Girls, HBO’s flagship series about millennial warriors that launched the careers of Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Adam Driver and more, will return for a limited run on HBO in 2027.
The five-episode addendum, set to begin production next year – a decade after the series finale aired – will reunite creator and star Dunham, as aspiring writer Hannah Horvath, alongside Williams as Marnie Michaels, Zosia Mamet as Shoshanna, Jemima Kirke as Jessa and Andrew Rannells as Elijah. Judd Apatow will also return as executive producer.
“We always said we would only return to Girls if there was a specific story we were dying to tell,” Dunham said in a statement. “I missed these characters, but for a long time I couldn’t imagine them in this day and age. Then, around my fortieth birthday, they started talking to me in the shower. And, as you may remember, once these five start talking, it’s pretty hard to get them to stop…
“It’s rare that you get the chance to come back to something that changed your life with hindsight and a whole new level of gratitude and understanding,” she added. “I love these girls (and boy), our friends at HBO, and all the people who have continued to discover the show and remind us again why we do this, which is the joy of being together…and the chance to wear yellow tulle…”
“We’re thrilled to see Lena turn her gaze from the hustle and bustle of her 20s to the stage of her 40s,” said Amy Gravitt, HBO’s head of comedy programming. “To say the world has changed since we last saw Hannah, Marnie, Shoshanna, Jessa and Elijah is an understatement, but we know fans – old and new – will be happy to see how much they have grown and relieved to see that they are still the girls we knew long ago.”
Over the course of six headline-grabbing seasons from 2012 to 2017, Girls received 19 Emmy nominations and two wins, including Best Casting. Dunham, who became a media fixture after writing the series’ pilot at just 23 years old, returns to the series following the launch of her bestselling memoir Famesick, which dealt with the heady rush of responsibility and fame during the show’s heyday in the 2010s. Dunham’s credits since ending Girls also include the Netflix series Too Much and the independent film Sharp Stick.
Other details, including the title, plot and additional casting, have yet to be announced. As Dunham wondered in a video teasing the announcement: “I have one question though: Can we still call it Girls? Because we’re old as f—.”
The news comes as HBO joins Skydance following the $111 billion merger made official last week.
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