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HBO plans five-episode Girls revival with original cast
HBO is bringing back Girls for a five-episode limited run, with production due to begin in 2027.
Creator and star Lena Dunham will return as Hannah Horvath, alongside Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet, Jemima Kirke and Andrew Rannells.
The original series followed a group of friends in their twenties in New York City, and ran from 2012 to 2017.
The revival comes about a decade after the finale, and is intended to show the characters at a later stage of life.
Dunham said she wanted a specific story to tell before returning to the show.
The new episodes reunite the central cast and executive producer Judd Apatow, giving longtime viewers a chance to see the characters again.
The title, plot and any additional cast members have not been announced, so more details are still to come.
HBO is bringing back Girls for a limited run of five episodes.
Creator and star Lena Dunham will return with Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells.
Production is due to begin in 2027, about a decade after the original series ended.
Judd Apatow will return as executive producer.
The revival’s title, plot and any additional casting have not been announced.
- Who
- Lena Dunham and returning cast members Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells.
- What
- HBO is reviving Girls as a five-episode limited run.
- When
- Production is planned for 2027. The announcement was made on 13 October 2026.
- Where
- HBO. The original series followed friends in New York City.
- Why
- Dunham said the team would return only if there was a specific story to tell.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Girls began airing on HBO.
The original series ended after six seasons.
HBO announced the five-episode limited run.
Production is scheduled to begin.
- Episode count
- Five
- Production
- Planned for 2027
- Returning cast
- Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells
- Executive producer
- Judd Apatow
- Original run
- 2012–2017
What people are saying
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.
Okay, we used to spend every summer together doing this thing that we do, making this show, is it something that you'd want to do again? Are you free next summer?
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.
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