Lucy Fry did not receive a callback for the first casting. When the producers started accepting self-tapes she submitted one that landed her a studio callback.
The psi-hounds were originally filmed using trained dogs, but director Mark Waters was not happy with the way they looked. They were replaced with CGI dogs, modeled off a drawing author Richelle Mead made for Waters.
In the beginning when Rose lets Lissa feed on her in the kitchen, she bites in on her shoulder but when Rose gets up and looks out the window, she is wiping her neck clean.
Natalie comments about how Mia had been around, and had a new haircut, but in the pictures of her with Andre (from 2 years prior), she had the same haircut.
Rose Hathaway: God, the female - especially one who lives off of blood and magic - is going to have her mood swings. It is never the girl's fault, even when it is the girl's fault. No one ever explained that to you?
Yes, the movie is based on the first book in a series of six teen/young adult Vampire Academy books written by Richelle Mead. The books include: (1) Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters (2007), (2) Vampire Academy: Frostbite (2008), (3) Vampire Academy: Shadow Kiss (2008), (4) Vampire Academy: Blood Promise (2009), (5) Vampire Academy: Spirit Bound (2010), and (6) Vampire Academy: Last Sacrifice (2010).