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While the first season definitely left viewers with a cliff-hanger, fans will be disappointed to hear nothing is confirmed (re: a second season) at this moment in time, according to Digital Spy. But the show's starring actor and executive producer, Ian Somerhalder, is apparently hoping to continue the story.
Additionally, the show is based on a graphic novel series, and so far, there are five graphic novels already written, so having another few seasons would make total sense. And really, with that cliff-hanger viewers were left with, there's bound to be more to the story.
"Ideally two for sure, I mean, three, four would be amazing. ... There hasn't been a set number of season. Jonathan's written many books, so there's a lot of room for a storyline and directions for the seasons. So I think that as long as the writing is there and the performances are there we have a good shot at going for a [renewal] anyway. I really hope so."
Here's the premise of V Wars, according to Meaww: Basically, Dr. Luther Swann (played by Ian Somerhalder) inadvertently revives a virus alongside his colleague, Michael Fayne (played Adrian Holmes), and although Luther isn't affected, Michael turns into a vampire, feeding on humans to survive. The virus spreads, and eventually, Michael becomes the leader of the vampires, called 'Blood Nation.'
Luther wants to make peace with the vampires, and to ultimately cure them of their disease. Since that doesn't seem easy, he comes up with a temporary solution, creating substance called 'BludSub.' With this, he makes things right with Michael. But in the season finale, the Bludsub is contaminated, affecting a significant portion of the vampire community. The vampires rebel, and the relationship between humans and vampires is ultimately tainted.
Calix Nikolos (played by Peter Outerbridge), initially seemed to take side with humans, but ends up being a traitor, eventually becoming leader of Blood Nation. Luther's son, Dez, gets kidnapped, and the episode ends with Mila (played by Laura Vandervoot) revealing she knows where Luther's son is, after four long months. This paves a clear path for a second season.
It turns out the two series have no correlation. The actor and producer told Collider he was initially hesitant about being involved with Netflix's new show, but with his producer title and the show's social relevance, they decided it would be a worth-while project.
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Two years after hanging up his fangs as Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries, Ian Somerhalder is back in vampire series V Wars, coming to Netflix on December 5. However, the series has a very different feel from his former show, which ran for eight years on The CW.
"It's such a different scope," Somerhalder told Digital Spy, "I would like to think I learned a good bit after eight years of television in this genre. I love this genre. It has been very good to me. But also, it's so unique. It's so vast. There's so much you can do with it." He later added, "We're leaning into aspects of the horror genre, which they work very well together."
In The Vampire Diaries, Somerhalder played vampire Salvatore, while in V Wars he is on the human side, fighting a virus that is turning people into vampires with a desire to feast on human blood. However, these vampires are nothing like those in The CW's show. "These creatures are f***ing scary," he said of the Netflix show's monsters.
"Like, in The Vampire Diaries, they're sexy, they're cool even when they're turned, they can still make jokes. These are murderous creatures. None of them want to be. But if you were in a room with one of these people, first of all, you probably wouldn't make it out, but you would run for your life."
Asked by Cinema Blend why he decided to return to the world of vampires, the former Lost actor said, "In all honesty, when my agent and manager brought this to me, of course, initially I went, 'Guys, there's no way that we can continue in this genre.' And then they very quickly reminded me, as did my wife, that this was a completely different take."
"This was a totally different view of this genre, and it's a grounded view with a best-selling author with five amazing books, and a graphic novel to back it up and to pull and mine from, and this character wasn't a vampire. This character is a scientist," said Somerhalder.
Somerhalder described his character Dr. Luther Swann in a TVLine interview as someone who is "going to be fighting his way tooth and nail to not only stay alive to protect his son, but as a doctor, as a research physician, and as a scientist, he wants to protect people and he wants to save people."
"He's an infectious disease specialist. He's literally catapulted into this world and he's forced under really tough circumstances to try and find a cure because his best friend in the world is infected," said Somerhalder.
Praise Damon! It's a beautiful day in The Vampire Diaries Universe. Ian Somerhalder gave fans an update on his upcoming vampire Netflix series, V-Wars - and also talked about helping to clean the oceans, being a good dad, etc. Fans got a little bit distracted from the message in his caption because the image of his latest post was, um, this:
In the new series, Ian Somerhalder, age 40, plays the lead character of Dr. Luther Swann. It's a vampire show, but this time he plays the human best friend of Michael Fayne (Adrian Holmes), who turns into a vampire.
Ian Somerhalder said he was drawn to the character of Dr. Luther Swann because he's so different from snarky, rich Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries. Dr. Swann's only superpower is just being a great dad -- plus he's a scientist, which is something Somerhalder said he always wanted to be.
There's no word yet on the premiere date for V-Wars -- beyond fans expecting it sometime in 2019 -- but Ian Somerhalder did talk more about the series during a recent appearance at Wizard World Philadelphia 2019. He told the audience he had been up editing V-Wars until 3 a.m. that morning, before traveling for the panel discussion:
I've been in post-production for eight months on this show. A 10 episode show! I've never heard of anything like it. It's not like this is Game of Thrones. It's not like it's a 20-day $15 million episode. This is a vampire show. Who knew I would leave vampires only to go back to vampires? And I married one, exactly.
Ian Somerhalder directed one episode of V-Wars, and previously showed off some footage from when he was directing on set. He said he was glad he only did one episode because "it probably would've killed me" to do more. However, he's excited about the genre and story -- based on Jonathan Maberry's graphic novels -- and the relevant messages of the show. He's also talked in the past about hoping fans like V-Wars Season 1, or at least watch it enough that Netflix gives them a chance to go back for more in V-Wars Season 2.
Ian Somerhalder gave fans their first look at his Dr. Luther Swann last summer. Now we just have to wait for a trailer and a premiere date on Netflix. Here's what we know so far about V-Wars, including all the cast details. Stay tuned for more. Meanwhile, The Vampire Diaries Universe continues with the second spinoff series, Legacies, following The Originals' Hope Mikaelson. Legacies Season 2 premieres on The CW this October.
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Ratings for Legacies continued to drop, however, and in the middle of the Warner Bros.-Discovery merger, the decision was made to cancel it following season 4. Still, that doesn't mean that there weren't already plans for Legacies season 5. Since the show's cancelation, the TVD universe creator, Julie Plec, and multiple Legacies writers have revealed there were indeed concrete ideas for a Legacies season 5 story arc. The plans even included introducing a few long-awaited characters into the Vampire Diaries universe.
Legacies season 5 not only would have picked things up where Legacies season 4 left off, but it would also have pushed The Vampire Diaries franchise in a bold new direction. Interestingly, Legacies showrunner Brett Matthews revealed that Legacies season 5 would have involved a time jump:
"We would have been in a time-jump scenario. I think the fun of the fifth season would be to really take those characters, who had reached such a good place in the school, and then move them beyond it and throw them in lives beyond it and seeing where they were and how they would all find their way back to one another."
While it initially seems surprising, a time jump makes sense when considering the events of Legacies season 4. One longtime cast member in Kaylee Bryant left and others appeared to be on their way out, their stories brought to a neat close. It would be somewhat odd to pick up right after the events of Legacies season 4 when so much has changed. Clearly, the writers smartly realized that picking up Legacies season 5 with a time jump would be the most efficient way to lead into the story.
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