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Ian Somerhalder To Star In ‘V-Wars’ Vampire Drama For Netflix!

by Dave Elliott
Ian Somerhalder To Star In 'V-Wars' Vampire Drama For Netflix!

Ian Somerhalder To Star In ‘V-Wars’ Vampire Drama For Netflix!

After spending 8 seasons on a show about vampires, most actors would run for the hills when presented with another vampire-based script. Not Ian Somerhalder. He’s signed up to play the lead in an adaptation of the IDW novel V-Wars for Netflix it was announced today!

‘V-Wars’, which has been given a 10-episode straight-to-series order by the streaming service, stars Somerhalder as Dr Luther Swann, who finds himself in a world of untold horror when a millennia-old bacteria transforms his best friend, Michael Fayne, into a murderous predator who feeds on other humans. The disease starts to spread transforming more people and fracturing society into opposing camps. On one side the “normal” humans, on the other, a growing number of “vampires”. Swann must race against time to understand what is happening while Fayne rises to become the powerful underground leader of his new brethren.

The original novel was written by acclaimed New York Times best-selling author and comic book writer Jonathan Maberry. Brad Turner (‘Stargate’ franchise, ‘The Shannara Chronicles’, ’24’) will direct the pilot and exec produce the show. William Laurin and Glenn Davis (‘Aftermath’, ‘Missing’) will serve as showrunners.

“We could not have dreamed of a better choice than Ian Somerhalder to bring his keen understanding of this genre from his years of starring in ‘The Vampire Diaries’ to lead the cast of V-Wars as Dr. Luther Swann and to be a creative force on this series, as well as to serve as a director this season,” commented David Ozer, President, IDW Entertainment. “We are thrilled to partner with Netflix to bring the multifaceted world that Jonathan Maberry created to audiences worldwide.”

Somerhalder has recently finished his 8 season stint on ‘The Vampire Diaries’ where he played the vampire we all love to hate to love, Damon Salvatore. He also stepped behind the camera on the show, directing a number of episodes in the later seasons, something he will continue to do on ‘V-Wars’. Prior to TVD, he played Boone Carlyle in ‘Lost’ and Adam Knight in ‘Smallville’. He also has an overall deal with Warner Bros TV to produce shows for their networks with his wife, Nikki Reed, via their production company, Rare Bird Productions.

No news yet on exactly when V-Wars will come to Netflix, but we’d guess it probably won’t be until 2019.

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