Gossip Girl spin-off greenlit

A Gossip Girl spin-off has been greenlit by WarnerMedia.

Set 8 years after the show’s finale it will follow a new generation of New York private school teens who are introduced to the social surveillance of the Gossip Girl site. The show will explore how much social media and the landscape of New York itself has changed in the intervening years.

The new series has been given a a straight-to-series order for upcoming US streaming service HBO Max in 2020.

The original series, by producer Josh Schwartz, ran for six seasons and ended in 2012.

Source: Variety