"How I put your father" will finally see the light of day.
The spin-off of the sitcom "How I met your mother" has been confirmed by the streaming platform Hulu.
Hilary Duff will be starring in this project.
If some information has filtered, no release date has been announced.
"I'm going to tell you an incredible story. The story of my meeting with your father."
These could be the first lines of dialogue in the new
How I met your father series
, the spin off of
How I met your mother.
The American magazine
Variety
confirmed that the Hulu platform had ordered this sequel.
The basic synopsis remains the same as the original, but reversing the roles: in the near future the heroine, Sophie, will explain to her son how she met his father.
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Hilary Duff was chosen to carry this sitcom and play the title role.
If the narration will begin in the future, as in the original, the events recounted will be those of the time known to the viewer.
So the
9 seasons broadcast between 2005 and 2014 took place in the early 2000s. The new series will take place in 2021 in the age of social networks and dating applications.
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We do not yet know if the two series will have a link or if this spin off will take again the process which made the success of the original: to make the spectator wait by disseminating here and there various clues and by multiplying the false hopes of revelation. , so that the suspense is maintained as long as possible, even if it means producing a controversial final episode.
Ten test episodes
Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, the two showrunners of
This Is Us
, also co-creators of the series
Love, Victor
will be the authors and executive producers of this new project. The creators of
How I Met Your Mother
, Carter Bays and Craig Thomas will also be executive producers. In addition to the title role, Hillary Duff will also be in production, with Adam Londy as co-executive producer.
The project had been in the works for several years. Both CBS and Fox had tried to bring it to a successful conclusion. It is ultimately Hulu that will go all the way. The first test season should have 10 episodes. No release date has been announced. For those who would like to wait while going to see or re-watch
How I Met Your Mother
, the 208 episodes are available on the Disney + streaming platform.