The Handmaid’s Tale may have ended, but June’s legacy continues in the Hulu sequel series The Testaments. Let the soundtrack of The Cranberries’ “Dreams” both soothe and haunt you in this new trailer, passed along by The Hollywood Reporter. Chase Infiniti follows up her much-praised performance in One Battle After Another with a lead role in The Testaments. Infiniti is joined by The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Emmy-winning star Ann Dowd, reprising her role of Aunt Lydia, as well as an ensemble cast that includes Lucy Halliday, Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya and Kira Guloien.
The official synopsis reads,
“An evolution of The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments is based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name and is a dramatic coming-of-age story set in Gilead. The series follows young teens Agnes, dutiful and pious, and Daisy, a new arrival and convert from beyond Gilead’s borders. As they navigate the gilded halls of Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives, a place where obedience is instilled brutally and always with divine justification, their bond becomes the catalyst that will upend their past, their present, and their future.”
Per THR, The Testaments is adapted from Atwood’s sequel novel of the same name and comes from the showrunner and executive producers of The Handmaid’s Tale series. The show from MGM Television and 20th Television sequel series was created by showrunner/executive producer Bruce Miller and is executive produced by Warren Littlefield, Handmaid’s Tale star Elizabeth Moss, Steve Stark, Shana Stein, Maya Goldsmith, John Weber, Sheila Hockin, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears and Mike Barker, the latter who will also direct the first three episodes and finale.
Warren Littlefield explained a bit about the show to THR, “They have never known a world that didn’t have Gilead in it. So it’s not all ugly. As Margaret wrote in the book, the school that educates these young women is Lydia’s school. So we proudly embrace Ann Dowd to carry us forward and she is a very important rudder from one universe into the next.” Miller chimed in, “You get adolescent wives. It’s the dynamic between girls of a certain age who are as worry-free as you can be in Gilead — with this huge sword, a marriage of Damocles, hanging over their heads.”
The Testaments is set to have ten episodes and will debut April 8 with the first three episodes, then will release new episodes weekly on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers.
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