By PTI
LOS ANGELES: “Life of Pi” star Suraj Sharma, “Grown-ish” star Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley of “Versailles” fame, and Tien Tran, greatest recognized for “Space Force”, have signed on to function in “How I Met Your Father”, a spin-off to the Emmy-winning sitcom “How I Met Your Mother”.
“Younger” star Hilary Duff headlines the present that has acquired a straight-to-series order from Hulu, reported Deadline.
The upcoming collection will see Duff star as Sophie telling her son the story of how she met his father, very like Josh Radnor/ Bob Saget’s Ted Mosby did within the unique.
Created and written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, the story of “How I Met Your Father” begins in 2021 the place Sophie and her close-knit group of pals are within the midst of determining their identities, aspirations and methods to fall in love within the age of courting apps.
The quartet additionally joins Chris Lowell, who performs the good and cynical Jesse, who’s an aspiring musician who works as an Uber driver to make ends meet and lives along with his greatest pal Tom.
Raisa will play Valentina, Sophie’s (Duff) roommate and pal who’s an aspiring stylist, and Ainsley performs Charlie, an aspiring mannequin who fell in love with Valentina at London Fashion Week and adopted her to New York.
Tran is Ellen, Jesse’s adopted sister, who simply moved to New York from a small farming city after separating from her spouse.
Sharma portrays Sid, Jesse’s greatest pal and roommate.
He’s a brand new bar proprietor and performs the optimist to Jesse’s cynicism.
Duff additionally produces the collection, which is able to use a multi- and single-camera strategy just like its predecessor.
“How I Met Your Mother” creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas government produce “How I Met Your Father”, which comes from twentieth Television.
Adam Londy serves as co-executive producer.