Vampire Diaries Vet Paul Wesley Reveals Next Lead TV Role
Paul Wesley just revealed some exciting TV plans. The Vampire Diaries alum isn't bringing Stefan Salvatore to the spinoff Legacies -- Stefan is staying dead, and only returning via repeated name-drops and apparently a niece out there named in his honor. But Wesley did just announce a new TV role, along with a new production partnership between his company, Citizen Media, and TV producer Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment.
One of the first projects they're working on is a drama Paul Wesley will both star in and executive produce. It's based off Jason Smith's non-fiction article Confessions Of a Drug-Addicted High School Teacher, Deadline reports.
That story follows Smith's two-year stint teaching public high school in northern California. Smith taught while taking heavy doses of prescription narcotics, and found that his broken feelings from addiction attracted broken students. As the story noted, in a town obsessed with high school football, the teacher learned he wasn't alone in his obsession to escape from himself.
Paul Wesley is also working on the supernatural crime drama Possessed, based on the 2009 Korean series. It's not clear if Wesley would have a role in that series or just help produce it. Only some of the planned projects are intended to be starring vehicles for Wesley, but they're all intended to promote his company, and they're all aimed at broadcast, cable, and streaming networks.
Paul Wesley shared a link to Deadline's story on his new production deal and drama series projects, adding this note on Instagram
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