Washington: Well, it is no ‘Lizzie McGuire’ revival, nevertheless it’s one thing equally thrilling! The ‘Lizzie McGuire’ reboot sadly by no means discovered its means to Hulu, however viewers are getting the following smartest thing: actor Hilary Duff will star in ‘How I Met Your Mother’ spin-off sequel series, titled ‘How I Met Your Father’.
As per Variety, the upcoming series is about to stream on Hulu. The new present hails from ‘This Is Us’ co-showrunners and ‘Love, Victor’ co-creators Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, who function writers and govt producers on the information series.
Duff will produce in addition to starring, with Adam Londy serving as co-executive producer. twentieth Television will produce the brand new series because it did with the unique. Aptaker and Berger are presently underneath an general deal on the studio.
Hulu’s official logline for ‘HIMYF’ said, “In the near future, Sophie (Duff) is telling her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.”
According to a person with information of the undertaking, it stays unclear if and the way the brand new present will tie into the unique. Expressing her pleasure to star in the series, Duff stated, “I’ve been incredibly lucky in my career to play some wonderful characters and I’m looking forward to taking on the role of Sophie.”
She added, “As a huge fan of ‘How I Met Your Mother,’ I’m honored and even a little nervous that Carter and Craig would trust me with the sequel of their baby. Isaac and Elizabeth are brilliant, and I can’t wait to work alongside them and all of their genius. Just fangirling over here getting to join the Hulu Originals and 20th families. I realize these are big shoes to fill and I’m excited to slip my 6 1/2 ‘s in there.”
The series brings Duff into the Hulu fold after she unsuccessfully lobbied to transfer the revival of the Disney Channel series ‘Lizzie McGuire’ to the streamer from Disney Plus.
Variety beforehand reported that Duff and series creator Terri Minsky needed to do a extra adult-themed model of the present, whereas Disney needed one thing extra family-friendly.
In addition to her function in ‘Lizzie McGuire’, Duff is understood for starring in the critically-acclaimed series ‘Younger’, which began airing on TV Land earlier than transferring to Paramount Plus for its remaining season.
‘How I Met Your Mother’ ran on CBS from 2005 to 2014. The popular culture phenomenon starred Josh Radnor (Ted Mosby), Cobie Smulders (Robin Scherbatsky), Neil Patrick Harris (Barney Stinson), Jason Segel (Marshall Erikson) and Alyson Hannigan (Lily Aldrin).
Bob Saget offered the voice of the narrator, an older model of Radnor’s character Ted Mosby. The series adopted Radnor’s character Ted Mosby, who tells his youngsters the story of how he met their mom.
In its nine-season run, ‘HIMYM’ earned a number of Emmy wins and Golden Globe recognition.Months earlier than the sitcom’s series finale aired in 2014, a ‘How I Met Your Dad’ spinoff series was introduced. Greta Gerwig was signed on to star however CBS in the end handed on the undertaking.
Two years later, Deadline reported that the series was being renamed to ‘How I Met Your Father’ and getting model new characters. Aptaker and Berger have been moreover tapped to write the present, however the undertaking was later placed on maintain in 2017.
It’s presently unsure when ‘How I Met Your Father’ shall be launched on Hulu. Meanwhile, the ultimate season of ‘Younger’ is presently streaming on Paramount+, with the finale slated for June 10. But that will not be the final you see of Duff`s character Kelsey Peters from the series. Show creator Darren Star is in the method of creating a by-product series.
