Michael J. Fox leaves the Retirement for Star role in 3rd 'Shrinking' season

With filming in progress, the acclaimed original series of Apple TV+ Shrinking (Therapy without filter in our market) makes a luxury sig.

According to Deadline reports, the actor five times Emmy winner, Michael J. Fox, will leave his retirement to be part of the cast of the third season of Shrinking.

Fox joins a cast headed by Jason Segel y Harrison Fordin addition to Jessica Williams, Christa Miller, Lukita Maxwell, Michael Urie, Luke to doy Ted McGinley.

The details of the role in charge of Fox are kept at a secret, although some sources believe that would be related to Ford's archwhose character, Paul Rhoades, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease towards the end of the first season. The plot of the second season, broadcast between October to last December, deepened in the battle of Paul, with an emotional interpretation of Ford. Fox has been fighting with Parkinson for more than three decades.

Shrinking will mark a new collaboration between the iconic actor and the co -creator and executive producer of Shrinking, Bill Lawrence. Fox starred in the Lawrence and ABC sitcom, Spin City. In 1998, Fox revealed to suffer from Parkinson and after four seasons, the actor left the series when his symptoms aggravated. The actor again collaborated with Lawrence in the series Scrubs In 2004.

Fox has won the Emmy four times, four for Family Ties and one by Spin City.

After revealing his condition, Fox starred The Michael J. Fox Showand had recurring roles in The Good Wife, Scrubs, Rescue Me, Boston Legal, Curb Your Enthusiasm, y Designated Survivor. This is his first job in cinema and TV since 2020, when he repeated his role as The Good Wife In the spinoff The Good Fight. In cinema it is recognized by the iconic and classic film trilogy Back to the Future, and eighties and novel films such as Teen Wolf, Casualties of War, The Hard Way, Doc Hollywoody The American President.

At the beginning of the year, Lawrence declared that Fox is his first mentor of life and an influence of Parkinson's representation on Shrinking. Here we remember your words:

“I discovered that the first mentor of my life and my career, Michael J. Fox, was very inspiring because of the way he took it easy and continues to work harder than any other person I know. And we want to bring that spirit, if we can, to the series.”

The acclaimed original series of Apple TV+Cocreada POR Seal, Lawrence (Ted Lasso), y Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso), focuses his plot on Jimmy (Segel), a duel therapist who begins to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring its training and ethics, is making huge and tumultuous changes in people's lives … including their own. Jimmy must face the consequences of making unconventional therapy.

Fox adds to the other new additions to the third season, the two -time Emmy winner, Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom) In an arc of star guest playing Jimmy's father, Sherry Cola (Nobody Wants This, Joy Ride) e Isabella Gómez (One Day at a Time, Head of the Class). The three in recurring roles.

Segel, Goldstein and Lawrence are the executive producers with Neil Goldman, James Ponsoldt, Randall Winston, Jeff Ingold, Liza Katzer, Rachna Fruchbom, Brian Gallivan, and Annie Mebane. Ashley Nicole Black and Bill Posley join as executive producers of the third season. Warner Bros. Television produces the series.

Last October, Apple TV+ He renewed the series to a third season, prior to the broadcast of the end of the second season of December 25, 2024.

The streamer has not revealed the release date of the new season, but it could occur at the end of this year or early 2026.

The mixture of comedy and sincere narrative of the series has conquered the audience. His refreshing and vulnerable narrative He has the opportunity to continue winning impulse and finally win the Emmy award that has been deserving for a long time. SI liked it Ted Lasso, Shrinking It is a series that you cannot miss.