{"id":13741,"date":"2021-12-03T15:16:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T13:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=13741"},"modified":"2021-12-03T15:16:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T13:16:32","slug":"gossip-girl-is-back-with-an-xoxo-from-the-shows-original-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/12\/03\/gossip-girl-is-back-with-an-xoxo-from-the-shows-original-creators\/","title":{"rendered":"Gossip Girl Is Back, With An XOXO From The Show\u2019s Original Creators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3061\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Psst! The first 10 episodes of HBO\u2019s <em>Gossip Girl<\/em> reboot are now available to binge, first on Showmax, with the final two episodes coming express from the US on 10 December 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gossip Girl (2021) | HBO Series on Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ip4ouLF4kXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The reboot\u2019s launch saw it trending at #1 on Twitter and generating over 15 billion total social impressions, pulling in a record number of viewers over Part 1\u2019s first weekend on HBO Max in July this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>ABC News<\/em> calls the reboot \u201c\u200b\u200bwicked, compulsively watchable fun&#8230; deliciously addictive\u201d, while <em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em> says, \u201c\u200b\u200bThe new <em>Gossip Girl<\/em> succeeds because it one-ups its ancestor\u2026 absolutely addictive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the bestselling novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, the original 2007-2012 <em>Gossip Girl <\/em>won 18 Teen Choice Awards and helped launch the careers of the likes of Teen Choice winners Leighton Meester (<em>The Roommate<\/em>) and Blake Lively (<em>The Age of Adaline<\/em>, <em>The Town<\/em>), not to mention multiple Teen Choice nominee Penn Badgley (<em>You<\/em>).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now this extension of the pop culture classic takes us back to the Upper East Side, finding the next generation of New York private school teens about to start the school year at Constance St Jude&#8217;s. But this is 2021, and social surveillance has become a very different beast in the nine years since the original blogger\u2019s website went dark.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[The new <em>Gossip Girl<\/em>] exists in the same world,\u201d explains Eli Brown (<em>Wrath of Man<\/em>, <em>Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists<\/em>), who plays Obie. \u201cIt\u2019s very wealthy teens living on the Upper East Side in New York and living these crazy lives, but there\u2019s a lot more representation. It\u2019s more progressive. Social media plays a [part]. So it is the same show, it\u2019s the same universe, but it\u2019s an entirely new way of seeing things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newcomer Savannah Lee Smith, who plays classic mean girl Monet, says, \u201cIt gives you all you want from <em>Gossip Girl<\/em>. It gives you sex, it gives you queerness, it gives you drama&#8230; just deliciousness. But it\u2019s different because there\u2019s social media now. In 200[7] it was a blog and now it\u2019s Instagram and Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe biggest difference is social media,\u201d says showrunner Joshua Safran, who was also an executive producer on the original. \u201cSocial media didn\u2019t exist the first time around. So we\u2019re actually looking at how they curate themselves, how they put themselves forward in the world, and <em>Gossip Girl<\/em>\u2019s actually going to blow that up, which is a whole new level.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question of authenticity is at the heart of the show. \u201cEveryone\u2019s trying to be authentic, but what <em>is<\/em> authenticity if your entire life you\u2019ve been raised to put forth a false sense of who you are?\u201d Joshua points out. \u201cThe show deals in that &#8211; what, truly, does it mean to be authentic? Can we really <em>be<\/em> authentic in this day and age? And <em>should<\/em> we be? Is authenticity reality, or is it how we protect ourselves? There\u2019s a lot in there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ensemble cast includes Uganda\u2019s Whitney Peak (<em>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina<\/em>), Jordan Alexander (<em>Sacred Lies<\/em>), Thomas Doherty (<em>High Fidelity<\/em>, <em>Legacies<\/em>, <em>Descendants 2 &amp; 3<\/em>), pop-culture and style icon Tavi Gevinson, pink-haired model and surfing star Evan Mock, and Young Artist Award winner Emily Alyn Lind (<em>Doctor Sleep<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding to the show\u2019s clout are Emmy winner Luke Kirby (<em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel<\/em>, <em>The Deuce<\/em>), Emmy nominee John Benjamin Hickey (<em>In Treatment<\/em>, <em>The Good Wife<\/em>), Golden Globe nominee Malcolm McDowell (<em>Bombshell<\/em>, <em>A Clockwork Orange<\/em>), and Laura Benanti (<em>Younger<\/em>, <em>Supergirl<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gossip-Girl-2021.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gossip-Girl-2021.jpg?resize=650%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gossip-Girl-2021.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gossip-Girl-2021.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, we\u2019ll let you in on a little secret &#8211; amid all the gorgeous fresh faces, People\u2019s Choice Award winner Kristen Bell (<em>The Good Place<\/em>, <em>Veronica Mars<\/em> and the voice of <em>Frozen<\/em>\u2019s Anna) returns to voice the anonymous blogger and &#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the most delicious goss yet? <em>Gossip Girl <\/em>has already been renewed for a second season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also catch all 122 episodes of the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/x3rukf1k-gossip-girl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Gossip Girl<\/em> <\/a>for a limited time only until 31 March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch Season 1 of the new Gossip Girl:<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/kmvjsmiv-gossip-girl\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/kmvjsmiv-gossip-girl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psst! The first 10 episodes of HBO\u2019s Gossip Girl reboot are now available to binge, first on Showmax, with the final two episodes coming express from the US on 10 December 2021. The reboot\u2019s launch saw it trending at #1 on Twitter and generating over 15 billion total social impressions, pulling in a record number&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/12\/03\/gossip-girl-is-back-with-an-xoxo-from-the-shows-original-creators\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gossip Girl Is Back, With An XOXO From The Show\u2019s Original Creators<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-13741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}