Watch with Kristin reports the following:
- After months of denials, there will in fact be a Gossip Girl spin-off.
- But even though rumors said it was going to be about Lily and Rufus in their younger years, it’s actually just about Lily…and her sister.
- The show will be begin with Lily leaving her privileged life to live with her free-spirit sister in the Valley.
- How does this affect GG? It doesn’t really. The spin-off will get its start in a GG flashback at the end of this season but otherwise, the two will have very little in common. Creator Josh Schwartz promises: “We’re being very, very careful that nothing we do will feel like we are biting off from the Gossip Girl original.”
- And what about Rufus? He may make an appearance…if the show lasts more than one season. “He’s not one of our characters. Maybe at some point” Schwartz says. LAME!
- Read the whole article for a couple additional details–and some Chuck/Blair talk.
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[…] Who She Was: Lily grew up on the West Coast, where she lived a life of privilege before being kicked out of boarding school and going to live with her sister in The Valley. She became a band “groupie,” which is where she met Rufus Humphrey, and was institutionalized for a short time. (Note: this all occurred off-screen, but some of it will be seen in the upcoming Gossip Girl spin-off!) […]
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