The ‘How I Met Your Mother’ spin-off series has been ordered at Hulu Actress and singer Hilary Duff Image Credit: REUTERS
A ‘How I Met Your Mother’ sequel series titled ‘How I Met Your Father’ has been ordered at Hulu with Hilary Duff set to star in the lead role. How I Met Your Mother still Image Credit: Facebook
In the near future, Sophie (Duff) is telling her son the story of how she met his father: a story that begins in 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.
Hilary Duff and “How I Met Your Mother” fans, we have some news for you.
Inspired by CBS’ long-running hit sitcom, the new show “How I Met Your Father” is finally making it to air, starring Duff as its lead. The series will premiere on Hulu, with “This Is Us” and “Love, Simon” co-showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger as writers and executive producers. “How I Met Your Mother” creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas also are executive producers.
The gender-swapped sequel stars Duff, 33, as Sophie, who tells her son the story of how she met his father. The show jumps between the near future and the year 2021, when Sophie and her four friends much like the crew of its prequel come together to sort through the messes of love and life. It’s unclear whether “Father” will tie into the original, Variety reported.
Led by Hilary Duff, How I Met Your Father , a sequel to the Emmy-winning sitcom How I Met Your Mother has been given a straight-to-series order at Hulu.
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Hilary Duff is to be the star of new comedy series How I Met Your Father. The Lizzie Maguire actress, 33, is also set to be a producer on the show which is a spin-off from How I Met Your Mother, which originally aired from 2005 to 2014.
The series, which will be executive produced by the original show s creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, will be set in the near future and sees Duff s character Sophie tell her son the story of how she met his father.
According to Hulu, the show, “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”.
Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, known for their work on This Is Us, will produce the series alongside the original’s creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas.
Duff said: “As a huge fan of How I Met Your Mother, I’m honoured 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.”