Vampirina: Teenage Vampire is set to premiere next month, Disney Branded Television announced. An original music-driven series, Vampirina: Teenage Vampire is based on the animated Disney Junior series, which itself was an adaptation of the Vampirina ballerina children's book series by Anne Marie Pace.
The upcoming live-action series will follow Vampirina, now a tween vapmire girl "who leaves the safety of Transylvania to attend a performing arts boarding school."
"Living amongst humans for the first time, she pursues her passion for music while keeping her vampire identity a secret, something that’s made more challenging when her overprotective father charges an overzealous ghost to live with her at the school," the synopsis reads.
Vamprina, aka "Vee," is brought to life by Kenzi Richardson. She joined by a main cast that stars Jiwon Lee as Sophie, Vee’s kind and girly-girl roommate; Shaun Dixon as the intriguing and laid-back Elijah; Milo Maharlika as the 600-year-old ghost, Demi; and Faith Hedley as Britney, a super-talented legacy student. The recurring cast features Kate Reinders (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series) and Jeff Meacham (“Black-ish”) as Vee’s loving vampire parents. Kim Coles (Living Single) is Dean Merriweather of Wilson Hall Academy of the Arts.
Guest stars include Emmy Award winner Mykal-Michelle Harris as the delightful and dangerous Ruby, Jenna Davis (M3GAN, M3EGAN 2.0) as magnetic upperclassmen Megan, and viral sensation Ariel Martin (aka Baby Ariel) (ZOMBIES) as megacool popstar Millie Eyelash. Wizards Beyond Waverly Place star Janice LeAnn Brown will also pop up as her character Billie in a crossover episode.
The ultimate fang girl - She’s a teen, and she’s a vampire. Vampirina: Teenage Vampire follows a 14 year old vampire Vee (aka Vampirina) pursuing her passion for music at an elite but stuck in its ways boarding school!
Vampirina: Teenage Vampire will debut with a two episode premiere on Disney Channel on Friday, September 12th at 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. EDT/PDT. New episodes will be released weekly. All 16 episodes will head to Disney+ and Disney Channel On Demand on October 15th.
Disney's animated Vampirina series aired on Disney Junior for three seasons and a total of 75 episodes, concluding on June 28, 2021. Dan Cross and David Hoge, the duo behind Julie and the Phantoms, serve as showrunners and executive producers for the upcoming live-action series. Tim Federle, creator of High School Musica: The Musical: The Series, is also an executive producer, alongside Bronwyn North-Resit and Meg Deloatch.