Attention fans of the series Girls. HBO has announced that they have greenlit a five-episode Girls revival series. However, according to Deadline, Adam Driver (Misty Green, Paper Tiger), who Adam Sackler will not return for the revival series.
For those who don’t know, Girls is a series that tells a story about four women in their twenties who are friends trying to navigate through career struggles, financial isolation, and some messy relationships in New York City. The series ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017. “No, but I wish them the best of luck,” Driver said in an interview with CinemaBlend via Deadline. Last month, the series showrunner Lena Dunham (Choked, Notice Me) made an announcement on the HBO Max YouTube channel where the revival series would have a five episode run.
The cast consists of Dunham, Allison Williams (Kill Me, Regretting You), Jemima Kirke (Elsbeth, Expulsion), Zosia Mamet (Mostly Brutal, Artificial), Alex Karpovsky (Nobody Wants This, The Bride’s Curse), Andrew Rannells (Miss You, Love You, Deli Boys), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (A Long Winter, The Bear), Peter Scolari (Evil, Lisey’s Story), Becky Ann Baker (CIA, Ted Lasso), Christopher Abbott (East of Eden, You Can See Everything), Jake Lacy (Stranglehold, Magazine), Jon Glasser (Inside Amy Schumer, 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards), Gaby Hoffmann (Junk, Sia: Nostalgia for The Present), Colin Quinn (Life & Beth, 40-Love), Rita Wilson (Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: an Almost History of America, The Last Thing He Told Me), Corey Stoll (Matchbox: The Movie, Imperfect Women), Aidy Bryant (Mating Season, Platonic), Ethan Phillips (Box Office Champ, The Home), Patrick Wilson (The Last of Us, Cape Fear), Riz Ahmed (Digger, Bait), Daisy Eagan (Baby Zoomers, Good Trouble), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Lanterns, The Pearl and the Onion), Matthew Rhys (Invincible, Golden Axe), and Caroline Watters (Inez & Doug & Kira, Girls).
The series will begin production in 2027. In the meantime, you can watch the series on HBO Max in order to get caught up for the main event.