May Lena Dunham convey “Ladies” into the 2020s? The collection creator and up to date “Too A lot” showrunner instructed Selection that she remains to be open to the potential for revisiting the beloved HBO present. “Ladies” concluded in 2017 after six seasons, and starred Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, and Zosia Mamet as a millennial good friend group in Brooklyn.
Whereas Dunham has teased a potential “Ladies” reboot down the road for years and has been in talks with HBO about bringing the present again (she stated in January 2022 for the present’s 10-year anniversary that it was “not time but,” although), she is now detailing what that revival would entail.
“If we had one thing to say that was actually particular and it was a second of their lives the place we felt like revisiting it — like millennial ladies changing into moms or getting into menopause or going to reside at old-age properties — I’d all the time need to work with these individuals once more,” Dunham stated.
And Dunham has a number of concepts about the place the beloved characters can be particularly…
“Shoshanna [(Mamet)] was married to, then divorced from, the mayor of New York Metropolis, and she or he runs an athleisure startup that’s zero-waste,” Dunham stated. “Marnie [(Williams)] — it’s third marriage. She nonetheless sings, however I believe Marnie actually must take it to intercourse and love addicts nameless. Jessa [(Kirke)] is unvaccinated and lives on a ship in Croatia. Adam [(Adam Driver)] is a cult theater actor, and he’s most likely residing in Berlin, and Ray remains to be on metropolis council and operating his espresso store and doing higher than anybody. Elijah [(Andrew Rannells)] is the fourth lead on a sitcom, making sum of money and nonetheless on the lookout for love in all of the flawed locations.”
As for Dunham’s personal character Hannah, she added, “Oh my God, I forgot about her! She teaches at Bard and loves elevating her son. She most likely has a girlfriend who’s, like, a chef. And he or she’s much less obsessive about being well-known. That’s the place I really feel that she would land.”
Earlier than Dunham might presumably revisit “Ladies,” although, the filmmaker has fairly a number of different initiatives within the works: Except for launching Netflix collection “Too A lot,” she can also be partnering with the streamer for characteristic “Good Intercourse” which stars Natalie Portman, Tramell Tillman, Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Rashida Jones, and Tucker Pillsbury. Dunham can also be writing the “10 Issues I Hate About You” musical adaptation.