News Universal Monsters Scream 7 Director Is Making an “Adult Vampire Diaries” Series With Universal Monsters Local villagers report hearing noises from the castle once more By Matthew Byrd | Published on March 3, 2026 Image: Universal Pictures Comment 0 Share New Share Image: Universal Pictures Well, this is unexpected. In an interview with Esquire, Scream 7 director Kevin Williamson revealed that his next project is a TV series based on the Universal monster films that he says will be spiritually similar to the CW show The Vampire Diaries. “Netflix and Universal were very kind to let me go direct Scream 7 and put some projects on hold, and now I’m focused on those. The one I’m writing right now is a show,” Williamson says. “You might call it an adult Vampire Diaries. It’s based in the Universal monster land. I get to play with some of those characters like Dracula and Frankenstein and the Wolf Man and have fun there.” The Vampire Diaries comparison shouldn’t come as much of a surprise considering that Williamson created that TV series (though it was based on novels by L. J. Smith). For those who need a refresher, The Vampire Diaries followed a young girl who falls in love with a vampire in a small town where an unusual amount of supernatural events typically occur. Williamson has said that the book’s small town elements actually drew him to the project rather than the high school drama and romantic elements, so perhaps we should expect a similar emphasis in this upcoming series. No, the bigger surprise here is the Universal monsters bit. Ever since the fabled Dark Universe films became one of the most significant failures in recent Hollywood history, the Universal monsters have been surprisingly dormant (though local villagers will tell you they still hear howls echo throughout the castle walls that are mightier than what mere wind can accomplish). There have been rumors of creators pitching and developing various projects based on the monsters, but most of those reports suggested that Universal was more interested in standalone stories than a shared universe. While this show wouldn’t necessarily have to connect to any other projects, the idea of an “Oops, all monsters” TV series is certainly an unusual creative pivot. Still, the potential is clearly there. Shows like Penny Dreadful showed that you can have a lot of fun playing with monster lore, and there are certainly small town supernatural storytelling elements in many of the classic Universal movies that Williamson may be especially interested in revisiting. At least that’s what we assume he means by this being similar to The Vampire Diaries. It is, of course, also possible that a youngster will fall in love with The Wolf Man (once again leaving the poor Gill-man in the cold). No other information is available about the series at this time, but given that this could be Williamson’s blank check project following the success of Scream 7 (despite its many controversies), it seems likely this show will see the light of day. [end-mark] The post <i>Scream 7</i> Director Is Making an “Adult <i>Vampire Diaries</i>” Series With Universal Monsters appeared first on Reactor.