The HBO Max return of Gossip Girl is perhaps one of the most anticipated upcoming television reboots in the streaming era, with fans ecstatic for a return to the Upper East Side.
The original hit teen show had thousands of us obsessed with the lives of the super-rich Manhattan teens when it first aired in 2007.
The new series is described as an "extension" of the original, taking place eight years after Gossip Girl closed her laptop for good.
The summary of the plot for the reboot 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 Gossip Girl. The prestige series will address just how much social media – and the landscape of New York itself – has changed in the intervening years."
PUBLICITY PICTUREHere's everything we know about the reboot so far...
When is the Gossip Girl reboot happening?
The reboot was initially scheduled for autumn 2020, but, due to - you guessed it - the coronavirus shutdown, production was suspended and the reboot postponed.
HBO Max chief content officer Kevin Reilly confirmed to Vulture that the show, which had not even begun shooting, has now been pushed until 2021.
Who's in the new cast?
The reboot has filled its main cast with an ensemble of relative unknowns, including Emily Alyn Lind (Revenge), Whitney Peak (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Eli Brown (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists), Johnathan Fernandez (Lethal Weapon) and Jason Gotay (Love Life).
Meanwhile, Rookie Mag founder Tavi Gevinson joined the cast, along with Thomas Doherty (High Fidelity), Adam Chanler-Berat (The Code), and Zion Moreno (Control Z).
Fans of the original will be excited to know that Kristen Bell will be returning as narrator.
What have the original cast members said about the reboot?
Just this week, Gossip Girl stars Chace Crawford and Penn Badgley reunited for Variety's Actors on Actors series, talking about their current television projects.
Neither star indicated that they were involved in the new series, instead saying they were "interested" in how the show will play out for its new cast.
Badgley revealed he and co-star Blake Lively had managed to change the name of a sandwich at the Palace Hotel.
"They had a grilled cheese sandwich there called 'The Gossip Girl Grilled Cheese Sandwich,'" he said. "And I was like, 'You should just call it 'The Gossip Grill.' And then, he took the menu from me and went inside, changed the name right there, printed a different menu and handed me a new menu with my suggestion. And I was like, 'OK. This is a way to live.'"
Crawford replied: "The new kids won't get that treatment."
"Dude, I'm so interested to see what it's like," Badgley said. "I wish them well. I really am also interested to see how people react to it."
The original Gossip Girl cast (L-R): Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Blake Lively, Chace Crawford, Taylor Momsen and Ed Westwick. / GettyMeanwhile, in an interview with E! News, Meester said she had never been approached about a reboot.
READ MORE"No one's ever asked me," she said. "No one's ever talked to me about it except for in interviews and I always say the same: I never say never, so I don't know. No one's sent me that information, it's coming from you."
The rebooted drama series is scheduled to run for 10 episodes and will stream on HBO Max in 2000.
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