Talk has been surrounding the chance of a belated sequel to 2014’s Vampire Academy getting the cinematic treatment again after a recent run of a loose adaptation of the series on streaming with Peacock. Sreenrant posted an explanation that the sequel, Frostbite will not be happening at least not for the 2014 film after fans raised questions after the cancellation of the series on streaming.
The original novel Vampire Academy written by Richelle Mead made its grand debut in 2007 during a large boom in popularity with young adult novels centered around the supernatural, just like the other popular series that climbed to the top Vampire Academy entered the works to become a feature film. It was expected to spawn a series furthering the franchise just like the Harry Potter and Twilight films were doing at the time but bombed at the box office while the novels went on.
Vampire Acedamy pulled on Mark Waters director of the original Mean Girls of 2004 to helm the project. The film boasted a smaller budget at 30 million, but it only made back 15 million tanking the chances of a sequel of the second novel Frostbite being put to screen. Despite this, Preger Entertainment, the company that holds the rights to the series for film, attempted in 2014 to raise the rest of the needed budget for the sequel with a Kickstarter goal of 1.5 million, but the fundraising only produced 254,500. Adding onto the uphill battle was the low critic scores and mediocre reviews from audiences.
While Frostbite never came to the silver screen the story along with the other novels in the series penned by Mead made their way to the home screens of Peacock subscribers who in a turn of events gave the series poor reviews this time while critics were praising it. Fans will have to wait for another attempt at bringing the novels to screens.
Leave a Comment