'Gossip Girl' Exec Producer Spills ALL About New Series - Deetz HERE!

Don’t call it a comeback! Or a reboot! It’s not a remake! Or even a revival!!

ICYMI, Gossip Girl is coming BACK, but it’s also not what you think. Dan Safran, executive producer, chatted with Us Weekly‘s “Watch With Us” podcast about the forthcoming series which is returning in 2020 on HBO Max.

Safran explained:

“I wish there was the proper word because it isn’t a remake, isn’t a reboot. It truly is just years after the original. It’s hard to say how many years because the original ended in 2012. But it was 2017 for the characters, because we flash forward five years.”

He continued, further fleshing out the concept:

“It really is the same world. It’s 2020. If these characters were to talk about Blair Waldorf, they’re going to talk about Blair Waldorf. I kind of look at it as sort of what Marvel does or the DC Universe. You’re just looking at a different angle inside the universe. I think, because of that, it allows us to not feel super tied. … It’s still in the same location, it is still [about] fashion, still about privilege, about the 1 percent.”

But don’t fret too much!! For fans of the original series who still hold Chuck Bass and Serena van der Woodsen near and dear and may be swearing off of the new concept entirely, listen up:

“You heard it here first. The truth of the matter is, we covered so much ground the first time around, you would have seen all the relatives. Kids is not possible because they were, like, 15 when we started, so they wouldn’t have kids in high school now. As for relatives, we went so deep into the family history, there are no relatives left! But that isn’t to say that people won’t pop in.”

Sounds semi-promising! We’re sure it’s just not in the cards to get the entire cast back together at this point, but some should satisfy our need!!

He added:

“There is an arc to season 1 that probably is more of an arc than had previously existed on Gossip Girl, because it is only 10 episodes. So I kind of say it’s like Big Little Lies in that way, because we want to make sure that like that it is all connected. But I will not tell you what that arc is!”

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