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Lena Dunham Open to a 'Girls' Shoshanna Spinoff as HBO Maintains No Revival Plans

She made her remarks during a recent podcast appearance following informal brainstorming with Zosia Mamet.

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Overview

  • Dunham told the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast that she considers Shoshanna her favorite Girls character and would be “fucking thrilled” to headline a spinoff if the right context emerged.
  • Zosia Mamet has also expressed interest in a Shoshanna-focused series and has been encouraging Dunham to develop the project.
  • The duo has informally brainstormed potential storylines and character trajectories for Shoshanna without any formal series development underway.
  • HBO programming chief Casey Bloys stated that the network has no current plans to revive Girls or greenlight a spin-off.
  • Dunham outlined a possible future for Shoshanna that includes marriage and divorce from New York City’s mayor and running a zero-waste athleisure startup.