Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series
based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The
series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The
CW on September 19, 2007. Narrated by the omniscient blogger "Gossip
Girl", voiced by Kristen Bell, the series revolves around the lives of
privileged young adults on Manhattan 's Upper
East Side in New York City .
The Gossip Girl books were originally supposed to be adapted into a film
starring Lindsay Lohan with at the head Gilmore Girls creator Amy
Sherman-Palladino. Primarily filming in New York, Gossip Girl has been declared
by New York Magazine as the "Most Restauranty Show Since Sex and the
City", citing the pilot episode filming locales such as the Japanese
restaurant, Geisha, the Campbell Apartment where Nate and Serena were filmed
having sex and the New York Palace Hotel bar Gilt.
Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf |
On March 5, 2012, it was reported that Warner Bros.
International Television and Metan Development Group would produce with two
Chinese production companies a Chinese teen drama series inspired by Gossip
Girl. Production is set to start in June with the show airing in November. The
show will follow the lives of students at a university.
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