‘Vampirina: Teenage Vampire’ Live-Action Series Sets Release Date & Pulls Back the Cape on First-Look Teaser

Vampirina is taking flight from her animated Disney Jr. series to a live-action tween series premiering next month on Disney Channel.

The first two episodes of the music-driven Vampirina: Teenage Vampire arrive Sept. 12 on Disney Channel, and all 16 episodes will hit Disney+ and Disney Channel On Demand on Oct. 15, Billboard Family can exclusively reveal. According to Disney Branded Television — which also released the first official teaser trailer and poster for the show on Tuesday (Aug. 12) — the title character “leaves the safety of Transylvania to attend a performing arts boarding school. Living amongst humans for the first time, she pursues her passion for music while keeping her vampire identity a secret, something that’s made more challenging when her overprotective father charges an overzealous ghost to live with her at the school.”

Kenzi Richardson stars as Vampirina, or “Vee,” while Jiwon Lee plays Vee’s roommate Sophie; Shaun Dixon is “the intriguing and laid-back” Elijah; Milo Maharlika is 600-year-old ghost Demi; and Faith Hedley is Vee’s super-talented classmate Britney. Kate Reinders and Jeff Meacham play Vee’s vampire parents, while Kim Coles (Living Single) is Dean Merriweather of Wilson Hall Academy of the Arts.

Watch the teaser below:

Season 1 guest stars include Mykal-Michelle Harris (Mixed-ish) as Ruby, Janice LeAnn Brown as her Wizards Beyond Waverly Place character Billie in a crossover episode, Jenna Davis (M3GAN) as “magnetic upperclassman” Megan, and Ariel Martin (ZOMBIES) as the cheekily named pop star Millie Eyelash.

Before the new live-action spin-off, the animated Vampirina series — which itself was based on the Vampirina Ballerina series of children’s books written by Anne Marie Pace — debuted in 2017 on Disney Jr. and ran for three seasons and 75 episodes.

Dan Cross and David Hoge (Julie and the Phantoms) are showrunners and executive producers of Vampirina: Teenage Vampire, joined by High School Musical: The Musical: The Series creator Tim Federle, Bronwyn North-Reist and Meg Deloatch as exec producers.

Episodes one and two of Vampirina: Teenage Vampire will premiere Friday, Sept. 12, at 8 and 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on Disney Channel with new episodes weekly, before the series’ Oct. 15 arrival on Disney+ and Disney Channel On Demand.