How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas will executive produce alongside Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger. A sequel to the beloved Emmy Award-winning How I Met Your Father series, the new series is directed by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger
The Hulu Originals comedy series How I Met Your Father by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger (This Is Us) received a direct commission for the series to be broadcast exclusively on Hulu in the United States. In the ten-part comedy, Hilary Duff (Younger, Photo) along with Sophie, Duff will also act as a producer. The sequel will be recorded with several and a camera, similar to its predecessor. Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, creators of How I Met Your Mother, will produce in collaboration with Aptaker and Berger. 20th Television, which produced the original, will again serve as a studio.
“How I Met Your Mother is still one of the most innovative and beloved comedies on television,” said Craig Erwich, president of Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment. “Isaac and Elizabeth have an inspired take on this new version that honors what Carter and Craig did with the original. Isaac and Elizabeth have proven to be rich storytellers and great partners for us at Hulu Originals and throughout the Walt Disney Company family. Along with the passion and infectious energy that Hilary brings to every role she takes on, we look forward to bringing How I Met Your Father to the public. ”
In How I Met Your Father, Sophie (Duff) tells her son in the near future the story of how she met her father: a story that takes us back to the year 2021 when Sophie and her group of friends loved ones are busy figuring out who knows what they want out of life and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options. “