Cecily Von-Ziegesar: Last News

Gossip Girl reboot with the original cast has been teased by the show’s official Twitter account.On Tuesday (May 16), the account shared an image of the six lead actors along with a “welcome back” message.The message read: “Welcome back, Upper East Siders. After a long time away, I see it didn’t take much time for you to dirty up the clean slates I gave you.”The original show, which ran for six season from 2008, followed the lives of privileged teenagers attending an exclusive private school in Manhattan, as well as the mysterious blogger who exposed their scandalous secrets online.Based on Cecily von Ziegesar’s novel of the same name, the series starred Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen, Chace Crawford, Penn Badly and Ed Westwick.Welcome back, Upper East Siders.

HBO Max has given its Gossip Girl revival the boot after just two seasons on the streaming service.The cancellation, which ends hopes of a third season for the drama, was announced on Thursday.Showrunner Josh Safran shared the news in an Instagram post from Thursday morning, in which he said the series was searching for a new home.The new version of Gossip Girl, which featured an entirely new cast, mostly failed to live up to the reputation of the original Blake Lively and Leighton Meester–starring series and was panned by major television critics.  No more gossip: HBO Max announced it had canceled Gossip Girl after just two seasons on Thursday. The show failed to live up to critic's expectations; still from the seriesSafran developed Gossip Girl based on the popular novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, as well as the original series, which aired on the CW for six seasons from 2007 to 2012.The original show was developed by Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz, both of whom served as executive producers on the new version.

Gossip Girl‘s return will not go beyond its current second season. HBO Max has opted not to order a third season of the reboot, with the upcoming Season 2 finale on Jan. 26 serving as a series finale.

You know you love them! Ten years after Gossip Girl concluded, series star Jessica Szohr is ready to spill all the show tea with her former costars and creators.

HBO Max has set the return date for the second half of season one of Gossip Girl. The first of the final six episodes of the reboot will premiere on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 25. Part one debuted in July with six episodes, all currently available to stream on HBO Max.

HBO Max renewed Gossip Girl for season 2 ahead of the release of the second part of its debut season set to premiere in Nov.

HBO Max said Thursday that its Gossip Girl reboot will return in November for Part 2 of its first season with the final six episodes. A specific date was not announced.