Kim Cattrall on board How I Met Your Father

Actor Kim Cattrall has joined the cast of How I Met Your Father, the sequel series of How I Met Your Mother.

Set in the near future, How I Met Your Father will have Sophie (Hilary Duff) telling her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends -  Jesse (Chris Lowell), Valentina (Francia Raisa), Charlie (Tom Ainsley), Ellen (Tien Tran), and Sid (Suraj Sharma) - are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.

The 10-episode comedy recently received a straight-to-series order from Hulu. Cattrall will star as the future version of Sophie, a mother telling her young son the story of how she met his father.

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This Is Us co-showrunners and Love, Victor co-creators Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger are attached to serve as writers and executive producers. How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas are also on board as executive producers. Duff will produce the series, with Adam Londy serving as co-executive producer. 20th Television, the producer of the original, is also producing the new series.

How I Met Your Mother aired on CBS for a historic nine seasons, with over 200 episodes, from 2005-2014. The series starred Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel, and Alyson Hannigan. Bob Saget provided the voice of the narrator, an older version of Radnor’s character Ted Mosby.

Cattrall is best known for playing Samantha Jones in HBO's Sex and the City.