TORONTO — Canadian director-actor Karena Evans is about to helm the primary two episodes of a “Gossip Woman” reboot.
TORONTO — Canadian director-actor Karena Evans is about to helm the primary two episodes of a “Gossip Woman” reboot.
HBO Max says the Toronto-raised expertise will direct the pilot and second episode of the upcoming sequence, which is about to launch someday subsequent yr.
The present is predicated on novels by Cecily von Ziegesar and the unique CW sequence, which ran from 2007 to 2012.
Kristen Bell narrated the unique model, as an nameless gossip blogger who wrote about rich teenagers at a non-public faculty in New York and signed off every episode with: “XOXO, Gossip Woman.”
HBO Max says the brand new model may also function Manhattan’s teenage higher crust, however this time they face “social surveillance eight years after the unique blogger’s web site went darkish.”
Evans is thought for steering a number of music movies for Toronto rapper Drake, amongst different artists, and in addition starring within the acclaimed 2018 Canadian movie “Firecrackers” by Jasmin Mozaffari.
She’s gained trophies for her music-video path on the BET Awards, the BET Hip-Hop Awards, and the A lot Music Video Awards.
In 2018 she additionally grew to become the primary lady to ever obtain the Prism Prize Lipsett Award.
Evans additionally directed the premiere episode of the brand new Starz drama “P-Valley” and in addition an episode of FX’s “Snowfall.”
The brand new “Gossip Woman” is produced by Pretend Empire and Alloy Leisure, in affiliation with Warner Bros. Tv and CBS Tv Studios.
“I couldn’t be extra excited for Karena to launch the brand new sequence,” head author and government producer Joshua Safran stated in an announcement.
“Her imaginative and prescient, voice, and keenness are incomparable. It is an honour and a privilege to get to work together with her, and I can not wait for everybody to see what she has deliberate.”
Sarah Aubrey, head of authentic content material at HBO Max, stated each Evans and Safran share a ardour for inclusive storytelling.
“Josh Safran has discovered an ideal associate in Karena for instance how the panorama of social media, the higher east facet and the world have modified since ‘Gossip Woman’ premiered 13 years in the past,” she stated.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Nov. 3, 2020.
Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press
