Richelle Mead talks VA Adaptation and reveals 'Silver Shadows' Cover

Vampire-novel aficionados know best-selling author Richelle Mead is the writer to follow for zippy, romantic, action-packed novels about teenage vampires. No, the vampires in her "Vampire Academy" series don't sparkle in sunlight, but they do deal with a fascinating monarchy, complicated caste system, and the ongoing threat posed from a bloodthirsty group of killer vampires. Plus, her characters still deal with all of the usual body image, relationship and self-esteem issues adolescents – mortal or immortal -- deal with in high school (albeit a special academy for the vampire elite and their half-human, half-vampire bodyguards).

Mead's popular boarding school vampire series hits the big screen next year, starring Lucy Fry, Zoey Deutch, and Russian heartthrob Danila Kozlovsky; to get you caught up to the speed before the first installment hits theaters next year, we spoke with Mead about the transition from page to screen -- and have the exclusive cover reveal to "Silver Shadows," the next installment in the "Bloodlines" spin-off series. 

Moviefone: I know you didn't write with specific actors in mind, but does the cast match what you think the characters look like?
Richelle: The leads are so spot-on with what I had in my head. Dimitri especially is a great choice; I love that they cast a Russian actor to play him. It's perfect; we're going to have a genuine accent. He's the real deal. He's so very handsome, but he's also so nice. It's easy to forget he turns into this hard, bad-ass warrior guy on screen, because when you're hanging out with him off-camera, he's so personable and sweet to everyone.

Any examples of those changes we can expect?
The opening when Rose and Dimitri first meet is not verbatim exactly what happens in the book. It's not radically different either -- like on top of a building and Dimitri all of a sudden parachutes in, or anything that weird or completely made up. It is visually more interesting than the book, and that's all I can say! It's little changes like that that will read better for the screen. I hope readers will agree with me.

So we know what the readers want to see – kissing! – but what scenes are you most excited to see come to life?
Well, all of them, obviously! Definitely the ending. The ending is really action-packed, and I'm just so excited to see when suddenly all of the puzzle pieces adding up throughout the story finally come together. It's like dominoes, and everything starts happening really quickly. I'm excited to see that play out. And again that opening scene: After seeing snippets of it, I'm so excited to see the way it kicks off the movie.

~Cover of Silver Shadows, Bloodlines #5 comes out June 29, 2014

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