Vampire Diaries spinoff in the works
The Vampire Diaries is reportedly getting its own spinoff.
The CW have started working on the back story for the show,where Joseph Morgan (Klaus) and Phoebe Tonkin (Hayley) will star in a ‘backdoor pilot’ for the potential new series, according to Deadline.
The planned series would be called The Originals, and would follow the Original family of vampires, seeing Klaus return to the French Quarter of New Orleans, a town he helped to build centuries earlier.
Klaus will reunite with former protégé Marcel when he gets there, with Tonkin appearing in her werewolf role of Hayley.
Vampire Diaries exec Julie Plec is writing the pilot episode, and will also executive produce alongside Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros TV and CBS TV Studios.
