In 2009, vampires basked in the sunlight as The CW series, The Vampire Diaries, took the world by storm. The series was co-created by Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson and would go on to span a franchise of its own with several offshoots. However, it’s been three years since any of those offshoots were last seen on air, which is infinitely sad. Given the persistent appeal of the project, the question of whether another spin-off could be in the works remains. Speaking with TV Line, co-creator Julie Plec – who is currently promoting her new Prime Video series We Were Liars, an adaptation of E. Lockhart‘s novel of the same name – was asked about a potential spin-off happening.
“I have had ideas for more Vampire Diaries stories since we were doing the last Vampire Diaries story. All anybody has to do is ask, and I will be there,” was all the co-creator offered, revealing a willingness on her part at least, to take us on yet another mystic journey. The original series was based on books by L. J. Smith, and aired for eight seasons, from 2009 to 2017, on The CW during its heyday. The Vampire Diaries tells the story of two ancient vampire brothers from Mystic Falls, Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder), whose lives were ruled by their shared obsession with vampire Katherine and her human doppelgänger Elena (both played by Nina Dobrev). Their shared attraction to this being saw them drawn into an epic tale of a frail co-existence between different factions of Mystic Falls’ natural and supernatural inhabitants.
The franchise would expand in 2013 with the arrival of The Originals, a New Orleans-set spin-off about the world’s most powerful and oldest family of vampires, led by Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan). After a thrilling ride, The Originals concluded its five-season run in 2018. The franchise then returned to Mystic Falls for Legacies, which followed Klaus’ daughter Hope (Danielle Rose Russell) as she enrolled in a supernatural boarding school. That particular spin-off would end in 2022, as a casualty of Nexstar Media Group gaining a majority stake in The CW that same year.
Julie Plec Has Been Interested in a ‘Vampire Diaries’ Return for Some Time
Plec‘s latest project is the aforementioned series, We Were Liars, which stars Emily Alyn Lind (Gossip Girl), Shubham Maheshwari, Esther McGregor, and Joseph Zada as the show’s four core teen characters: Cadence, Gat, Mirren, and Johnny, respectively. Gifted at developing teen dramas, this is not the first time the co-creator has mused about potentially returning to The Vampire Diaries franchise. During the conclusion of Legacies, Plec said:
“There’s absolutely hope for the future. Brett [Matthews] and Kevin [Williamson] and I have an idea percolating in our brains that we just haven’t had the time to put down on the page yet. But we definitely want to do another branch of the tree. It’s just a matter of when, I guess.”
Relive the tales of Mystic Falls by streaming all eight seasons of The Vampire Diaries on Hulu in the U.S.
via Collider