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Hulu is highly anticipated The Handmaid’s Tale spinoff Testaments it’s in the works – but what is there to know about the show so far?
Margaret Atwooda dystopian universe was originally brought to life The Handmaid’s Talewhich is based on a novel of the same name set in a future where low fertility has led to women being assigned to men for childbearing. Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, OT Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley and Amanda Brugel they have led the cast ever since the show premiered in 2017.
The Handmaid’s Tale a sixth – and final – season was announced before Season 5 premiered in September 2022. At the time, the creators Bruce Miller stepped down as showrunner work on Testaments as executive producers Eric Tuchman and Yahlin Chang she took over the day-to-day duties on the flagship.
“We’re ending our show on our own creative terms,” Miller said Entertainment Weekly in 2022 before his departure. “Do I know what’s going to happen in Season 6? Yes, I’ve been thinking for a while about the things that happen in season 6.”
Despite The Handmaid’s Tale is coming to an end, the fictional world will continue to be explored with a spinoff set 15 years later. In Atwood’s follow-up novel, which she wrote after The Handmaid’s Tale was adapted for the small screen, the three women recount what happened to Gilead after June (Moss) was captured and Aunt Lydia (Dowd) was revealed as a mole for Mayday.
Keep scrolling to find out all about it The Handmaid’s Tale‘s spinoff Testaments:
Where does ‘The Testament’ take place?
The distribution will take place 15 years after the events of the year The Handmaid’s Tale. Narrated by Aunt Lydia, the audience is thrown back into a dystopian future with new characters such as Agnes from Gilead and Daisy from Canada as they secretly collect and smuggle incriminating information about the Gilead regime out of the country. Agnes and Daisy pose as the “Pearl Girls” to infiltrate Canada, while Aunt Lydia acts as a hidden source in Gilead.
Fans of The Handmaid’s Tale have watched the cast change on and off screen since the show first aired. The hit Hulu series, which premiered in 2017, is based on Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future novel of the same name. Due to low fertility, women were after (…)
Is ‘The Testament’ Based on a Book in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Franchise?
Testaments is a 2019 novel that serves as a sequel on The Handmaid’s Tale. Presented as parts of a manuscript written by one woman with the testimonies of two others, the spinoff presents Our a rebel group trying to overthrow Gilead from within.
What is the vision for the new series?
Since the novel was released simultaneously as a book and as an audiobook, Dowd had to reprise and narrate the role of Aunt Lydia. She played the role of Anežka Bryce Dallas Howard while Daisy aka Nicole was brought to life Mae Whitman. Cardinal Tantoo, Derek Jacobi and Atwood herself contributed to the audiobook during the epilogue.
“Although I couldn’t continue Offred’s story, I could continue with the three other people involved in these events and tell the story of the beginning of the end, because we know from The Handmaid’s Tale that Gilead will disappear,” Atwood told reporters at an event in 2019. “He’s no longer present 200 years into the future because they’re having a symposium about him. How did it collapse? How do these kinds of regimes disappear? I was interested in exploring it.”
She continued, “There (are) some new costumes in this book. Human beings have always loved clothes that tell you who you’re looking at, like football teams and things like that. So yes, we have some new clothes.”
Atwood said she kept Miller updated on their plans like The Handmaid’s Tale was coming to an end.
“I read the scripts; I make notes about them,” she added. “I have influence, but no real power. But luckily we’re in agreement most of the time.”
Hulu After six seasons on Hulu, The Handmaid’s Tale will conclude the story in 2025. Based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name, The Handmaid’s Tale takes place in a dystopian future where low fertility rates have led to women being assigned to men. for child birth. Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Madeline (…)
When will the “The Handmaid’s Tale” spinoff premiere on Hulu?
Hulu and MGM were previously reported to be developing a sequel series, but the network and studio have yet to release any further updates. The plan is to premiere The Testaments after that The Handmaid’s Talethe last season ends in 2025.
Will ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Characters Make Cameos?
Dowd, who will reprise her role as Aunt Lydia, said Entertainment Weekly in October 2022, she was excited about the show as she began working on the audiobook and found the novel to be “brilliantly written” and “extraordinary”.
Fans also hope that Moss will reprise the role of June as her children – Nichole and Hannah (known as Daisy and Agnes in the books) – are the protagonists Testaments. However, children will certainly grow old after the performance The Handmaid’s Tale like babies Despite concerns that June might be killed off in Season 6, the TV universe has previously used flashback scenes and taped messages as a way to bring characters back.
