This TV show reunites Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre, from The Vampire Diaries.
If they make the TV series exactly like the books, they have potential for 6 or 7 seasons and a spinoff because the books have a spin off series
Filming had begun in Spain in locations such as Pamplona, Olite, Viana and Zaragoza in September 2021, as revealed by Bille Woodruff, who directed the pilot, and Julie Plec.
Since the movie Vampire Academy (2014) wasn't a success , they wanted to do the 2nd movie anyway, but it was cancelled. Then in May 2021 it was announced that they wanted to make a tv-series of the books. There have been succes with tv series instead of a movie before. Mortal Instruments (2013) had low ratings, then 2016 they made Shadowhunters (2016) instead, it lasted for 3 seasons until it was cancelled by (Freeform) Netflix. (Netflix aired it internationally; Disneys freeform produced and aired it in the USA)
Julie Plec described the series as "modern-day Bridgerton with vampires."