Gossip Girl (2021)

About Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl (released in 2021) is an American teen drama television series that serves as a sequel to the original 2007-2012 Gossip Girl show. Developed by Joshua Safran, a writer and executive producer of the original series, the new Gossip Girl is not a reboot, but an extension of the original show that takes place years later. It explores how much social media and the landscape of New York itself has changed in the intervening years.

Making / Production

The show is primarily filmed in New York and carries the same glamour and depiction of upper-class life as the original series. Joshua Safran returned to helm the reboot, with other key production members including executive producer Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.

Actors

• Emily Alyn Lind as Audrey Hope. A teen from an upper-class family dealing with relationship problems, Lind's portrayal is emotionally resonant.
• Jordan Alexander as Julien Calloway. Alexander plays a teen influencer navigating high-school life and secrets.
• Thomas Doherty as Max Wolfe. A charismatic bachelor, Doherty's performance captures audiences attention.
• Eli Brown as Otto 'Obie' Bergmann IV. A wealthy teen with a moral compass, played strikingly by Brown.
• Zion Moreno as Luna La. Moreno gives an engaging performance as a popular, fashionable high-school girl.

Trivia / Interesting Facts

• The series makes a concerted effort to be more diverse and inclusive than the original series, including more varied cast and characters.
• Unlike the original series, all of the main characters in the reboot are aware of Gossip Girl's identity from the start of the show.
• Kristen Bell, who was the voice-over artist for "Gossip Girl" in the original series, reprised her role in the sequel.

Quotes

• "Privilege and power will always win in the end." - Julien
• "The notion of who we were can blind us to who we are." - Gossip Girl
• "You are no one until you're talked about." - Gossip Girl

Music, Soundtrack

• "Super Rich Kids" by Frank Ocean
• "Only High" by Ariana Grande
• "Posing in Bondage" by Japanese Breakfast
• "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen