Girls Returns With Season 7 on HBO

HBO is bringing back Girls for a seventh season with five new episodes featuring original cast members Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet and Jemima Kirke. The limited return will begin filming in 2027 and continues the story of the series created by Dunham.

According to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, Dunham will reprise Hannah Horvath, while Williams, Mamet and Kirke return as Marnie Michaels, Shoshanna Shapiro and Jessa Johansson. Andrew Rannells is also set to return as Elijah.

Girls originally ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017. Dunham previously explained that the series ended after its sixth season because the creators wanted a clear conclusion for the characters' transition into adulthood.

"We haven't had a conversation about a reunion only because we always said when the show ended that if we were going to go back, it would have to be at such a different phase in their lives." said Lena Dunham, creator and star of Girls.

Dunham said the decision to revisit the characters came after years of distance from the original series and with a different perspective on its impact.

"Jenni [Konner], Judd [Apatow], and I always talked about wanting the series to have a really clear end," said Lena Dunham, creator and star of Girls.

"At a certain point, girls become women. That's not the story we set out to tell. We set out to tell the story of this transitional time. At a certain point it would go from a transitional time to true deep dysfunction if we kept them from maturing anymore." said Lena Dunham, creator and star of Girls.

Dunham later described how she imagined the characters' lives after the original finale, including where their relationships and careers had taken them.

"Right around my fortieth birthday, they started talking to me in the shower. And, as you may remember, once this fivesome starts talking it's pretty hard to get them to stop… It's rare that you get the chance to return to something that changed your life with the gift of hindsight and a whole new level of gratitude and understanding. I love these girls (and boy), our friends at HBO and all the people who have continued to discover the show and remind us afresh why we do this, which is the joy of being together… and the chance to wear yellow mesh…" said Lena Dunham, creator and star of Girls.

In discussing possible character updates, Dunham outlined imagined futures for several members of the ensemble, including Shoshanna and Marnie.

"Shoshanna was married to, then divorced from, the mayor of New York City, and she runs an athleisure startup that's zero-waste. Marnie — it's third marriage. She still sings, but I think Marnie really needs to take it to Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous," said Lena Dunham, creator and star of Girls.

Dunham also shared possible developments for other characters from the series, including Hannah and the male characters connected to the group.

"Jessa is unvaccinated and lives on a boat in Croatia. Adam (Driver) is a cult theater actor, and he's probably living in Berlin, and Ray (Alex Karpovsky) is still on city council and running his coffee shop and doing better than anyone. Elijah is the fourth lead on a sitcom, making a good amount of money and still looking for love in all the wrong places." said Lena Dunham, creator and star of Girls.

"She teaches at Bard and loves raising her son. She probably has a girlfriend who's, like, a chef. And she's less obsessed with being famous. That is where I feel that she would land." said Lena Dunham, creator and star of Girls.

Production for the new five-episode season is scheduled to begin in 2027, while HBO has not announced a premiere date.