This is often a sign of lack of confidence in a movie from a studio (or as Travers described the move: 'a surefire sign of disaster') and in the case of Vampire Academy, it looks like that was the case – the movie received almost universally bad reviews from the critics who paid to go and see it. The movie was released in the US on Februand as reported by Rolling Stone's Pete Travers, it wasn't shown to film critics beforehand. Other cast members included Modern Family's Sarah Hyland, The Crown's Claire Foy and Gotham's Cameron Monaghan.ĭirected by Mark Waters – brother of screenwriter Daniel, and director of classic teen comedy Mean Girls and fantasy movie The Spiderwick Chronicles – the movie was filmed in the early summer of 2013 in London, Surrey (Charterhouse School being used for the outside shots of St Vladimir's Academy) and at Pinewood Studios. Zoey Deutch – best known at the time for her role as Emily in Beautiful Creatures – was cast as Rose, with Lucy Fry as Lissa and Russian actor/director Danila Kozlovsky (who Vikings fans may recognise as Oleg the Prophet) as Dimitri.

They had to wait a while longer, however, as the road to making the movie was quite slow, with Daniel Waters, who wrote cult teen movie Heathers, hired to write the script almost two years later, and the cast finally announced in February 2013. Mead followed Vampire Academy with five more books in the series ( Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, Spirit Bound and Last Sacrifice) that were published between 20. The book was a hit, and made the American Library Association's Top 10 list of books for young adults in 2008, alongside bestsellers like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Twilight instalment Eclipse and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Her best friend is a Moroi named Lissa, and Rose also develops feelings for fellow guardian Dimitri.

Her job is to protect Moroi (good vampires who take blood from donors and can harness one of the four elements) and kill Strigoi (evil vampires who drink and kill their victims). Laurie Sparham/Angry/Kintop/Preger/Reliance/Kobal/Shutterstockįor those unfamiliar with the books, author Richelle Mead's YA novel, Vampire Academy, was first published in 2007 and introduced readers to 17-year-old Rose Hathaway, a 'dhampir' (half-vampire and half-human) who is training to be a guardian at St Vladimir's Academy.

Vampire academy hardcover box set