'Gossip Girl' reboot: Show will amp diversity with non-white characters and lots of LGBT content, say showrunners
There's exciting news for all Upper East Siders. 'The Gossip Girl' reboot, which has been in talks at HBO Max for several months now finally has a cast. The Warner Media streaming platform revealed that five actors have been cast, including Kristen Bell who will reprise her iconic role as the narrator from the original CW series.
Whitney Peak (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Eli Brown (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists), Emily Alyn Lind (Code Balck, CBS), Johnathan Fernandez (Lethal Weapon), and Jason Gotay (Bring it On, Broadway) form the quintet that will play crucial roles in the reboot.
The plot for the new 10-episode series will pick up from eight years after where it left off. Per the official synopsis, it follows "a new generation of New York private-school teens who are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip girl. The series will address just how much social media — and the landscape of New York itself — has changed in the intervening years."
