The Vampire Diaries Season 9 Updates: Is It Happening?

The series finale aired back in 2017 but fans are still hopeful the show might return, but how likely is The Vampire Diaries season 9?

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Updated: February 24, 2021

The eighth and final season of The CW’s supernatural teen drama wrapped four years years ago, but will fans ever get to see The Vampire Diaries season 9? Based on the best-selling book series by L.J. Smith, The Vampire Diaries was developed for the small screen by Dawson’s Creek creator Kevin Williamson with his long-time collaborator Julie Plec and premiered on The CW in 2009. Set in the picturesque, but paranormal town of Mystic Falls, the long-running series focused on the vampire love triangle between protagonists Elena (Nina Dobrev), Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) and his brother Damon (Ian Somerhalder), alongside the town’s other human and not-so-human inhabitants.

The Vampire Diaries spawned not one, but two spinoffs – The Originals and Legacies – and developed a loyal fan following over its eight seasons on the air. The show enjoyed a good run and its season 8 finale wrapped up most of its unresolved storylines nicely in an epic episode that featured some major character deaths and a few happy endings.

Despite its satisfying finale fans of the show still hope another season might be on the cards, but could The Vampire Diaries season 9 ever happen?

The CW Canceled The Vampire Diaries In 2017

Just a few months after The CW renewed the show for its eighth season, showrunner Julie Plec announced The Vampire Diaries would end with season 8, feeling the show had come to a natural end. Fans may have been disappointed then, but the knowledge that season 8 would be the show’s last allowed its makers to craft a final season that tied up loose ends and bid a proper farewell to its characters.

The Vampire Diaries Season 9 Isn’t Likely

Star Ian Somerhalder has stated several times he feels The Vampire Diaries chapter of his career is closed and seeing as Nina Dobrev left the show in season 6 and only returned for the finale, it doesn’t seem likely she’d be interested in filming a ninth season. More recently, Somerhalder appeared on Andy Cohen Live and seemed to lay the rumors to rest regarding his and Dobrev’s return for a season 9. In his words: “I have not heard anything about a season nine…I mean, like, what would happen? Stefan and Damon…Damon has, like, gray hair and…they have canes?… Listen, it ran a great course and now it’s still living. That’s what’s so amazing. It’s still living.”

That sounds like the nail in the coffin on a potential ninth season, but Somerhalder is right, The Vampire Diaries does live on through spinoffs. What’s more, Kevin Williamson has moved on to new things with the CBS anthology thriller series Tell Me A Story, while showrunner Julie Plec is currently working on Vampire Diaries spinoff Legacies and Roswell, New Mexico. With all that in mind, it doesn’t seem like another season would fit into anyone’s schedules.

The Vampire Diaries Has Ended But There’s Still Legacies

The Vampire Diaries might be over and its first spinoff The Originals has unfortunately followed suit. However, fellow spinoff Legacies is still on the air and packed with enough Vampire Diaries Easter eggs to fill the vampire-shaped hole in any fan’s life. The series is still thriving and, while there were some delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, Legacies season 3 premieres February 25, 2021 on The CW. For fans thirsting for even more vampire stories, there’s good news as Legacies has already been renewed for a fourth season, set to air during the 2021-2022 TV season.

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