After 'Lizzie McGuire' Hilary Duff To Lead In 'Younger' Spin-Off

The current situation of lockdown may have resulted in a temporary halt in a number of things but actor Hilary Duff has seemingly only profited from the same. We all know that the actor will be reprising her teen sensation role of Lizzie McGuire in the reboot of the show soon on Disney+, and now she has bagged yet another biggie.

Duff already stars in a supporting role in the series Younger and now it seems that the show is becoming a franchise.

Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that ViacomCBS — which owns the TV Land comedy — is teaming with creator Darren Star to develop a spinoff of the veteran comedy starring Sutton Foster. Unlike the flagship series, the potential offshoot would be built around Foster's co-star, Hilary Duff.

A network for the Duff-led Younger spinoff has not yet been determined and it's unclear if the episode, which has not yet been scripted or filmed, could air as a planted episode of the comedy's previously announced seventh season.

Sources note that ViacomCBS is poised to bring in an executive to oversee original scripted movies for the larger portfolio with an announcement expected to come within the next few weeks. Duff, meanwhile, has starred as book editor Kelsey on TV Land's Younger since its pilot. 

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