Gossip Girl - Wikipedia. Gossip Girl is an American teen dramatelevision series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, originally ran on The CW for six seasons from September 1.
December 1. 7, 2. Narrated by the omniscient blogger "Gossip Girl", voiced by Kristen Bell, the series revolves around the fictional lives of upper- class adolescents living in Manhattan's Upper East Side. The series begins with the return of Upper East Side teenage "it" girl. Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) from a "mysterious absence".
Gossip Girl reveals that Serena has been away at boarding school in Cornwall, Connecticut,[1] but not everyone welcomes Serena back to Manhattan with open arms. Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), whom creators describe as being "the queen at the center of their chess game,"[2] is the queen bee of Constance Saint Jude prep school's social scene.[3] She also happens to be the childhood "best friend" and occasional rival of Serena van der Woodsen. The story also follows scholarship student and aspiring writer Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), who lives in Brooklyn and is a self- described "outsider", Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), the so- called "golden boy", who was Blair's childhood sweetheart and first love, and Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), the womanizing, "bad boy" heir who is part of "Manhattan's elite" and "the king of their chess game." Other characters of the turbulent Manhattan scene include Dan's childhood best friend Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr); Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), Dan's rebellous adolescent sister who the 'Queen B' dubs as 'Little J'; Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford), Serena's mother and heiress, and Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle), former 9. Lincoln Hawk' frontman and Lily's former lover. Rufus is Dan and Jenny's father and primary guardian.
The success of Gossip Girl led to adaptations outside the United States. The show has received numerous award nominations, winning 1. Teen Choice Awards. The CW officially renewed Gossip Girl for a sixth and final season on May 1. The final season, consisting of 1. October 8, 2. 01. December 1. 7, 2.
Production[edit]Development[edit]The Gossip Girl book series was originally supposed to be adapted into a film starring Lindsay Lohan with head Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman- Palladino.[7] When the film project did not get off the ground, Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz took over the project to create a television series. As of October 2. 00. Schwartz was working on the pilot. He said: "I was very skeptical. I don't want to do The O. C. NYC. But I thought the books were smart.
The characters are worldly in a way that Orange County kids aren't."[8] The characteristics for each character in the pilot were based on the first Gossip Girl book.[9] In January 2. The CW.[1. 0]Production team[edit]The O. C. creator Josh Schwartz and fellow writer Stephanie Savage have served as the show's executive producers throughout the series' run, followed by Bob Levy and Leslie Morgenstein of Alloy Entertainment, who were assigned in aiding the adaptation of the novels into the series.[1. Following the success of Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls co- producer, John Stephens was approached by Schwartz and Savage, having previously worked with him on The O. C., and hired him as an executive producer.[1. Joshua Safran, who started as a writer/consulting producer before becoming co- executive producer, was later added as an executive producer. On April 2. 4, 2.
NBC's now- cancelled musical series Smash.[1. To fill in Safran's void, co- executive producer Sara Goodman was promoted to executive producer for the sixth season.[1.
Alexandra Patsavas who worked with Schwartz on The O. C. was in charge of the music.[1. Eric Daman was at the head of the costume department; he previously had assisted Patricia Field on Sex and the City.[1. Casting[edit]When Veronica Mars was canceled, the following season of pilots for The CW had been announced, and one was Gossip Girl. I read it, and I knew I was sort of old to play any of the kids.
I called Dawn Ostroff - - who was the head of The CW at the time - - and said, 'Hey, I did so much narration on Veronica Mars, can I narrate this show? And she said, 'Hey, that's a very good idea.' They knew I had a younger voice, they liked me and they knew I'd show up for work, and I guess that was all I really needed. It was so clear to me how sassy and catty she needed to be.— Kristen Bell on how she landed the narration spot of the show[1. Featuring nine regular speaking roles, the majority of the ensemble cast was assembled from February to April 2. Leighton Meester and Blake Lively – who started auditioning in December 2.
February for the lead roles of Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen, respectively.[1. Penn Badgley, who had previously worked with Stephanie Savage on The Mountain,[1. Taylor Momsen, Chace Crawford, Kelly Rutherford, and Connor Paolo also auditioned successfully and landed roles in the series in March, as did Florencia Lozano who appeared only in the pilot, and was replaced by Margaret Colin.[1. Badgley at first turned down the part of Dan,[2. Lively—who planned to attend college—for the role of Serena.[2. Actors for the roles of Chuck Bass and Rufus Humphrey were found in April when English actor Ed Westwick, and Matthew Settle were cast.[2.
Westwick first read for the role of Nate but was then asked to try Chuck.[1. As rumors swirled about the impending cancellation of Veronica Mars, it was revealed at The CW's 2. Upfronts on May 1. Kristen Bell had narrated the pilot, thus making her the title character of another show on the network.[2. Jessica Szohr was signed on to portray the recurring role of Vanessa Abrams and received regular status during the fourteenth episode of the first season.[2. Kaylee De. Fer joined the series in the eighteenth episode of the fourth season and was promoted to series regular for the show's fifth season.[2. At the conclusion of the fourth season, Momsen, who went on an indefinite hiatus during the season while retaining regular billing,[2.
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Jessica Szohr both left the show.[3. Throughout the series' run, Connor Paolo consistently declined to elevate his recurring role of Eric van der Woodsen to regular status, citing personal reasons for his decision.[3. After becoming a regular on the ABC series Revenge, Paolo confirmed his departure from Gossip Girl in August 2. As the show progressed, numerous recurring guest stars appeared in the show. Michelle Trachtenberg signed on to portray Georgina Sparks.[3.
The role had previously been offered to Mischa Barton who passed.[3. Francie Swift and Sam Robards took the parental roles of Anne and Howard Archibald, respectively.[3.
Caroline Lagerfelt portrayed Celia "Ce. Ce" Rhodes, Serena and Eric's grandmother and Lily's mother.[3. Sebastian Stan made several appearances as Carter Baizen throughout the show's first three seasons.[3.
Filming locations[edit]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.[3. Other New York City landmarks and well- known establishments were filmed throughout the first season. Victor/Victrola filmed the fictional infamous Chuck Bass burlesque club, Victrola, at The Box Manhattan, a sister club to The Box Soho in London.[4. The fictional Constance Billard- St. Judes School, based on novel writer Cecil Von Ziegesar's alma mater, Nightingale- Bamford used external shots of the Museum of the City of New York.[4. The second season premiered at the Hamptons and began filming in mid- June. The season premiere opening montage showed a scene at Cooper's Beach that was instead filmed in Rockaway Beach followed by an elaborate white party.[4.
For the sixth episode of the season, Columbia University was used to film the Yale campus, an episode that followed disappointment from Yale fans due to its erroneous portrayal of the admissions process and reliance on Ivy League university stereotypes.[4. During the season's seventh episode, the Brooklyn Inn is integrated into the show.[4. Remaining true to its New York locations, the show filmed at the Russian Tea Room.[4. The fourth season premiered on September 1. Paris.[4. 8][4. 9]New York Magazine revealed several locations shot at the French University, La Sorbonne in the Latin District (or Quartier Latin) of Paris on July 5.[5. Other locations include the Musée d'Orsay, the Eiffel Tower, the Gare du Nord, Avenue Montaigne.[5.
Saint- Germain- des- Prés. Columbia University became the primary filming location for the first few episodes of the season following the Paris story arc.[5. The fifth season premiered on September 2.
Los Angeles, California.[5. Because of its location in New York, executive producer Stephanie Savage said "We were quickly told it would be too expensive, too complicated" at the beginning of the series. She told it had been proposed to shoot in a Los Angeles studio that would recreate Central Park but they eventually filmed the series in New York.[5. Savage explained their choice to film there: "There's no New York City on TV, or there wasn't when we started making the pilot, except what you could see in the background behind the dead bodies on cop shows. We've never seen the city from the point of view of teenagers. It felt like a world with high stakes for young people." Schwartz added: "What's funny about these teenagers is they grew up watching Sex and the City, even though it wasn't about them. And I think they've probably incorporated that into how they mythologize New York.
I fought really hard to shoot the show in New York because we want New York to be a character in the show."[5. Many scenes were filmed in the Empire Hotel on the Upper West Side.[5.
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