The Gossip Girl spin-off has found its Lily! Brittany Snow is set to star in the project, a prequel chronicling the wild teen years of Lily van der Woodsen in Los Angeles during the 1980s. Brittany Snow should make a great Lily. Her spunk that has come forth in previous roles, such as Hairspray, should make her perfect for a wild teen.

Also cast in the spin-off is Shilo Fernandez (Jericho), who will play Owen, a hot Valley punk guy with biting wit.

Krysten Ritter was previously cast to play Lily's sister the black sheep of the family. The spin-off centers on Lily Rhodes who experiences a falling-out with her parents and is forced to move in with her sister, Carol (Ritter).

All too quickly, Lily has to transition from a life of luxury and education at a wealthy boarding school to living in the San Fernando Valley she once made fun of and dare we say it, go to public school. Caught between the two contrasting worlds, Lily dives head first into the crazy Hollywood lifestyle of the '80s. The pilot for the spin-off will air May 11 as a Gossip Girl episode. As a lover of Gossip Girl I have some high hopes for this spin-off. It will be interesting to see where Serena's wild side comes from.

-Vanessa