Producers behind "Gossip Girl" are inviting their casts, such as Blake Lively and Leighton Meester, to join them for the reboot of the beloved teen drama. Fans of characters like Serena and Blair still wants to see them take over the Upper East Side.
Josh Schwartz, the executive producer of the show, shared with reporters at the Television Critics Association summer press tour this week that they've reached out to all of them to let them know it was happening, and they would love for them to be involved if they want to be involved. He, however, said that they didn't want to make it contingent upon their participation. The producers acknowledged that they played the roles for years, and if they think that they are done, they will respect it. He, however, believes that it would be great to see them again.
The producer said that there aren't, like, new actors playing Serena and Blair. Schwartz wants to consider the new project as a continuation of that world instead of a remake of the series. The series ran successfully for six seasons on the CW starting in 2007 until 2012. Its first season started the careers of the 31-year-old, Lively, and the 33-year-old, Leighton. The casts of the series included Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, Taylor Momsen, and Jessica Szohr.
The late-2000s drama was ordered a 10-episode reboot on July 17. It is scheduled to appear on the upcoming streaming service HBO Max, owned by WarnerMedia and slated to debut in the spring of 2020. The producer did not mention the premiere date of the series.
Spoilers claimed that the new show would take place eight years after the events that transpired in the original series. It was reported that Joshua Safran would return at Gossip Girl's executive producer. He is also expected to write the series.
Swartz revealed his conversation with co-creator Stephanie Savage during an interview with TV Line. He said that they felt like a version that was just our cast grown-up, regardless of what the challenges would be of assembling those actors again, it didn't feel like a group of adults who were being controlled by Gossip Girl would make a lot of sense. He added that it felt like there was something really interesting about this idea that we are all Gossip Girl now, in our way, that we are all kind of purveyors of our social media state.
