{"id":12334,"date":"2025-09-09T19:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/12334\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T19:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:23:08","slug":"hilary-duff-returning-to-tv-in-new-docuseries-from-taylor-swift-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/12334\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilary Duff returning to TV in new docuseries from Taylor Swift director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hilary Duff has signed a new record deal that comes with a new docuseries.Taylor Swift&#8217;s Eras Tour helmer Sam Wrench will work on the &#8220;intimate&#8221; project.The Lizzie McGuire alum&#8217;s last album was 2015&#8217;s Breathe In. Breathe Out.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/hilary-duff\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hilary Duff<\/a>&#8216;s musical hiatus is so yesterday, as the singer-actress announced Tuesday that she&#8217;s returning to both TV and music with a new docuseries and album in the works.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The icon of early-aughts pop culture has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/surprise-songs-what-to-expect-taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-concert-film\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Swift&#8217;s Eras Tour film<\/a> director Sam Wrench for a new docuseries showcasing an &#8220;unfiltered vignette&#8221; as the <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/lizzie-mcguire\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lizzie McGuire<\/a> alum prepares to launch a new album and first stage performance in 10 years.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Embracing the ups, downs, and everything in between, fans will ride shotgun as she balances raising a family, recording new music, live show rehearsals, and preparing to perform on stage for the first time in over a decade,&#8221; an official synopsis reads.\n<\/p>\n<p> Hilary Duff, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>MADELYN DEUTCH<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> As Duff works on her new album with Atlantic Records after signing a new deal with the label, the series is said to offer &#8220;v\u00e9rit\u00e9 footage, stylized interviews, performances,\u00a0and videos from her personal archive&#8221; throughout the production.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Additionally, the album is said to mark a &#8220;bold creative chapter&#8221; in the 37-year-old&#8217;s career as a pop star.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Wrench previously helmed Swift&#8217;s Eras Tour concert film to astronomical box office numbers for the genre, with the film earning a staggering $261 million in global ticket sales. Prior to his venture with Duff, he also worked with fellow pop star <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/sabrina-carpenter-8697945\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sabrina Carpenter<\/a> on her Netflix holiday special A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Since Duff rose to fame on the Disney Channel through her starring role in Lizzie McGuire, she has appeared in two additional high-profile TV projects, including the long-running <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/younger\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Younger<\/a> and Hulu&#8217;s How I Met Your Mother spin-off <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/how-i-met-your-father\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How I Met Your Father<\/a>, which ran for two seasons before being canceled in 2023.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Musically, Duff has released five albums \u2014 including her 2002 holiday debut, Santa Claus Lane.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> She released her first proper pop-rock outing, Metamorphosis, in 2003, which produced the popular singles &#8220;So Yesterday&#8221; and &#8220;Come Clean.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> Hilary Duff performing at the KISS 108 concert on May 16, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew J. Lee\/The Boston Globe via Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> She also found success with subsequent singles &#8220;Wake Up&#8221; and &#8220;With Love,&#8221; which both reached the top 40 in the United States as part of her Most Wanted and Dignity albums, respectively.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/ew-tv-inline-offer\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly&#8217;s\u00a0free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to get breaking news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Duff&#8217;s last full-length solo album remains 2015&#8217;s Breathe In. Breathe Out., a pop release that saw her team up with husband Matthew Koma to produce several tracks on the album.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> A release date for Duff&#8217;s new album and docuseries have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hilary Duff has signed a new record deal that comes with a new docuseries.Taylor Swift&#8217;s Eras Tour helmer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-12334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}