Hilary Duff to star in 'How I Met Your Mother' sequel series

Well its no Lizzie McGuire revival but its something equally exciting The Lizzie McGuire reboot sadly never found its way to Hulu but viewers are getting the next best thing actor Hilary Duff will star in How I Met Your Mother spinoff sequel series titled How I Met Your FatherAs per Variety the upcoming series is set to stream on Hulu The new show hails from This Is Us coshowrunners and Love Victor cocreators Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger who serve as writers and executive producers on the news seriesDuff will produce in addition to starring with Adam Londy serving as coexecutive producer 20th Television will produce the new series as it did with the original Aptaker and Berger are currently under an overall deal at the studioHulus official logline for HIMYF stated 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 closeknit 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 optionsAccording to an individual with knowledge of the project it remains unclear if and how the new show will tie into the originalExpressing her excitement to star in the series Duff said Ive been incredibly lucky in my career to play some wonderful characters and Im looking forward to taking on the role of SophieShe added As a huge fan of How I Met Your Mother Im 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 cant 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 Im excited to slip my 6 12 s in thereThe series brings Duff into the Hulu fold after she unsuccessfully lobbied to move the revival of the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire to the streamer from Disney PlusVariety previously reported that Duff and series creator Terri Minsky wanted to do a more adultthemed version of the show whereas Disney wanted something more familyfriendlyIn addition to her role in Lizzie McGuire Duff is known for starring in the criticallyacclaimed series Younger which started out airing on TV Land before moving to Paramount Plus for its final seasonHow I Met Your Mother ran on CBS from 2005 to 2014 The pop culture phenomenon starred Josh Radnor Ted Mosby Cobie Smulders Robin Scherbatsky Neil Patrick Harris Barney Stinson Jason Segel Marshall Erikson and Alyson Hannigan Lily AldrinBob Saget provided the voice of the narrator an older version of Radnors character Ted MosbyThe series followed Radnors character Ted Mosby who tells his children the story of how he met their mother In its nineseason run HIMYM earned multiple Emmy wins and Golden Globe recognitionMonths before the sitcoms series finale aired in 2014 a How I Met Your Dad spinoff series was announced Greta Gerwig was signed on to star but CBS ultimately passed on the projectTwo years later Deadline reported that the series was being renamed to How I Met Your Father and getting brand new characters Aptaker and Berger were additionally tapped to write the show but the project was later put on hold in 2017Its currently uncertain when How I Met Your Father will release on Hulu Meanwhile the final season of Younger is currently streaming on Paramount with the finale slated for June 10 But that may not be the last you see of Duffs character Kelsey Peters from the series Show creator Darren Star is in the process of developing a spinoff seriesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever