Lena Dunham’s Girls returning for restricted run at HBO
“I’ve missed these characters, however for a very long time I could not fairly image them within the current day,” she stated.
“Then, proper round my fortieth birthday, they began speaking to me within the bathe. And, as it’s possible you’ll keep in mind, as soon as this fivesome begins speaking it is fairly arduous to get them to cease,” she stated.
Girls, which ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017, was nominated for 19 Emmys and received two, together with finest casting.
It follows the lives of 4 pals – Hannah, performed by Dunham, Marnie, performed by Williams, Jessa, performed by Kirke and Shoshanna, performed by Mamet – residing in New York City throughout their 20s.
The present, created by Dunham when she was 23-years-old, attracted each reward and controversy throughout its airing. The BBC ranked it as quantity 30 on its 100 Greatest TV Shows of the 21st Century.
“We’re thrilled to have Lena flip her gaze from the tumult of 1’s twenties to the milestone of turning forty,” Amy Gravitt, govt vice-president of HBO programming, stated.
“To say the international stage has modified since we final noticed Hannah, Marnie, Shoshanna, Jessa, and Elijah is an enormous understatement, however we all know followers – previous and new – shall be glad to see how they’ve grown and relieved to see that they are nonetheless the ‘Girls’ we knew means again when.”
The title of the restricted run has but to be introduced, however Dunham did ask her fellow solid on the mock zoom name, “can we nonetheless name it Girls?”, earlier than joking “as a result of we’re previous as”.
Other solid and manufacturing members, most notably actor Adam Driver, have been absent from HBO’s official assertion. Driver, in his breakout position, performed Dunham’s on-and-off once more love curiosity within the present.
In her 2026 bestselling memoir Famesick, Dunham alleged Driver’s on-set behaviour at occasions turned verbally aggressive and bodily imposing. Driver has not publicly commented on the allegations.
In Famesick, Dunham additionally wrote in regards to the breakdown of her working relationship and friendship with co-showrunner and govt producer Jenni Konner. Konner just isn’t included in HBO’s assertion in regards to the present’s revival.
Dunham wrote on her Substack that “it is uncommon in life that you simply get the prospect to return to one thing you’re keen on with new information and a … ton of gratitude.
“I like these ladies (and boy) and I like all of the individuals who have reminded us afresh why we do that, which is the enjoyment of being collectively and the prospect to put on yellow mesh…” she wrote.
Since Girls ended, Dunham has gone on to create the Netflix sequence Too Much in 2025 and indie movie Sharp Stick.
