

Summary: Theo Stein-Meyer loves being part of the Magic Misfits. Publisher: Richmond, Victoria : Hardie Grant Egmont, 2019 Copyright date: ©2019 Description: xi, 313 pages : illustrations 20 cm Content type: Material type: Text Series: Harris, Neil Patrick, Magic misfits 3. It's just in a 'boot,' " he jokes.The minor third / by Neil Patrick Harris & Alec Azam story artistry by Lissy Marlin how-to magic art by Kyle Hilton. "My brain's not really in a reboot head space at the moment. "I feel like any additional work that we would do on the show would really be gilding the lily, pardon the pun," Harris says, referencing Alyson Hannigan's character Lily Aldrin. "So no, I feel like right now my energy is in creating new content with interesting new structures… I like creating content that is unique to the world that we live in right now. But the show, which ended after nine seasons (he considers the final one a "victory lap," given that they were initially supposed to end the season prior), seems best left with the 2014 finale. So who knows where it'll end up." What about a 'How I Met Your Mother' reboot?įrom time to time, Harris gets asked about the possibility of reprising his Barney Stinson portrayal in a "How I Met Your Mother" reboot, given the cultural uptick in revisiting past beloved movies and TV shows. "We actually had a Halloween costume conversation just today, apropos of nothing," Harris said. "We were looking at our schedules and realizing that we're booked in: I'm doing a book tour and the kids are in school, and someone was saying, 'We have to figure our Halloween costumes out!' We're in deep negotiations about what in the world we should do this year and we have to get approval now from four individuals, all very opinionated about things like wigs and beards and too much makeup and costumes. Now that the twins are older, they get input, too. Harris and Burtka became well-known a few years back for their adorably coordinated family Halloween costumes. The Burtka-Harris clan is starting to receive shipments of "The Minor Third," to which the reading honors will likely again fall to Burtka.Īs summer winds down, their family is also looking ahead to another big project: Halloween. "I started to read them the second book, but they wanted Dad to do it and not Papa, which was very, very upsetting, but I get it," Harris said with a laugh.

Harris' own family is enjoying the series now: While he was filming Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" in Vancouver, Canada, husband David Burtka, 44, read the first "Magic Misfits" story to twins Harper and Gideon, now 8. Inside the Burtka-Harris household: Books and Halloween costumes
