Everything we know about the 'Girls' revival

Lena Dunham, the creator of "Girls," and four of her original castmates are returning for five new episodes of the show.

Jim Spellman/WireImage Lena Dunham and four of her original castmates are returning for five new episodes of “Girls.” The revival will revisit the characters as they approach middle age.

Production begins in 2027, but HBO hasn’t announced a premiere date.

Millennials are getting older and “Girls” is coming back to see how that’s going.

HBO announced Tuesday that Lena Dunham ’s comedy will return for a limited five-episode run, with its four leading women and Andrew Rannells reprising their roles.

The original series followed aspiring writer Hannah Horvath and her friends through the jobs, relationships, and financial uncertainty of their 20s in New York.

It ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017, becoming a lightning rod for debates about millennial life, feminism, and who gets to speak for a generation.

Now, Dunham is returning to the characters with another decade of perspective.

Here’s everything we know about the “Girls” revival .

Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, and Andrew Rannells are returning Ben Gabbe/Getty Images According to HBO's announcement, Dunham will reprise her role as Hannah Horvath, alongside Williams as Marnie Michaels, Kirke as Jessa Johansson, and Mamet as Shoshanna Shapiro.

Rannells is also returning as Elijah, Hannah’s ex-boyfriend and friend.

All four of Dunham’s returning castmates will serve as co-executive producers.

The revival will trade the chaos of their 20s for the milestone of turning 40 Jesse Grant/Getty Images for HBO HBO hasn’t revealed a plot synopsis, but its comedy chief, Amy Gravitt , offered a hint about the new episodes’ focus.

“We’re thrilled to have Lena turn her gaze from the tumult of one’s twenties to the milestone of turning forty,” Gravitt said in a statement.