Lena Dunham reunites original 'Girls' cast for limited HBO revival of the buzzy millennial dramedy

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Set us as preferred “Girls” is returning to HBO for a limited-run revival.Creator, star and, if not the voice of a generation, at least a voice of a generation, Lena Dunham will be back for the five-episode reboot of the dramedy series, alongside castmates Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells.

The “Girls” alums announced the news in an HBO promo video that featured the stars very much in character: Dunham “16ish minutes late, Williams mildly irritated, Kirke aloof and lighting up a cigarette, Mamet clutching a puppy and Rannells svelte and somewhat naked.Dunham pitched the idea of spending another summer together like they used to, when they were “making this show,” and asked if the crew was up for another go.

“I’m in” was the unanimous response.Not included in the “Girls” revival promo was Adam Driver, who played an actor named Adam and the on-again, off-again love interest of Dunham’s Hannah Horvath.

In Dunham’s second memoir, “Famesick,” which hit bookshops in April, Dunham detailed behind-the-scenes turmoil with Driver, who she claimed frequently yelled on set, threw a chair against a wall and punched a hole into his trailer wall because he didn’t like his haircut.Dunham, the series’ showrunner, didn’t know how to navigate her role as the boss of such a motley crew, specifically her relationship with Driver.

“I reasoned that the intensity of his anger at me, anger that could make him spit and throw things, was proportionate to the intensity of our creative connection,” Dunham wrote in the book.Although Driver initially dodged requests for comment following the publication of “Famesick,” he gave a cheeky retort to Guardian reporters at the Cannes Film Festival in May, “I have no comment on any of that.I’m saving it all for my book,” he said.I...