The new iteration of GossipGirl will take place 8 years after the original website went dark
fans, because it's officially time to return to the Upper East Side and immerse yourselves in the lives of Manhattan's elite — again. Finally, after several online rumors and countless requests for a reboot from diehard fans on social media, the hit drama series that aired on The CW from 2007-2012 is coming back. And no, it won't be a carbon copy of the original.
Unfortunately, Safran remained extremely tight-lipped about the plot of the impending series, but he did describe it as an"extension" of the original."It's just a new look at this particular society in New York, the idea being that society changes constantly," he said."So how has this world changed, how has social media and its effect changed? All of those things allow us to look at the world 12 years on as opposed to just redoing the story.
The executive producer didn't delve into further details, but the show's logline does reveal a little bit more about what fans can expect from the updated series. It reads:"Eight years after the original website went dark, a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of. The prestige series will address just how much social media — and the landscape of New York itself — has changed in the intervening years." Hmm...
Based on that information alone, we can safely assume that there will be several new leads taking over the Upper East Side. But that doesn't mean we're not hoping to see some of the OG characters make an appearance. After all, what'swithout Blair Waldorf and Serena Van Der Woodsen? And even though we're unsure if the original cast would even be down for a comeback, we do know that
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