Even though the YA-to-film category has experienced hits and misses this year, those hits were still enough to compel the industry to forge forward with more young-adult properties. Like last year, there are quite a few worth keeping track of coming our way, so before we forge forward with that 2014 lineup, we want to make sure you’ve got all the basics on the ones that could become or continue to be the next big thing.
VAMPIRE ACADEMY
February 14
What It Is: Vampire Academy features Lucy Fry and Zoey Deutch as Lissa Dragomir and Rose Hathaway, respectively. They both attend the same school – St. Vladimir’s Academy – but are plowing through two totally different curriculums because Lucy is a Moroi and Rose is a Dhampir. Or, better yet, Lucy is a vampire and Rose is the half-human/half-vampire who’s being trained to protect her. In addition to the Moroi, there are also Strigoi vampires lurking about and they’re out to kill Moroi because by dining on vampires rather than humans or Dhampir’s, they stay stronger, faster and are also immortal.
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