Attention Upper East Siders: Serena, Blair, Chuck, Nate, Dan and Little J still exist in the upcoming HBO Max reboot<\/a> \u2026 but will fans ever see S, B and friends onscreen again? Time will tell.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve reached out to all of them to let them know it was happening, and we would love for them to be involved if they want to be involved,\u201d executive producer Josh Schwartz<\/strong><\/a> told reporters at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in July 2019. \u201cBut [we] certainly didn\u2019t want to make it contingent upon their [participation]. They played those characters for six years, and if they felt like they were good with that, we wanted to respect that. But obviously, it would be great to see them again.\u201d<\/p>\n Gossip Girl<\/em> originally ran on The CW for six seasons from 2007 to 2012. The series starred Blake Lively <\/strong><\/a>(Serena van der Woodsen), Leighton Meester <\/strong><\/a>(Blair Waldorf), Penn Badgley <\/strong><\/a>(Dan Humphrey), Chace Crawford <\/strong><\/a>(Nate Archibald), Ed Westwick <\/strong><\/a>(Chuck Bass), Taylor Momsen <\/strong><\/a>(Jenny Humphrey), Jessica Szohr <\/strong><\/a>(Vanessa Abrams), Kelly Rutherford<\/strong><\/a> (Lily van der Woodsen) and Matthew Settle <\/strong><\/a>(Rufus Humphrey). Schwartz added that the new series is a \u201ccontinuation\u201d of the OG show.<\/p>\n \u201cThere aren\u2019t, like, new actors playing Serena and Blair,\u201d he said. While details of the new characters are still under wraps, the HBO Max show will star Emily Alyn Lind, Whitney Peak, Eli Brown, Thomas Doherty, Zi\u00f3n Moreno, Savannah Smith, Jordan Alexander, Johnathan Fernandez, Jason Gotay, Tavi Gevinson, Evan Mock <\/strong><\/a>and Adam Chanler-Berat.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Crawford confirmed that the original crew was informed about the series before it made headlines.<\/p>\n \u201cIt just makes me feel old. I got an email about it right before my birthday. It\u2019s funny they\u2019re already rebooting it,\u201d the actor told Augustman<\/em> in August 2019. \u201cThere are so many different streaming services nowadays. Our show was on a network, so you do 24 to 26 episodes per season and each episode had its own conflict and resolution. If you\u2019re doing eight to 10 episodes, as I heard they would be doing on HBO Max, you can write with a different narrative style and have an ending in mind, like they do on Netflix and Amazon shows. It\u2019s interesting, and I\u2019m sure they can get away with edgier stuff these days.\u201d<\/p>\n Showrunner Josh Safran,<\/strong> who worked on the original series too, confirmed that there will be references to the OG characters.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, we talk about what happened to Dan, so I might have to text Penn and see if he\u2019s really available,\u201d Safran told Entertainment Tonight<\/em><\/a> in December 2019. \u201cPenn also works constantly, but we\u2019ll see if we can rope him in there. That would be great. I would love for everyone to come back if they wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cThey are a part of the world. The characters talk about them and that they do exist. So yeah, I would love to have them come back. The show jumped five years in the future when it ended and we are past that five years now, so it\u2019s whole new things that they could be doing. I think of [the new show] like the Marvel universe. It\u2019s not a continuation or a sequel. It truly just is looking at a different angle.\u201d<\/p>\n While Kristen Bell<\/strong> <\/a>will be respiring her role as the narrator for the new series, Gossip Girl won\u2019t necessarily be one person.<\/p>\n \u201cWe thought there was something really interesting about the idea that we are all Gossip Girl now,\u201d Schwartz explained at TCAs. \u201cIn our own way, that we are all purveyors of our own social media surveillance state and how that has evolved and how that has mutated and morphed and telling that through a new generation of Upper East Side high school kids.\u201d<\/p>\n Scroll through for more:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> Andrew Eccles\/Cw Network\/Kobal\/Shutterstock; Kristin Callahan\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Attention Upper East Siders: Serena, Blair, Chuck, Nate, Dan and Little J still exist in the upcoming HBO Max reboot<\/a> \u2026 but will fans ever see S, B and friends onscreen again? Time will tell.
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> Broadimage\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n While promoting Netflix\u2019s The Weekend Away in March 2022, Meester was asked about HBO Max\u2019s Gossip Girl on several occasions.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m doing a junket today, this has been asked a couple times, I’m going, \u2018I don’t know, maybe,'” she told Fox 5 New York. “I will say, you know, I’ve watched the new one, I do think it’s really awesome. I\u2019m happy for them. I feel like they’re doing a whole new thing and I don’t think that we don’t fit in but \u2014 or I can only speak for myself \u2014 I don’t feel like I fit in, but I will say I feel really good sitting back and leaving it to the kids. \u2026 Never say never.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> K C Bailey\/Cw Network\/Kobal\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n “I think it is happening \u2026 I don’t know, I’m not a producer, I’m not involved,\u201d the actress told E! News<\/a><\/em> in January 2020. \u201cYou’ve got to call them!”<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> Cw Network\/Kobal\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n “I was not asked to be on it, so no,” Meester said on Good Morning America<\/em> in August 2019.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> Cw Network\/Kobal\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cIf there\u2019s an opening in the future for doing a cameo, I would definitely be open to it,\u201d Crawford told Augustman<\/a> in 2019. \u201cThe show was a big part of my life and was really special. I loved everyone on it, from the cast to the crew. We were a real family. \u2026 It was a really fun time, [but] The Boys<\/em> is my priority now.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> Cw Network\/Kobal\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n “I don\u2019t know too much about [the Gossip Girl<\/em> reboot],” Westwick told Distractify<\/a> in April 2020. “But I think it\u2019s exciting! Why shouldn\u2019t it live on? It will be different and that\u2019s cool. I look back on those years with growing fondness each time. Man, what a ride. Lucky guy.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> Cw Network\/Kobal\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n During an interview with Entertainment Tonight<\/em> in December 2019, the actor added that he\u2019d have to \u201cthink\u201d about returning.<\/p>\n \u201cCould Dan Humphrey \u2026? I don\u2019t \u2026 That\u2019s a message I gotta put at the top of my inbox, you know, to think about,\u201d he said. \u201cI have not had conversations with any of the creators yet, but you know \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The You<\/em> star addressed the series again during a reunion with Crawford for Variety<\/em>\u2019s Actors on Actors<\/em> issue in June 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n “Dude, I\u2019m so interested to see what it\u2019s like. I wish them well,\u201d Badgley told his former costar. \u201cI really am also interested to see how people react to it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> Cw Network\/Kobal\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cOf course [I] would love to return! Any way I can support it or be a part of it, I\u2019d love to,\u201d she told Hollywood Life<\/em> <\/a>in August 2019. \u201cI don\u2019t even know how we would do it. But we could at least come on here and there, which would be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> Kristina Bumphrey\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cI was so excited to work on the show with this extraordinary cast,\u201d Zuzanna Szadkowski told E! News<\/em><\/a> in December 2021 regarding her appearance on the reboot. “When [executive producer] Josh Safran asked me to come back, I jumped at it. I’ve missed Dorota a lot. It was very Gossip Girl<\/em> to try to keep it a secret! It was especially thrilling to be reunited with Margaret [Colin], Wallace [Shawn] and, of course, Aaron [Schwartz] \u2014my beloved Vanya! And Dorota’s kids!”\u00a0<\/p>\n The actress also noted she was a \u201cbig fan\u201d of the HBO iteration, telling the outlet that she appreciates \u201cthat all of the original characters are out there somewhere, thriving in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nEverything the OG \u2018Gossip Girl\u2019 Cast Has Said About the HBO Max Reboot<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\n\u201cWe\u2019ve reached out to all of them to let them know it was happening, and we would love for them to be involved if they want to be involved,\u201d executive producer Josh Schwartz<\/strong><\/a> told reporters at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in July 2019. \u201cBut [we] certainly didn\u2019t want to make it contingent upon their [participation]. They played those characters for six years, and if they felt like they were good with that, we wanted to respect that. But obviously, it would be great to see them again.\u201d
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\nGossip Girl<\/em> originally ran on The CW for six seasons from 2007 to 2012. The series starred Blake Lively <\/strong><\/a>(Serena van der Woodsen), Leighton Meester <\/strong><\/a>(Blair Waldorf), Penn Badgley <\/strong><\/a>(Dan Humphrey), Chace Crawford <\/strong><\/a>(Nate Archibald), Ed Westwick <\/strong><\/a>(Chuck Bass), Taylor Momsen <\/strong><\/a>(Jenny Humphrey), Jessica Szohr <\/strong><\/a>(Vanessa Abrams), Kelly Rutherford<\/strong><\/a> (Lily van der Woodsen) and Matthew Settle <\/strong><\/a>(Rufus Humphrey). Schwartz added that the new series is a \u201ccontinuation\u201d of the OG show.
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\n\u201cThere aren\u2019t, like, new actors playing Serena and Blair,\u201d he said. While details of the new characters are still under wraps, the HBO Max show will star Emily Alyn Lind, Whitney Peak, Eli Brown, Thomas Doherty, Zi\u00f3n Moreno, Savannah Smith, Jordan Alexander, Johnathan Fernandez, Jason Gotay, Tavi Gevinson, Evan Mock <\/strong><\/a>and Adam Chanler-Berat.<\/strong><\/a>
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\nCrawford confirmed that the original crew was informed about the series before it made headlines.
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\n\u201cIt just makes me feel old. I got an email about it right before my birthday. It\u2019s funny they\u2019re already rebooting it,\u201d the actor told Augustman<\/em> in August 2019. \u201cThere are so many different streaming services nowadays. Our show was on a network, so you do 24 to 26 episodes per season and each episode had its own conflict and resolution. If you\u2019re doing eight to 10 episodes, as I heard they would be doing on HBO Max, you can write with a different narrative style and have an ending in mind, like they do on Netflix and Amazon shows. It\u2019s interesting, and I\u2019m sure they can get away with edgier stuff these days.\u201d
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\nShowrunner Josh Safran,<\/strong> who worked on the original series too, confirmed that there will be references to the OG characters.
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\n\u201cWell, we talk about what happened to Dan, so I might have to text Penn and see if he\u2019s really available,\u201d Safran told Entertainment Tonight<\/em><\/a> in December 2019. \u201cPenn also works constantly, but we\u2019ll see if we can rope him in there. That would be great. I would love for everyone to come back if they wanted to.\u201d
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\nHe continued: \u201cThey are a part of the world. The characters talk about them and that they do exist. So yeah, I would love to have them come back. The show jumped five years in the future when it ended and we are past that five years now, so it\u2019s whole new things that they could be doing. I think of [the new show] like the Marvel universe. It\u2019s not a continuation or a sequel. It truly just is looking at a different angle.\u201d
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\nWhile Kristen Bell<\/strong> <\/a>will be respiring her role as the narrator for the new series, Gossip Girl won\u2019t necessarily be one person.
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\n\u201cWe thought there was something really interesting about the idea that we are all Gossip Girl now,\u201d Schwartz explained at TCAs. \u201cIn our own way, that we are all purveyors of our own social media surveillance state and how that has evolved and how that has mutated and morphed and telling that through a new generation of Upper East Side high school kids.\u201d
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\nScroll through for more:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Leighton](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Leighton-Meester-Gossip-Girl-HBO-Max-Reboot.jpg?w=800&quality=40&strip=all\" "\\"An")
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nAn Update Ahead of Season 2<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nBlake\u2019s Not Involved<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nChace Is Open to Returning<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nA Surprise Dorota Cameo<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n