Just as Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) walked his kids through the ups and downs of dating, working, and cultivating lasting friendships in Manhattan, Sophie will tell her son how she did the same. HIMYF will use both multi-camera and single-camera methods, in much the same way as the original.
I realize these are big shoes to fill and I’m excited to slip my 6 ½s in there.” What will be the show’s format? Just fan-girling over here getting to join the Hulu Originals and 20th families. “Isaac and Elizabeth are brilliant, and I can’t wait to work alongside them and all of their genius. 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,” Duff said, per Deadline.
“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. The plot begins in 2021 and depicts Sophie with her close-knit group of friends, who all live-where else?-in New York City. 18, 2022.ĭuff will be playing Sophie, the show's protagonist and narrator, telling her son the story of how she met his father. 17, Hulu released a video of the cast announcing that the show will premiere on the streaming platform Jan. Thanks to all the HIMYM fans out there who waited for it.”Īs speculation abounds, here’s everything we know so far about HIMYF. "We are honored by their passion and vision, and look forward to helping them tell a legendary new story.
“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 How I Met Your Father," Bays and Thomas said in a statement per Deadline.
Original series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas are back, and Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger will be show-runners. Although many fans had problems with the show’s finale, they will certainly be happy to see much of the same creative power behind this new project. The pilot episode will be helmed by HIMYM director Pam Fryman, who directed 196 out of 208 episodes of the original series. This is the first show Duff is doing after the series end of Younger, which ran for seven seasons. Hilary Duff is starring in a How I Met Your Mother spin-off called How I Met Your Father ( H IMYF), a 10-episode comedy series on Hulu. CBS’s How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) ended more than seven years ago, but fans who miss Robin, Barney, Ted, Lily, and Ted-and are also really bummed the Lizzie McGuire Disney+ reboot didn’t happen-are in luck.