Gossip Girl TV Update

Blake Lively and Leighton Meester are set to star in the CW's drama pilot Gossip Girl, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The show is written by The O.C.'s Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and directed by Mark Piznarski who has worked on series like Everwood and Veronica Mars.

Leighton Meester (Surface) will play Blair, and Blake Lively (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) will play Serena.

For more details, go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847169/