'The Vampire Diaries' spin-off may be in the works

Vampire Diaries may have come to an end after eight seasons, but according to creator Julie Plec, the franchise might not have completely died out.

'The Vampire Diaries' spinoff 'The Originals' is all set to debut its fourth season and the 44-year-old producer told The Hollywood Reporter that she "see(s)... a future for either 'The Originals' or another piece of the franchise to launch off of the end of 'The Originals'."

Plec added, "I look forward to being able to play around in that sandbox and see if I can make something of it."

While she has some ideas, looks like she's not going to jump on them immediately.

"There are a lot of different things floating around in my head," she revealed, adding "and the first thing I'm going to do is not write and take a vacation. And then when I come back on the other side of that I'm going to go back to work.