Lena Dunham confirms five-episode 'Girls' revival for HBO with full original cast returning in 2027
Lena Dunham, creator of 'Girls', whose five-episode HBO revival — featuring all four original lead actresses — begins production in 2027, nearly a decade after the show wrapped.Adam Driver and Lena Dunham in a scene from 'Girls'. Dunham said the characters "started talking to me in the shower" around her 40th birthday, prompting the five-episode HBO revival set for 2027.
Lena Dunham has confirmed a five-episode revival of her hit HBO series 'Girls', with all four lead actresses — Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet — returning alongside Andrew Rannells, with production set to begin in 2027. The announcement came via a mock video call released by HBO, nearly a decade after the original series wrapped. Dunham said the characters 'started talking to me in the shower' around her 40th birthday, with the new run set to follow them into middle age.
Judd Apatow, who helped get the original series made, will return as executive producer on the five-episode revival.
The show ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017, earned 19 Emmy nominations and won two, and was ranked among the BBC's 100 greatest TV shows of the 21st century.