HBO has ordered a limited five-episode revival of Lena Dunham's series 'Girls,' with production set to begin in 2027. Most of the original cast returns, though Adam Driver and Jenni Konner are absent.
HBO has ordered a limited run of five episodes of Lena Dunham’s comedy series "Girls," with the majority of the original cast confirmed to return. Production will begin in 2027, marking 15 years after the show's premiere and 10 years after the Season 6 finale.
Lena Dunham will reprise her role as Hannah Horvath. Allison Williams returns as Marnie Michaels, Jemima Kirke is back as Jessa Johansson, and Zosia Mamet comes back to play Shoshanna Shapiro. Andrew Rannells, who recurred as Elijah Krantz in the first three seasons before joining the cast as a regular in Season 4, is also returning.
Dunham will executive produce the revival alongside Judd Apatow, Ilene S. Landress, and Michael P. Cohen for Good Thing Going. Williams, Kirke, Mamet, and Rannells serve as co-executive producers.
Adam Driver, who played Hannah’s boyfriend Adam, is not returning. In her recent memoir "Famesick," Dunham wrote that Driver was "verbally aggressive" during filming. She alleged that he was "verbally aggressive, condescending and physically imposing," recounting an incident where he threw a chair at a wall next to her because she had forgotten her lines.
Jenni Konner, who served as co-showrunner and was a close creative partner to Dunham during "Girls," is also not returning. Dunham wrote in "Famesick" that she hasn’t spoken to Konner since 2018. The book details a souring relationship, including Dunham feeling pressured by Konner to negotiate equal salaries despite creating the series and appearing onscreen.
Dunham, who also created Netflix’s "Too Much," has long discussed returning to the "Girls" universe. In a statement, she said, "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 40th birthday, they started talking to me in the shower."
In a 2025 interview with Variety, Dunham suggested specific life updates for the characters, such as Shoshanna being divorced from the New York mayor, Marnie being on her third marriage, and Jessa living on a boat in Croatia. She described her own character, Hannah, as teaching at Bard and having a son and a chef girlfriend.
Amy Gravitt, EVO, Head of HBO & HBO Max Comedy Programming, said in a statement: "We’re thrilled to have Lena turn her gaze from the tumult of one’s 20s to the milestone of turning 40. To say the world has changed since we last saw Hannah, Marnie, Shoshanna, Jessa, and Elijah is a massive understatement, but we know fans — old and new — will be happy to see how they’ve grown and relieved to see that they’re still the Girls we knew way back when."
The revival marks a significant return for a series that ran from 2012 to 2017 and earned 19 Emmy nominations and two wins. The project highlights the enduring cultural impact of the show while navigating the complex personal histories of its key creators and cast members.
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