HBO is bringing back Girls for a five-episode limited revival, reuniting creator and star Lena Dunham with several original cast members nearly a decade after the comedy concluded. Production is scheduled to begin in 2027, marking 10 years since the series finale.
The news was shared via social media in a teaser video featuring Dunham and her castmates Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells (check it out HERE.). Dunham will reprise her role as Hannah Horvath, alongside Williams as Marnie Michaels, Kirke as Jessa Johansson, Mamet as Shoshanna Shapiro and Rannells as Elijah Krantz. Executive producer Judd Apatow will also return. Adam Driver, who portrayed Adam Sackler, was not included in the announced returning cast.
The idea for the revival emerged around Dunham’s 40th birthday, when she began imagining how the characters’ lives might have developed since audiences last saw them. Dunham wrote in a statement: “We always said we would only return to ‘Girls’ if there was a specific story we were burning to tell. I’ve missed these characters, but for a long time I couldn’t quite picture them in the present day. Then, right around my fortieth birthday, they started talking to me in the shower. And, as you may remember, once this fivesome starts talking it’s pretty hard to get them to stop. It’s rare that you get the chance to return to something that changed your life with the gift of hindsight and a whole new level of gratitude and understanding. I love these girls (and boy), our friends at HBO, and all the people who have continued to discover the show and remind us afresh why we do this, which is the joy of being together… and the chance to wear yellow mesh…”
Originally airing from 2012 to 2017, Girls followed four young women navigating relationships, careers and personal challenges in New York City. The series earned critical attention for its portrayal of millennial life, received multiple Emmy nominations and helped raise the profiles of its cast. The new episodes will revisit the group at a different stage of adulthood, although HBO has not yet disclosed specific plot details or a premiere date.
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