Josh Schwartz To Write Pilot “Gossip Girl”
Published August 23rd, 2006 in General OC News.
The creator of “The O.C.” may be switching coasts for his next TV project.
Josh Schwartz, whose FOX show begins its fourth season later this year, is in negotiations to write and executive produce a pilot based on the “Gossip Girl” series of teen novels for The CW. Fellow “O.C.” exec producer would team with Schwartz on the script, which has a put pilot commitment (i.e., either a pilot gets made or the network forks over some cash) at the new network.
“The books are a soap opera, and TV makes a lot of sense,” Leslie Morgenstein of “Gossip Girl” publisher Alloy Entertainment tells The Hollywood Reporter. “When we made the list of writers who would be the best to adapt ‘Gossip Girl’ for television, Josh was at the top of the list.”
The “Gossip Girl” series, created by Cecily von Ziegesar, centers on a group of privileged New York City girls who attend a posh private school. The anonymous narrator chronicles it all on her Gossip Girl Web site.
The books — there are nine in the series thus far — have been frequent entrants on the New York Times best-seller list. A couple years back, “Gilmore Girls” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino was tapped to write a feature-film script based on the novels, with Lindsay Lohan starring, but the deal fell through.
Warner Bros. TV will produce the pilot. Morgenstein and Ally’s Bob Levy will serve as exec producers with Schwartz and Savage.
Source: Zap2it.com
shalom… :]
im tired and dont know if im reading this right but if so…. sellout
huh????
Stay with the OC..it needs your writing!!!
Shalom! The O.C is a great show!
i would love to see a gossip girl show… it would be fabulous
gossip girl as a show? im excited, josh schwartz is gonna be insanely good with the show.
You did great with the o.c. until you killed off Marissa her and Ryan were the best couple on the show and now thats she gone I will not watch it anymore. Better luck with the gossip girl don’t disappoint your fans with this one.
I recamend that it is on before nine because all the kids in my grade would love that!!!
dude its bullshit you just up and leave something that was such a hit. and killing off marissa is lame man. your gunna turn a lot of ppl away. and looks like im turning to Grey’s Anatomy.
but good luck.
they are sO gona get oc cancelled. seriously. everyones gona turn over to grey’s cause let me tell u that show is so much better right now and b4 i like lived for the oc. nice going guys nice going. ( note the sarcasum..)
>> i still love ryan&seth even if they have sucky storylines
OMG!!! i love gossip girl books! but they SO shudnt be made into a soap!!! leave it 2 our imagination please! the characters wont look like how we imagine!
also i’ve read the books and the story line is pretty much exaclty the same as The OC so people r jus guna think its copied. BAD IDEA!!! P.S Bring Marissa back!!!
I really enjoy the Gossip girl series and who better to write it into a show then the person who created one of the best teen dramas on tv. But although josh hasn’t done incredibly great with the last season of the OC i think he will do justice to the gossip girl books.
If Marissa is REALLY DEAD … the OC is over - please tell me this is not true
quik cash quik cash
why are people so bummed about Marissa? i mean were all gonna miss her but if u are really true fans of the show then you will continue watching it and show ur support all the way through like im goin to do
OOOH. I have all the Gossip Girl books, I’m so excited! I hope it comes out soon! =]
yay!
i am so excited.
i love the gossip girl books and i can’t wait till the series comes out