Lena Dunham to Bring Back 'Girls' for a 5-Episode Run on HBO 10 Years After Its Finale
The five-episode project reunites Lena Dunham with Alison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells as HBO revisits the Emmy-winning series.
- On Tuesday, HBO announced a five-episode limited revival of Girls with creator Lena Dunham and the original core cast returning; production begins in 2027, ten years after the series finale.
- Returning cast members include Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, and Andrew Rannells, with Dunham, Judd Apatow, Ilene S. Landress, and Michael P. Cohen serving as executive producers.
- Dunham stated the revival explores characters at the "milestone of turning 40," with story ideas arriving around her fortieth birthday inspiring her creative return to the series.
- Former co-showrunner Jenni Konner is not involved in the revival, following the end of her professional partnership with Dunham in 2018.
- Status for Adam Driver, who played Hannah Horvath's boyfriend in the original series, remains unconfirmed for the limited run.
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'Girls' Is Returning & Lena Dunham May Have Already Teased Each Character's Fate
Lena Dunham’s Girls is coming back and we already have a good idea of what the show’s zany characters are up to 10 years after the show ended. Deadline confirmed that HBO officially greenlit the revival of the series, with a limited 5-episode run, with production set to begin in 2027, 10 years after the […]
The HBO series Girls is getting a sequel with five new episodes. Production is expected to start in 2027, ten years after the end of the sixth season. HBO announced this on Tuesday.
The series, which depicts the lives of friends in their twenties, brought its creator and star Lena Dunham to world fame. She and the other main characters are set to appear in new episodes.
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