Kristen Bell returning as narrator for 'Gossip Girl' reboot

Actor Kristen Bell is set to return as the narrator for "

Gossip Girl

" reboot.

Bell served as the narrator throughout the run of the original series.

The project was announced in July with a straight-to-series order.

According to reports, the new show is set eight years after the original and will follow a new generation of New York school teens who get to know about the social surveillance of the Gossip Girl site.

The new show also hails from original series creators Josh Schwartz and

Stephanie Savage

.