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Actor Harrison Ford has signed on to star in upcoming Apple TV+ series "Shrinking," which comes from actor Jason Segel, "Ted Lasso" co-creator Bill Lawrence, and "Ted Lasso" star and writer Brett Goldstein, who plays Roy Kent on the series.

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Ford will star alongside Jason Segel, who has a main role in the show. The 10-episode comedy series will see Segel playing a grieving therapist who begins to break the rules and tell his clients what he really thinks of them. "Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people's lives ... including his own," reads the series description.

According to Deadline, Ford will play Dr. Phil Rhodes, a down-to-earth "blue collar shrink" who has built a successful practice over the years. Phil has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's, which "forces him out of his comfort zone as he grapples with intrusive friends, his estranged family and his legacy."

Ford has done little television during his career, and this will be his first regular TV role. In recent years, he has starred in "Blade Runner 2049," "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," and "The Call of the Wild." He is also working on a fifth "Indiana Jones" film.

"Shrinking" is written by Segel, who also stars in Apple TV+ movie "The Sky is Everywhere," based on the best-selling young adult novel of the same name.

Article Link: Harrison Ford to Star in Upcoming Apple TV+ Series 'Shrinking' Alongside Jason Segel
 
Remember back when Harrison Ford had a thriving post Star Wars career and Mark Hamill seemed to have vanished...?

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Glad to know he's coming back again.
 
They need something off the charts to pull Apple TV out of the crapper. This sounds good though, Harrison usually doesn't do garbage (except The Mosquito Coast. And Hollywood Homicide. And Firewall) but he usually does good stuff.
 
Didn't he learn anything after doing the fourth film?

To take more as cash pay and less as a commission on the film's revenue? ;)

At least that's what many think. And then you look up how much money it made vs. what are generally considered the better chapters before it and the conclusion to draw is probably why this will ONLY be number 5?

To not make Sam Witwicky be the surprise son... unless maybe you get a cut of the Transformers franchise revenue too? ;)
 
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Rumor has it that Ford will also be starring in Regarding Henry 2, exclusively on Apple TV+. Actually they will film 2 and 3 simultaneously to make it a trilogy.
 
They need something off the charts to pull Apple TV out of the crapper. This sounds good though, Harrison usually doesn't do garbage (except The Mosquito Coast. And Hollywood Homicide. And Firewall) but he usually does good stuff.
And Cowboys and Aliens, K19, and Hanover Street. Also if we can remove our nostalgia glasses for a moment, Star Wars and Indiana Jones are terrible movies that only get a pass because they were intended to be campy.
 
I hope they put in his contract that he’s not allowed to fly himself anywhere.
 
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