How I Met Your Mother spin-off 'gets second chance with brand new characters and female perspective'
It's been two years since How I Met Your Mother came to an end.
And now the show may be getting a second chance at getting the spin-off treatment.
Deadline reports that Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker, co-executive producers of This Is Us, are writing a spin-off to the long-running series entitled How I Met Your Father.
Getting the spin-off treatment again: Deadline reports that Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker, co-executive producers of This Is Us, are writing a spin-off to the long-running series entitled How I Met Your Father
Said to be a nontraditional spin-off, this potential new series features brand new characters, and will not incorporate any of the original roles.
It will, however, unfold in the same manner as the original series did - from the perspective of the lead character, as they meet their future spouse.
How I Met Your Father will be told from a woman's point of view.
At the moment, it is uncertain when it will arrive to the marketplace.
Not returning: Described by Deadline as a nontraditional spin-off, this potential new series features brand new characters, and does incorporate any of the original roles
Legendary role: Neil Patrick Harris played fan favourite and lady's man Barney
As the show does not include the same characters as the original series, it may not have to head to the network that aired How I Met Your Mother, CBS.
From 2005 to 2014, How I Met Your Mother aired on CBS and chronicled the love life of Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor), an architect who finally meets his wife near the end of the series.
The Emmy-award winning series also starred Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris, and Alyson Hannigan, all as Ted's close-knit friends.
'He wins in the end': Radnor, pictured in February in Beverly Hills, explained in an interview with Vulture that he enjoyed playing humble Ted Mosby in How I Met Your Mother
Josh discussed in an interview with Vulture what qualities he most enjoyed in his character.
'Something I actually found really appealing about Ted is he's a totally self-deprecating narrator. All Barney’s stories are, "This is how awesome I was" and "This is how awesome the night was," and Ted is like, "This is what a fool I made of myself," and "This is how I made these mistakes, really big mistakes in my life."
'He's a humble person and in some ways he has taught me humility. He was never a character that you felt like he'd just walk into a room and heads turn, "There’s Ted!" No, he's like bumping into furniture all the time. But he's great, and he wins in the end; he gets both girls.'
The potential new spin-off reported by Deadline would be the second time a spin-off has been developed for the show.
In 2014, CBS ordered the pilot for How I Met Your Dad starring Greta Gerwig.
However, the show was never fully realized into a series, according to Deadline.
Meant to be: Jason Segel and Alyson Hannigan were Marshall and Lily, who married in the series as well
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