First Kill confirmed for release in June 2022 on Netflix

We’ve got some great news to share with fans of Victoria “V.E.” Schwab today. If you have been eagerly anticipating the new gay vampire series First Kill then you’ll be pleased to know that the show is coming much sooner than you might expect. On May 5, Netflix confirmed that First Kill season 1 would launch in June 2022. That’s only a month away!

Schwab is an accomplished fiction writer who helmed popular novels like The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, the Shades of Magic series and the Villains series (including the breakout hit Vicious). Next she’ll further showcase her writing talents with the upcoming Netflix series First Kill, on which she serves as creator, head writer and executive producer.

The show focuses on a love story between a vampire and a vampire slayer. Lead character Juliette needs to make her first kill and take her place among her powerful vampire family, but when she chooses a girl named Calliope and learns she comes from a line of hunters, both girls discover neither will be easy to murder.

Schwab’s show is based on one of her short stories. Felicia D. Henderson (The Punisher, Gossip Girl) will serve as the showrunner, writer and executive producer alongside Schwab. Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss are also executive producing through Belletrist Productions. The series stars Sarah Catherine Hook, Imani Lewis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Aubin Wise, Gracie Dzienny, Dominic Goodman, Phillip Mullings, Jr. and Jason R. Moore.

First Kill confirmed for release in June 2022 on Netflix

All eight episodes of the show’s first season will start streaming on Friday, June 10, 2022. It is reported that each episode is about one full hour in length. Netflix content releases at 12:00 a.m. PT/3:00 a.m. ET. Those on central time will get the show at 2:00 a.m. CT.

Are you looking forward to watching First Kill? What do you hope to see from the show? Add it to your Netflix watchlist now.