VA Character and Profile Image Descriptions

@VAOfficalMovie has been releasing terminology and character descriptions over the last few days. Keep checking back to see if they release more images!

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Character Descriptions:

"Mason, haven’t you heard: nice guys finish last."

"Natalie, such a derp. #VAMovie"

"Queen bee of the hater brigade. #VAMovie"

+ See more character profiles, elements and terminologies below!

Sarah Hyland Interview On the Set of 'Vampire Academy'

Same interview conducted by fangirlishness and Page to Premiere

What was the casting process like for VA?

I’d gotten the script and I thought this was really cool and it’s a vampire film, and the character Natalie is pretty awesome with the way things turn out for her. So I Skyped with the casting director, and we put myself on tape through Skype and I thought this was weird because of the noise and the quality was just not good at all. So then Mark wanted to Skype with me, he was in London and I was filming ‘Bonnie & Clyde’, and I had someone from production come and help me set up a camera and she read with me while Mark observed and that was it. I didn’t read with anybody and there was no audition in person.

For the few people in the world who don’t know about Vampire Academy could you explain how your character fits into it?

My character is Natalie Dashkov, she is Victor Dashkov’s looney geeky crazy gossip loving daughter, so when Lissa and Rose escaped the Academy and are brought back they befriend her because they want to stay off the social network and clearly Natalie is not a part of that. So they befriend her, and that’s all I can really say.

What’s the scene that you’ve read in the book that you’re most excited to film?

I’ve already filmed the scenes that I was most looking forward to filming, but I can’t talk about that I’m sorry.

Your character sounds a lot different from what you’re usually playing, but just how are they different?

Natalie is very spastic, and geeky and just socially awkward and clearly Hayley (Modern Family) is none of those things. It was fun I found a lot of things to bring to Hayley, certain twitches that she has and just small character things that I don’t think anyone will notice but I had such a fun time with a character that Richelle has brilliantly thought up.

Read the rest of Sarah's interview HERE

Hypable's Vampire Academy Set Visit Report + Recap from Fangirlishness

'Vampire Academy' set visit report - How mean can vampire girls be?

Earlier this year, Hypable visited the set of Vampire Academy for a behind the scenes look at the eagerly anticipated young adult novel-turned-movie arriving in 2014. This was our opportunity to speak to the cast and crew and find out for ourselves just how progress was going on one of our absolute favorite fandoms.

The cast were filming for a total of 8 weeks (in roughly 20 different locations), and we caught up with them on week 6 during an on-location set in the heart of London. The scenic University College London (UCL) provides the backdrop for St. Vladimir’s Academy and we were lucky enough to witness several scenes being filmed within this stunning atmosphere.

Although rarely illustrative when watching a movie for the first time, the filming process is repetitive and arduous; each scene is shot, and re-shot, and re-re-shot, then again in different camera angles. The mark of good filmmaking is attention to detail and the most striking impression we were left with after departing the set was the sheer meticulousness of every scene. The director, Mark Waters (Mean Girls), quite clearly has a very precise vision in bringing the story to life and that is to remain as loyal to Richelle Mead’s world as much as possible.

The Vampire Academy fandom is large, vibrant, enthusiastic and protective of the stories that they have taken to heart; the cast and crew seem all too aware of this and delivering a movie that above all else, is meaningful to the fandom community seems to be the overarching ambition of the team. This is an admirable endeavour and certainly left us feeling reassured.

+Read what they had to say about casting with Danila, Lucy, Dominic, Sarah and more on Hypable HERE

You can also read the set visit recap from fangirlishness HERE

New still of Lissa (Lucy Fry) and Rose (Zoey Deutch) from Vampire Academy!

"Moroi like Lissa (@LucyFryOfficial) require SPF 1000. #VAMovie"

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The Vampire Academy: Official Illustrated Movie Companion Cover featuring NEW STILLS of Dimitri, Rose, and Lissa!

 

The Vampire Academy: Official Illustrated Movie Companion will be on sale December 31, 2013. 

You can pre-order now from one of the following: 

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

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Scans from the Movie Companion can be found HERE

NEW Picture of Rose (Zoey Deutch) and Dimitri (Danila Kozlovsky) on the set of Vampire Academy!

"Stop pretending to read and just make-out already."

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Danila Kozlovsky Talks 'Vampire Academy' in New Russian Video Interview with OTR-Online Channel

Full video interview in Russian can be found HERE

Translation where he talks about Vampire Academy:

Correspondent: But nevertheless you come close to this goal this year, starring in the Hollywood story “Vampire Academy”

Danila: It was a very interesting experience I can honestly say that I dreamed of it and which was sought, i made certain steps. And I am very glad that at some point it happened, and this story took place, this adaptation of the books by Richelle Mead, fiction fantasy. This is a very interesting story and interesting role of a half-vampire, half-human, a dhampir. He has Russian roots, but for a very long time he’s been living in America. He has worked in the Academy and speaks with a slight accent, which makes him even more attractive in the eyes of the female heroine. The love relationship flares up between them, but it is impossible, because he is a teacher and she is a young student. It was an amazing experience with a super talented team of cinematographers, with director Mark Waters, producers, operators, and a super talented team of actors. A very young team. The shooting period lasted for about three months since the preparation started. The premiere will be on February 14th.

You can read the full translated interview on KozlovskyBR HERE

Richelle Mead Weighs in on Vampire Academy Film with CBS News

"Vampire Academy" author Richelle Mead weighs in on film, possible sequels

Richelle Mead is enjoying watching the fruits of her labor play out in movie form.

The author behind the best-selling young adult series "Vampire Academy" is happy with how director Mark Waters is reimaging her 2007 novel for the big screen. The film, which stars Zoey Deutch, Sarah Hyland, Olga Kurylenko, Joely Richardson and Gabriel Byrne, follows Rose Hathaway (Deutch), 17-year old half-vampire who's training to be a bodyguard for living vampires. Her life gets complicated as she soon realizes the dangers her new role involves.

"Everything I've seen I thought was really well done," Mead told CBSNews.com about the film, which lands in theaters on Feb. 14, 2014. "The books are very hard to stick into any one genre. They've got these humorous moments. Then they've got these serious moments. It's just such a mix and I love that they capture that and didn't go in all one direction. They didn't make it so melodramatic with no jokes. On the other hand, they didn't suddenly make it a farce either. They got what I was trying to do, which is live is a juxtaposition of all these different things, so why not make a story about life. I think they really got the tone well."

Read more from Richelle about book-to-screen adaptations HERE

5 NEW STILLS from Entertainment Weekly + 2 Additional Movie Stills!

"This is an interesting one because there's a running gag in the movie where Rose tries to surprise attack Dimitri, and this is the first time she tries to do it,'' previews Waters. ''She says, 'I should have had you!' And he says, 'Well, keep it up. Keep trying to attack. It's good training for both of us.' But the tension of this moment is nice because after he tackles her and pins her down, they realize, 'Wait a second. I'm still holding you down. And we're still really close to each other.' It's a bit of an uncomfortable, awkward, romantic moment when they realize that they're this close to each other and they have to kind of quickly disengage.'' 

4 More New Stills from Entertainment Weekly + 2 Additional Stills Below!

NEW Picture of the Vampire Academy Cast + New Article from People Magazine

(From left) Cameron Monaghan, Ashley Charles, Sami Gayle, Sarah Hyland, Lucy Fry, Richelle Mead, Zoey Deutch and Dominic Sherwood

Article from People Magazine:

It's hard enough being a teenager – just imagine being a teenage vampire. 

Vampire Academy, the film based on Richelle Mead's best-selling novels, follows Rose Hathaway and her best friend Lissa Dragomir, students at St. Vladimir's Academy in Montana. But these aren't your run-of-the-mill, glittering-in-the-sun, garlic-and-silver-fearing vampires. 

There's the Moroi, mortal vampires with magical abilities who drink blood from human volunteers and don't kill anyone, and the Strigoi, immortal vampires who prey on Moroi and humans and murder in their quest for blood. And it's up to a few teenagers to keep the peace between the two. 

The film, which stars Ringer's Zoey Deutch (the daughter of actress Lea Thompson and director Howard Deutch) as Rose, Lucy Fry as Lissa and Modern Family's Sarah Hyland as Natalie, doesn't hit theaters until Valentine's Day, but Mead is already speaking out about the cast. 

"Zoey looks so much like the Rose in my head, it's almost eerie," Mead exclusively tells PEOPLE. "Zoey not only looks the part of Rose, she lives it. She's got that same energy and powerful presence that Rose has – not to mention a similar sense of humor! When she walks into the room, everyone knows it." 

+ More from the article underneath!

NEW Picture of Rose (Zoey Deutch) and Dimitri (Danila Kozlovsky) training on the set of Vampire Academy!

"Working out isn’t bad when it looks this good. #VAMovie"

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Teen Interviews Zoey Deutch about Vampire Academy, Love and Halloween!

EXCLUSIVE: Zoey Deutch Talks ‘Vampire Academy,’ Love and Halloween

It’s not every day that you get to talk to the young woman who’s playing the heroine in one of your fave YA book-to-movie adaptations. But hey, it happened to me as I got to chat with the beautiful Zoey Deutch, who plays lead Rose in Vampire Academy.

Let me preface the Q&A by saying that she is, perhaps, one of the sweetest young acts — if not THE sweetest — I’ve had the chance to interview. And funny, too. (In fact, we should probably be best friends.) She even appreciates the term I only recently learned from @BloodIsFamily, fang-girl. “Fang-girls! I’ve never noticed that; that’s hilarious. That’s so clever. I’m going to start using that,” she says.

Okay, now for the part you’ve all been waiting for. You’ve read our interviews with Dan Waters and Richelle Mead. Now find out what Zoey had to say about Vampire Academy, as well as Comic Con, her co-stars, love and even Halloween!

Read the rest of the interview with Zoey HERE

New Picture of Rose Hathaway (Zoey Deutch) on the set of Vampire Academy

"GET IT, GURL! Badass biceps brought to you by Zoey Deutch (Rose)." 

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New York Comic Con: Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Dominic Sherwood and Sami Gayle (October 11)

Zoey, Lucy, Dom, and Sami attended New York Comic Con for the very first Vampire Academy Movie Panel along with Director Mark Waters and Screenwriter Dan Waters! Check out all pictures, videos, interviews and more from each cast member below. We will keep updating this post as more come in!

+ Panel/HQ pictures, videos and tweets underneath!

MTV's Josh Horowitz Interviews Zoey Deutch and Lucy Fry!

Youtube Videos:
Zoey and Lucy talk about their audition and chemistry

+ Part 2 of the Interview underneath!

VIDEO: MTV's Set Visit on Vampire Academy!

Youtube Video:

500 Screencaps on our Imagebam: HERE

Don't forget another extended look will be released on MTV News tomorrow!

VH+1 Talking to Zoey Deutch and Lucy Fry LIVE Thursday, October 10

VH+1 will be chatting live with Vampire Academy stars Zoey Deutch and Lucy Fry Thursday, October 10 at 3pm EST. You can check out the livestream and submit your questions right here below!

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NEW Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters Poster!

Yahoo! Movies has released a poster for Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters featuring Zoey Deutch & Lucy Fry as Rose Hathaway and Lissa Dragomir.

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NEW STILLS of Rose Hathaway (Zoey Deutch) and Lissa Dragomir (Lucy Fry) in Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters

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Yahoo! Movies Interviews Dan Waters (October 10)

Silver Stakes and More: ‘Vampire Academy’ Screenwriter Will Ease Your Mind on 5 Big Differences

Yes, Rose has a silver stake. Don't freak out.

When the 60-second teaser trailer for "Vampire Academy" premiered here on Yahoo Movies, fans got a bit nervous. Despite its sassy voiceover and quick cuts, eagle eyes caught onto some key moments that didn't quite mesh with the first book in Richelle Mead's bestselling series about a pair of teen vampire BFFs.

We get it … and so do the film's screenwriter, Dan Waters, and his brother Mark, who's directing it. And they want to make you happy.

"I have always had an attitude from the beginning that I would listen to fans and respect the fans, but not be their bitch," Dan told Yahoo Movies. "At some point, I know a little more about turning a book into a movie. I'm not one of these people who just take a paycheck and do anything, who just take the title and go with it. I'm adapting 'Vampire Academy' because I love 'Vampire Academy.'"

Before we get into Dan's explanation of some of his changes, here's one thing he didn't change that he totally wanted to: the title.

"I'm not crazy about the title — it's hard to tell the title to your adult friends," he confessed. "It sounds like Saturday morning cartoons … It just seems so kiddie. But it's so much more than that, obviously."

1. Rose has the silver stake. In the books, heroine and protector Rose Hathaway doesn't get her hands on the coveted Guardian weapon until the second book, but the trailer shows her clutching one. Dan's excuse? He wants to be able to make a second movie! "I'm sorry, I had to do it to make it interesting," he said. "When you are writing five books, you can move things at a deliberate pace. I think that without a great first movie, there is no second one." That's a fair reason, right?

Read about the other 4 big differences HERE