Here’s everything we know about the HBO Max’s original Gossip Girl focused on the lives of privileged teens living in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Its cast included Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick, and Chace Crawford.
The creative team who worked on Gossip Girl is returning for the reboot. Joshua Safran, an executive producer on the original, will serve as showrunner. He’ll also executive produce the reboot, alongside Gossip Girl co-creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. For his part, Safran has promised that the reboot will be more diverse in of highlighting BIPOC and LGBTQ+ characters. Although the show will introduce new protagonists and antagonists, it’s set in the same universe as its predecessor.
With the premiere of the Gossip Girl reboot fast approaching, here’s everything we know about when and how it will be released in addition to information about the show’s cast and storylines.
HBO Max’s Gossip Girl Release Date
The reboot of Gossip Girl will premiere in July 2021. Season 1 will consist of 10 episodes and, if it follows the release models of other HBO Max dramas like The Flight Attendant and Love Life, it’s possible that more than one episode will be released each week.
HBO Max’s Gossip Girl Cast
The reboot features a large ensemble cast. It includes Whitney Peak (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Emily Alyn Lind (Doctor Sleep), Jordan Alexander (Sacred Lies), Thomas Doherty (Catherine the Great), Eli Brown (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists), Zión Moreno (Control Z), Tavi Gevinson (The Twilight Zone season 2 episode, “A Human Face”), in addition to Evan Mock and Savannah Smith in their debut roles. Johnathan Fernandez, Jason Gotay, Adam Chanler-Berat, Laura Benanti, Donna Murphy, and Elizabeth Lail (Netflix’s YOU) round out the ensemble.
When it comes to the original cast of Gossip Girl, Kristen Bell will be back to narrate the series. While no other actors are announced as reprising their roles, Lively, Meester, and Crawford have all said they’re open to returning in some capacity.
HBO Max's Gossip Girl Story Details
It’s known that the Gossip Girl reboot picks up almost a decade after the conclusion of the original series. It’ll follow a new set of Manhattan private schoolers who fall under the watchful eye of Gossip Girl, while demonstrating how much social media, in addition to the landscape of New York City itself, has changed in the intervening years. It’s also been revealed that the reboot will see Gossip Girl’s blog grow into a complete social media platform. Most notably, it’s been teased that the Gossip Girl reboot contains a top-secret twist that’s being kept under wraps.