie Plec, creator of The Vampire Diaries and spinoff The Originals, has long wanted to adapt YA book series Vampire Academy. She is now getting the chance after Peacock ordered an adaptation straight-to-series. The streamer has ordered the ten-episode series, which will be adapted by Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre…

Former Disney Television executive Emily Cummins has joined Julie Plec’s Universal Television-based banner My So-Called Company as President. In her new role, Cummins will oversee development and produce projects for the company, including those which Plec will create and write, and those for which she will supervise…

The CW's Batwoman will have a new lead next season following the exit of star Ruby Rose. In a conversation with fellow showrunner Julie Plec as part of ATX TV…from the Couch virtual festival, Batwoman creator/executive producer/showrunner Caroline Dries spoke of the decision to introduce a new character instead of…

The Vampire Diaries co-creator and The Originals and Legacies creator Julie Plec is leaving her longtime Warner Bros. TV studio home after 11 years. In a competitive situation, the prolific showrunner/executive producer/director has signed a massive four-year exclusive overall deal with Universal Television. No…

In a bidding war, Netflix has given a series order to The Girls On the Bus, a drama from Legacies creator/executive producer Julie Plec, Greg Berlanti’s Berlanti Prods. and Warner Bros. Television where both Plec and Berlanti are under overall deals. The project was inspired by The Girls on the Bus chapter of Amy Chozi…

SPOILER ALERT: This article includes details about tonight’s premiere episode of Legacies. If you think the premiere episode of Legacies was going to be all about Hope Mikaelson (Danielle Rose Russell) and her time at the Salvatore School — think again. The third installment of The Vampire Diaries universe introduces…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details from tonight’s episode of The Originals. The time has come. The Originals has bitten its last neck, howled at its last full moon and cast its last spell. Wednesday night marked the series finale of the popular supernatural Vampire Diaries spin-off series and there definitely…

“This is a story of magic, of secrets and betrayals, first loves and first heartbreaks. It’s a story of friendship and family, of battling our own demons so we can face the monsters around us. This is a story, our story, of trying to be normal in a world that is anything but. The only question is, will we be its…

The tide is finally turning for female helmers vying to break into the male-dominated field of broadcast drama directing. This pilot season marked a breakthrough with 14 of the 42 broadcast drama pilots going to female directors, reversing an alarming trend –four pilots directed by women in 2015, two in 2016 and just…

The Vampire Diaries and The Originals showrunner Julie Plec, the CW and Warner Bros. TV are firming up their plans for a potential new series in The Vampire Diaries/The Originals universe centered around the character of Hope Mikaelson, the tribrid daughter of Niklaus Mikaelson and Hayley Marshall-Kenner. TVD/The Origi…

Michael Trevino has been cast in the CW’s untitled Roswell pilot that acts as a reboot of the cult sci-fi series. He joins Jeanine Mason, Nathan Parsons, Lily Cowles, Michael Vlamis, Tyler Blackburn and Heather Hemmens in the cast of the project from Amblin TV, Bender Brown Prods, Warner Bros TV, Julie Plec and Carina…

Last year’s broadcast pilot season was dismal for female directors — out of the 41 drama pilots ordered, only one, ABC’s Las Reinas, was directed by woman. A total of four women were hired to direct 10 of 70 broadcast pilots in 2017. It was a low point, and a turning point. This year, out of 41 broadcast drama pilots…