Joshua Safran, who served as showrunner on the original CW series, is writing the new take; creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are also on board.
WarnerMedia's streaming service HBO Max has given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order for an update of the series. The original show ran on The CW from 2007-12 and helped launch the careers of stars Blake Lively, Penn Badgley, Leighton Meester, Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick.
Joshua Safran, who was showrunner of the original in its later seasons, will write and executive produce the new version. Series creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage will also serve as exec producers. "It's something we've been talking about — Josh, Stephanie and I — for a little bit, just in terms of, 'Is this something we want to explore?' We're all so in love with the original and had such an incredible time working on it, and it's such a big part of our lives," Safran told. "Then the stars aligned and we had availability to jump, and Warners, obviously, it's something they're very passionate about.
"It's just a new look at this particular society in New York, the idea being that society changes constantly," Safran 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. None of us are interested in just redoing a story."
HBO Max is set to launch in spring 2020 and feature more than 10,000 hours of content at the beginning. That includes Warner Bros. TV-produced
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