The rumors can be put to rest as Gossip Girl spin off is confirmed. The CW has announced that a pilot for a spin-off series, created by GG executive producers, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, is on the way. According to an early plot description, we'll see what happened way back when. The show will actually be a prequel, focusing on Serena's momma, Lily Van Der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford) an original story about Lily van der Woodsen's scandalous teen years growing up in the 1980s. A new actress will play teenage Lily , who moves in with her black-sheep sister after a falling-out with her folks, going from a ritzy Montecito, Calif., boarding school to a public school in the San Fernando Valley in the process."Caught between two worlds, Lily dives into the fast-paced Sunset Strip and the Hollywood lifestyle of the '80s, journeying over the hill to a world of wealth and excess that used to be her own." And eventually she'll meet a young Rufus Humphrey, who will at some point impregnate her. "
We didn't want to upset the chemistry of our cast—all of whom are crucial to the show," Savage commented when asked about their reasoning for creating a show that won't require the presence of Gossip Girl's main cast to make sense. "Nor did we want to dilute New York City as a character." "We are inspired by the opportunity to tell overlapping stories and introduce characters that will appear in the past and the present—and hopefully enrich both shows," added Schwartz. "We love exploring fashion, pop culture, music and a heightened world that's just a little more fun than the one we actually live in. L.A. in the '80s totally fits the bill."
The pilot, which is still untitled and hasn't been cast, will air on May 11 in place of a Gossip Girl episode; the spin-off has not yet been green lit as a full series. Originally, there had been rumors that producers would center a spin-off on Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), but those rumblings were quickly put to rest. By choosing to do a prequel, Gossip Girl doesn't have to deal with the loss of any of its talented ensemble. Stay tuned for more to come-xoxo.