‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot Canceled By HBO Max After 2 Seasons - Deadline

Gossip Girl‘s instrumentality volition not spell beyond its existent 2nd season. HBO Max has opted not to bid a 3rd play of the reboot, with the upcoming Season 2 finale connected January 26 serving arsenic a bid finale.

The caller Gossip Girl iteration was developed by Joshua Safran based connected the bestselling novels by Cecily von Ziegesar and the archetypal deed CW amusement developed by Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz, who enforcement produced the reboot alongside showrunner Safran.

“We are precise grateful to showrunner/executive shaper Joshua Safran, and enforcement producers Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz for bringing america backmost to the Upper East Side and each the scandals astatine Constance Billard,” HBO Max said successful a statement. “Although we are not moving guardant with a 3rd play of Gossip Girl, we convey them for the enticing emotion triangles, calculated backstabbing and impeccable manner this bid brought to a caller audience.”

The follow-up got disconnected to a blistery commencement successful July 2021, mounting a grounds arsenic HBO Max’s most-watched opening play for an archetypal bid astatine the time. It was given an aboriginal Season 2 renewal up of the November 2021 Season 1B premiere. Despite the large archetypal interest, fueled by fans of the archetypal series, the follow-up could not seizure the zeitgeist the mode the 2007-12 CW amusement did. The 2nd play did amended with critics than the first, scoring 100% Rotten Tomatoes standing vs. 69% for Season 1.

“It is with the heaviest of hearts that I person to denote Gossip Girl volition not beryllium continuing connected HBO Max,” Safran said successful a connection to fans Thursday morning. “Thank you for watching, and I anticipation you’ll tune into the finale adjacent Thursday to spot however it each comes together. xoxo”

Safran, who besides worked connected the CW bid earlier spearheading the reboot, alluded that this whitethorn not beryllium the extremity for the Gossip Girl franchise.

“A large convey you to each the GG fans astir the world. You’re the crushed we came backmost successful the archetypal place, and who knows, possibly the crushed we volition conscionable again. Much love,” helium wrote.

While HBO Max’s slate has been culled implicit the past six months arsenic portion of companywide cost-cutting efforts, Gossip Girl’s cancellation is not believed to beryllium a fiscal determination but a effect of the amusement not being capable to interruption retired the mode HBO Max’s revival of different YA series, Pretty Little Liars, has done, for instance.

The caller Gossip Girl follows a caller procreation of New York backstage schoolhouse teens who are introduced to the societal surveillance of Gossip Girl. The bid explores conscionable however overmuch societal media — and the scenery of New York itself — has changed successful the intervening years. The reboot, which features a divers formed and queer stories, conscionable landed a GLAAD Award nomination.

The bid stars Jordan Alexander, Eli Brown, Thomas Doherty, Tavi Gevinson, Emily Alyn Lind, Evan Mock, Zion Moreno, Whitney Peak, Savannah Lee Smith, Johnathan Fernandez, Adam Chanler-Berat, Todd Almond, Laura Benanti, Grace Duah and Megan Ferguson. The archetypal series’ Kristen Bell is backmost arsenic the narrator.

Gossip Girl is produced by Fake Empire and Alloy Entertainment successful relation with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios. The bid is written, enforcement produced and developed by Safran of Random Acts. Executive producers besides see Schwartz and Savage of Fake Empire, and Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo of Alloy Entertainment. Lis Rowinski of Fake Empire serves arsenic co-executive producer.