It's always cool to see our favorite Gossip Girl cast members embarking on new projects in their careers ... as long as they return to the Upper East Side of course.

Below is the trailer for Penn Badgley's new movie, The Stepfather, a remake of the 1987 thriller starring Terry O'Quinn (Lost). The movie stars Penn as a young man who returns home from school to discover his mother has a new boyfriend.

As months pass, he becomes increasingly suspicious of his new stepfather... who may not be all he seems. Amber Heard, Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Chris Meloni and others co-star along with Penn Badgley. The movie comes out October 16.

Check out Penn in the trailer below and see what you think ...

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