Entertainment | Gossip Girl 'Gossip Girl' Spin-Off Under Way Execs may tap co-star Taylor Momsen for leading role By Elizabeth Wolff Posted Jun 11, 2008 10:22 AM CDT Copied "Gossip Girl" execs are planning a spin-off of the hit show that stars Blake Lively, foreground; Leighton Meester and Chace Crawford, second row; Penn Badgley Ed Westwick and Taylor Momsen, back. (AP Photo/CW, Timothy White) "Gossip Girl" producers are planning a spin-off series set at a girls' boarding school, Reuters reports. The CW drama’s Taylor Momsen or a new character to be introduced into the series this fall will likely land the leading role of the spin-off, inspired by the novel The It Girl, about an outsider who reinvents herself as the popular girl. Read These Next He went to kill a Cape buffalo. Instead, it killed him. 5 soldiers shot at largest Army installation east of the Mississippi. Elon Musk's infamous '5 things' email just got the boot. The Sunshine State is putting its robotic rabbit army to work. Report an error