{"id":9323,"date":"2018-04-17T10:12:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T14:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ian-somerhalder-star-netflix-vampire-series\/"},"modified":"2018-04-17T12:30:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T16:30:56","slug":"ian-somerhalder-to-star-in-netflix-vampire-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ian-somerhalder-to-star-in-netflix-vampire-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian\u00a0Somerhalder to Star in Netflix Vampire Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Vampire Diaries<\/em>\u00a0alum Ian\u00a0Somerhalder is set to star in the new Netflix original series <em>V-Wars<\/em>, based on an IDW comic of the same name.<\/p>\n<p><em>V-Wars<\/em> follows Dr. Luther Swann (Somerhalder) as he tries to understand the nature of a mysterious disease that has transformed his best friend into a human-hunting predator. Netflix has ordered an initial ten episodes.<\/p>\n<p>The series is based on IDW Publishing\u2019s\u00a0<em>V-Wars<\/em>\u00a0franchise, written by<em>\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0best-selling author Jonathan Maberry. High Park Entertainment is producing alongside IDW Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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 <em>The Vampire Diaries<\/em> to lead the cast of <em>V-Wars<\/em> as Dr. Luther Swann and to be a creative force on this series, as well as to serve as a director this season,&#8221; said David Ozer, the president of IDW Entertainment. &#8220;We are thrilled to partner with Netflix to bring the multifaceted world that Jonathan Maberry created to audiences worldwide.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vampire Diaries\u00a0alum Ian\u00a0Somerhalder is set to star in the new Netflix original series V-Wars, based on an IDW comic of the same name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2446,1457,88],"class_list":["post-9323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-ian-somerhalder","tag-idw-entertainment","tag-netflix","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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