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Hilary Duff’s new post-Youngerproject is going to be legen — wait for it — dary!
Hulu announced on Wednesday that the actress is taking the lead on theHow I Met Your Mothersequel series,How I Met Your Father. Ten episodes have already been ordered, withThis Is Usco-showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger leading the charge along with Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, who created the original series for CBS. Duff, 33, will also serve as a producer.
Duff, whowelcomed her third child, daughter Mae, on March 24, was quick to share her excitement.
The star continued, “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 ½'s in there!”
“I truly feel blessed,” Duff added on Instagram. “Suit up!”
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Months beforethe sitcom’s controversial series finaleaired in 2014, aHow I Met Your Dadspinoff series was announced.Greta Gerwigwas signed on to star but CBS ultimately passed on the project.
“We shot the pilot and it was so much fun! I loved working on it,” Gerwig, 37, said onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertin 2017. “The audience, they’re given knobs. They turn the knob to the right if they like it and to the left if they don’t. And apparently, they turned the knob to the left every time I came on…so yeah, they didn’t like it. At all.”
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Two years later,Deadline reportedthat the series was being renamed toHow I Met Your Fatherand getting brand new characters. Aptaker and Berger were additionally tapped to write the show, but the project was laterput on holdin 2017.
20th Television President Karey Burke noted that Aptaker and Berger “have created a spectacular new take which both honors the original and is entirely their own.” Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment President Craig Erwich additionally added, “Isaac and Elizabeth have proven to be rich storytellers and great partners to us at Hulu Originals and across The Walt Disney Company family. Coupled with the passion and infectious energy Hilary brings to every role she takes on, we can’t wait to suit up and bring audiencesHow I Met Your Father.”
It’s currently uncertain whenHow I Met Your Fatherwill arrive on Hulu.
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In the meantime, the final season ofYoungeris currently streaming on Paramount+, with the finale slated for June 10. But that may not be the last you see of Duff’s Kelsey Peters. Show creator Darren Star is in the process of developing a spinoff series.
“The best way to describe it is that it would be a bit of a femaleEntouragewith Kelsey as the lead,” Star toldVarietyearlier this month.
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Previously, Duff was expected to return to her child star roots for a revival of Lizzie McGuire on Disney+, but the series was canceled due tobehind-the-scenes issues.
“It was a big disappointment obviously,” DufftoldGood Morning Americain March. “I will forever be grateful for the two episodes that we did shoot.”
“It was a really special two weeks of my life,” she added.
source: people.com
