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HULU ORIGINALS SERIES HOW I MET YOUR FATHER, STARRING HILARY DUFF, FROM 20TH TELEVISION RECEIVES STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER
A Sequel to the Beloved Emmy(R) Award-Winning Series How I Met Your Mother, New Series to Be Helmed by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger
Today it was announced that the Hulu Originals comedy series How I Met Your Father from Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger ( This Is Us, Love, Victor ) has received a straight-to-series order to stream exclusively on Hulu in the United States. The 10-episode comedy will star Hilary Duff ( Younger ) as Sophie, with Duff also serving as a producer. The sequel will use a multi- and single-camera approach similar to its predecessor. How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas will executive produce alongside Aptaker and Berger. 20th Television, which produced the original, will again serve as the studio.
There are likely no hard feelings, as Gerwig went on to direct critically acclaimed hits
Lady Bird and
Little Women winning Best Costume Design.
Duff will now star as Sophie, a mother telling her son the story of how she met his father which takes the viewers back to the year 2021, a time when Sophie was still figuring life out with her group of friends in New York City. Sound familiar?
“Kids, I’m going to tell you an incredible story: It’s the story of how two writers got lucky enough to make their dream TV show for nine seasons and now get to pass the torch to an inspired new creative team with their own incredible story to tell, the story of
That
Lizzie McGuire reboot sadly never found its way to Hulu, but we re getting the next best thing: Hilary Duff will star in a
How I Met Your Mother spin-off sequel series at the streaming network, called
How I Met Your Father. Suit up!
And the news just gets better. Deadline reports the series has been given a 10-episode order, which means that, barring some strange and unlikely event, we will definitely get to see it. Binge-watch challenge accepted.
The original
How I Met Your Mother ran from 2005 to 2014 and chronicled, in a series of flashbacks, how lovelorn architect Ted (Josh Radnor) met and fell in love with a series of women until he finally found his one true love, the mother of the children he was telling these stories to.
How I Met Your Father, Starring Hilary Duff, Nabs Hulu Series Order
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The comedy, from This Is Us and Love, Victor showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, will also be exec produced by original series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas.
Break out the yellow umbrella.
After at least three attempts, a sequel series to CBS and 20th Television s
How I Met Your Mother has come to fruition. Hulu has handed out a 10-episode, straight-to-series order for
How I Met Your Father, with Hilary Duff (
Younger) set to star in the comedy.