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Ian Somerhalder isn’t done with vampires just yet. Deadline reports the Vampire Diaries star has joined Netflix’s new TV show V-Wars.

Based on the book by Jonathan Maberry, the drama stars Somerhalder as “Dr. Luther Swann, who enters a world of untold horror when a mysterious disease transforms his best friend, Michael Fayne, into a murderous predator who feeds on other humans.”

Netflix has ordered 10 episodes of V-Wars. A premiere date has not yet been announced.

What do you think? Are you familiar with V-Wars? Will you watch the Netflix series?