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Hulu has officially ordered The Testaments as a new series and the full cast has been announced ahead of production beginning on April 7.

The upcoming show is a follow-up series to The Handmaid’s Tale and is based on the sequel novel written by Margaret Atwood.

More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways.

Watch the season six trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale ahead of its April 8 debut.

It was revealed today by Hulu and MGM Television that they would be moving forward with a follow-up series set within the world of Margaret Atwood‘s “Handmaid’s Tale,” with a series adaptation of her novel “The Testaments,” and the series project has quite the compelling casting news as well.

IndieWire has revealed that actress Amy Seimetz has joined the lineup of actors on the show that features Ann Dowd reprising her role of Aunt Lydia alongside other names revealed by THR such as Chase Infiniti, Rowen Blanchard, Mabel Li, Brad Alexander, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya and Kira Guloien, Mattea Conforti, and Lucy Halliday.

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Hulu‘s The Handmaid’s Tale is far from relinquishing its stranglehold on pop culture as the impactful saga continues with The Testaments. Hulu gave The Testaments a green light, with production kicking into high gear on April 7. Previously, Lucy Halliday (Blue Jean) joined the series alongside Chase Infiniti and Ann Dowd. The Testaments, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, takes place in the dystopian theocracy of Gilead more than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale. In addition to the green light, The Testaments added nine cast members, including Mabel Li and Amy Seimetz.

Other additions to the cast include Brad Alexander, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya, and Kira Guloien.

Li plays Aunt Vidala, a stern disciplinarian and the heir-apparent to the women’s sphere of Gilead. Seimetz plays Paula, whose recent marriage to a high-ranking Commander has raised her social status. But...

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Hulu has confirmed that The Testaments, the follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale, is officially moving forward. Production begins on April 7, with the series based on Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel. Set over 15 years after The Handmaid’s Tale, the story follows a new generation of young women growing up in Gilead’s strict and oppressive society.

Elisabeth Moss, who played June Osbourne in The Handmaid’s Tale, will executive produce and may appear as a guest star. Whether she returns depends on how The Handmaid’s Tale concludes in its final season, premiering April 8.

The main cast includes Chase Infiniti as Agnes, Lucy Halliday as Daisy, and Ann Dowd reprising her role as Aunt Lydia. New cast members include Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya, and Kira Guloien.

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[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for Margaret Atwood‘s The Testaments novel.] The Testaments, a spinoff series of Hulu‘s The Handmaid’s Tale, has gotten an official series order and has rounded out its cast. This comes as The Handmaid’s Tale prepares to release its final season on Tuesday, April 8. Production on The Testaments begins April 7 in Toronto, Canada. As previously announced, Ann Dowd will reprise her role as Aunt Lydia in the spinoff. She’s joined by Presumed Innocent‘s Chase Infiniti as Agnes and Lucy Halliday as Daisy. Lydia, Agnes, and Daisy are the main protagonists of the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name on which the series is based. The spinoff series has been in development since 2022 and will debut after the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale. Rowan Blanchard was the newest cast member revealed for this Hulu spinoff, her casting announced on ...

The Handmaid’s Tale may be ending, but Gilead will live on.

Hulu on Tuesday announced a straight-to-series order for The Testaments, a sequel series that will see Ann Dowd reprise her role as Aunt Lydia. Elisabeth Moss will serve as an executive producer.

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As previously reported, Dowd will be joined by Chase Infiniti (Presumed Innocent), who will play Agnes; newcomer Lucy Halliday,...

“The Handmaid’s Tale” sequel series “The Testaments” has been greenlit at Hulu.

The new series, which is based on Margaret Atwood’s 2019 book of the same name, will begin production on April 7, the streamer announced in a Tuesday social media post. “The Handmaid’s Tale” star Elisabeth Moss will serve as an executive producer for the show.

Additionally, Ann Dowd is set to reprise her role as Aunt Lydia. Other cast members include Chase Infiniti as Agnes, Lucy Halliday as Daisy, Mabel Li as Aunt Vidala, Amy Seimetz as Paula, Brad Alexander as Garth, Zarrin Darnell-Martin as Aunt Gabbana, Eva Foote as Aunt Este, Isolde Ardies as Hulda, Shechinah Mpumlwana as Jehosheba, Birva Pandya as Miriam, Kira Guloien as Rosa, Rowan Blanchard as Shunammite and Mattea Conforti as Becka.

It's official! The Testaments, based on Margaret Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, starts production April 7. Ann Dowd will reprise her role...

Welcome back to Gilead. “The Handmaid’s Tale” sequel series “The Testaments” has officially received a series order from Hulu.

The streamer also announced more casting for the show, including series regulars Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander and Mabel Li.

Seimetz plays Paula, the hard-shelled homemaker and fearsome stepmother to Agnes (Chase Infiniti). Before she was renamed, Agnes was known as Hannah in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” in which the character was played by Jordana Blake. Alexander plays Garth, a young Commander who becomes involved in the personal lives of the girls he’s sworn to protect. And Li plays Aunt Vidala, the stern heir-apparent to the women’s sphere of Gilead.

Also joining the cast are Zarrin Darnell-Martin (Aunt Gabbana), Eva Foote (Aunt Estee), Isolde Ardies (Hulda), Shechinah Mpumlwana (Jehosheba), Birva Pandya (Miriam) and Kira Guloien (Rosa). Previously announced cast members are Mattea Conforti, Infiniti, Lucy Halliday, Ann Dowd and Rowan Blanchard.

Praise be, the news is official: The Testaments has been picked up to series at Hulu and will go into production April 7. The streamer announced the update with a photo from the table read (above) and some news: The Handmaid’s Tale star Ann Dowd, who plays Aunt Lydia, is confirmed to star in the follow-up, as had been expected, and Elisabeth Moss — star, director and executive producer of The Handmaid’s Tale — will be executive producing The Testaments.

Joining the previously announced leads Chase Infiniti, playing Agnes, and Lucy Halliday, playing Daisy, are new cast Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya and Kira Guloien. Rowan Blanchard (Shunammite) and Mattea Conforti (Becka) had been previously announced.

The streamer’s follow-up series to The Handmaid’s Tale is adapted from Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel with creator Bruce Miller as showrunner. Miller also created The Handmaid’s Tale,...

Hulu has officially ordered The Handmaid’s Tale follow-up The Testaments to series with production set to begin on April 7. From executive producers Bruce Miller and Warren Littlefield, the drama is based on the 2019 Margaret Atwood novel of the same name set in the dystopian theocracy of Gilead more than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale.

The Handmaid’s Tale lead Elisabeth Moss will also executive produce the project. As Deadline previously reported, the hope is for Moss to guest star in the sequel, reprising the role of June Osbourne, who is linked to Agnes and Daisy. With The Handmaid’s Tale set to premiere its final season on April 8, appearances from June will depend on whether she survives the rebellion unless they opt to go the flashback route.

The Testaments also rounds out its cast with 9 new actors: Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies,...

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Times may be bleak, but at least we’ll be getting to spend more time in the horrific, not-too-far-off-from-our-own-world Gilead of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Not only will the show be returning in April for its sixth and final season, but a spin-off series based on author Margaret Atwood’s 2019 sequel, “The Testaments,” is also in the works at Hulu. While Ann Dowd has already been revealed to be reprising her role of Aunt Lydia, joined by new cast members Chase Infiniti, Rowen Blanchard, and Lucy Halliday, IndieWire can exclusively announce that actress/writer/director Amy Seimetz will also be appearing in the show as a series regular.

A source close to the project shared that Seimetz will be playing Paula, step-mother to Agnes, the daughter of June Osborne (Elizabeth Moss) and Luke Bankole (O-t Fagbenle), formerly known as Hannah. In the novel version of “The Testaments,” which is set 15 years after “The Handmaid’s Tale,...

The Handmaid’s Tale has always been about a mother’s journey back to her daughter. When playing that mother at the center of Margaret Atwood’s tale on the Emmy-winning Hulu series, Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne had her first daughter ripped from her arms at the height of the formation of Gilead, the dystopian society at the center of the saga that stripped women of their human rights. June has spent five seasons heroically fighting to get her oldest daughter back and now, when the sixth and final season launches on April 8, she’ll be launching an all-out rebellion for a final attempt.

Moss, who stars, executive produces and directs on the series, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the emotional impact of becoming a mother herself before playing June one last time for The Handmaid’s Tale. “It was incredibly meaningful to be able to end this show as a mom,...

The world of The Handmaid’s Tale is set to grow with the sequel series The Testaments. While the show is still to be greenlit by Hulu, casting is well underway. Not only do we have our three leads, but Deadline has reported that two of the supporting roles have been cast, and they are roles that we’ve been waiting for.

This is a story that follows three main characters, and all their stories interconnect as they all end up in the same place in Gilead. That means they come across other people in Gilead, and the girls are being raised to be Wives of the State.

Something to keep in mind when watching The Testaments is that, if it follows the timeline of the book, these girls don’t know the world before Gilead. They were too young when Gilead was formed to retain memories of the life before.

Renée Zellweger is the latest Oscar winner to find Only Murders in the Building.

The actress has joined Season 5 of the Hulu comedy in an undisclosed role, the streamer announced on Threads.

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With the series finale of The Handmaid’s Tale set to air this year, Hulu is working on the sequel series The Testaments and we know some confirmed cast members already.

The series is based on Margaret Atwood‘s sequel novel, which was published back in 2020.

More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways.

Watch the season six trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale ahead of its April 8 debut.

“The Handmaid’s Tale” followup “The Testaments” is continuing to build out its cast. Variety has learned that Mattea Conforti has joined the Hulu show as a series regular.

The series, based on the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name, is set 15 years after the events of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Conforti joins previously announced cast members Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday, Ann Dowd, and Rowan Blanchard.

Per the official description, the series follows a new generation of young women in Gilead. “For these young women, growing up in Gilead is all they have ever known, having no tangible memories of the outside world prior to their indoctrination into this life. Facing the prospect of being married off and living a life of servitude, they will be forced to search for allies, both new and old, to help in their fight for freedom and the life they deserve.”

Conforti will star as Becka,...

Hulu‘s The Handmaid’s Tale sequel series The Testaments has added Mattea Conforti to its cast of series regulars, which also includes Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday, Ann Dowd and Rowan Blanchard.

Conforti will play ‘Becka,’ a girl of humble origins who attends school with Gilead’s elite. As she comes of age, she starts to question whether she wants the life she’s being groomed for.

The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments are based on the novel by Margaret Atwood. Like the mothership series, Bruce Miller serves as creator, showrunner and executive producer.

The Testaments takes place in the dystopian theocracy of Gilead more than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale. The series is a coming-of-age story that finds a new generation of young women in Gilead, grappling with the bleak future that awaits them.

For these young women, growing up in...

Gilead’s numbers continue to grow.

Girl Meets World star Rowan Blanchard has joined the cast of The Testaments, the Handmaid’s Tale sequel that’s in development at Hulu. Our sister site Deadline first reported the casting.

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Blanchard will take on the series-regular role of Shunammite, who is described as “a pampered teen...

Exclusive: Rowan Blanchard has joined the series regular cast of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale sequel series The Testaments, sources confirm to Deadline. She joins the previously announced leads, Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday and Ann Dowd, who returns as her original character, Aunt Lydia.

Blanchard stars as Shunammite, a pampered teen from a prominent Gilead family whose status affords her a certain level of respect and power amongst her peers.

The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments are based on the novel by Margaret Atwood. Like the mothership series, the sequel is created by Bruce Miller, who serves as showrunner and executive producer.

The Testaments takes place in the dystopian theocracy of Gilead more than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale. The series is a coming-of-age story that finds a new generation of young women in Gilead, grappling with the bleak future that awaits them.

For these young women,...

The countdown to The Handmaid's Tale season 6, aka the final season, has officially started! April is near, and we absolutely can't wait to see how this part of the story ends. It's been a long, horrific, and traumatic one for June and most of the other characters. And let's face it, us fans too! It's definitely not an easy show to watch. But the dystopian series is so well done, it's worth it.

The Handmaid's Tale season 6 premieres Tuesday, April 8, 2025 with the first three episodes on Hulu, which will be followed by one new episode weekly until the finale on May 27. There's 10 episodes to wrap up the story. Well, it will in a way. Though this is the final season, that doesn't mean all the plot points will be tied up neatly. There's some that will stay open-ended, and there's a reason for it.

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Exclusive: Hulu’s Margaret Atwood adaptation of The Testaments has found its first director.

Emmy-nominated The Handmaid’s Tale and Fargo helmer Mike Barker will direct the first three eps and also EP the high-profile MGM Television-produced series, which has been in the works for a while and is nearing greenlight. Other directors are yet to be revealed.

British director Barker has helmed 12 eps of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, recognized with two Emmy noms. His other credits include ITV hit Broadchurch, Fargo and David Duchovny-starring Prime Video thriller Malice, which launches later this year.

Bruce Miller’s Testaments series is one of the hottest TV shows percolating at present. The Handmaid’s Tale sequel has cast Presumed Innocent‘s Chase Infiniti as one of the three leads, joining Ann Dowd, who had been expected to reprise her Emmy-winning role as Lydia, and Lucy Halliday (Blue Jean). We understand cameras will roll soon in Canada.

A brand-new trailer for The Handmaid's Taleseason 6 has been released, revealing a dramatic reunion between June (Elisabeth Moss) and Luke (O-t Fagbenle) as they prepare to infiltrate Gilead. Adapted from Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same time, The Handmaid’s Tale has been a gripping dystopian series since its 2017 debut, chronicling June’s fight for freedom against an oppressive theocracy. With 15 Emmy Awards under its belt, The Handmaid's Tale season 6 is set to premiere its final chapter on April 8.

Hulu has unveiled a new trailer for The Handmaid's Tale season 6, revealing a climactic final battle as June and Luke find themselves on a dangerous mission back into Gilead. The teaser also features never-before-seen footage of Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski) walking down the aisle in a blue gown, while the Handmaids take to the streets to attack Gilead's armed forces. Watch the full trailer below:

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After the longest gap between seasons, The Handmaid's Tale is almost back. The show will return next April with the sixth and final season after more than two years, and, although the series is nearing its finale, there is a long way to go.

The critically acclaimed series' Season 5 ended with June trying to escape with Nichole from Canada on a train after Luke stays behind and is arrested. As she tries to find a spot, she runs into Serena and Noah, trying to escape as well. Hulu just released its full, official trailer for The Handmaid's Tale Season 6, and is explosive and filled with action.

Previous footage teased a rebellion by the handmaids, trying to overturn the regime in Gilead. The new final trailer further delves into the war, introducing a series of new characters, including The Good Wife's Josh Charles, as Elizabeth Moss' June leads a resistance against Gilead.

The red-cloaked revolution is here.

The Handmaid’s Tale has released its full, official trailer for the sixth and final season of the hit Hulu series starring Elisabeth Moss. The footage shows where each of the main players is when the dystopian Gilead saga returns and introduces an all-out war on the horizon, as June (Moss) leads a resistance of rage against Gilead for justice.

“Rise up and fight for your freedom!” screams June. “We use all of our friends, everyone and anyone who hates Gilead, to finally declare: enough.”

The red-cloaked army will be coming for Gilead on April 8. The Emmy-winning series returns with three episodes, followed by a weekly drop until the May 27 finale.

The fifth season began with the smirk seen ’round the globe, pitting June Osborne (Moss) against Serena Joy Waterford (Yvonne Strahovski). The season then ended with the same expression between the pair as they unexpectedly found themselves alone,...

Eyes are on The Handmaid’s Tale sequel, The Testaments. The third of the three main stars has now been found. Who will play Daisy, and who is the character?

The Testaments still doesn’t have the official greenlight from Hulu, but it’s expected to get it. This is the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, and it hints that the story in Gilead won’t be wrapped up in the final season of the main series.

It will follow the story set out in the 2019 novel by Margaret Atwood, which also made it clear that Gilead hadn’t fallen yet. However, it did bring hope that it would fall in the way that the novel The Handmaid’s Tale shared it eventually would at the very end.

Who will play Daisy in The Testaments?

Newcomer Lucy Halliday will take on the role, according to TVLine. She joins Ann Dowd and Chase Infiniti...

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Fans of The Handmaid's Tale are preparing to say goodbye to the highly-rated series, but the wheels are already turning fast as its sequel series The Testaments takes shape. This week, it was announced that the third and final lead role has been cast: Lucy Halliday is going to play Daisy. The story takes place 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, and a release window is yet to be announced by Hulu.

Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, has become a hit for the streamer since it premiered in 2017. In the dystopian drama, a totalitarian, religious, conservative society has taken over America and subjects women into forced birthing-based slavery.

The Handmaid’s Tale has won 15 Emmy Awards over its five seasons and has now led to a spinoff series called The Testaments,which recently cast its lead.Per The Hollywood Reporter,Lucy Halliday will star in the series,which takes place 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale. Halliday, who won a BAFTA Scotland Award in 2023 for the film Blue Jean, will play Daisy, who is one of the three main protagonists in The Testaments, which is based on Atwood’s 2019 novel of the same name.

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Lucy Halliday is the latest star to join the cast of the upcoming The Handmaid’s Tale sequel series!

On Monday (March 3), it was announced that the young actress will be starring in the new Hulu series The Testaments. She will be playing a character named Daisy.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The Testaments is set 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale. Daisy is a Canadian teenager whose life is turned upside down when she learns of her connection to the Republic of Gilead.”

Keep reading to find out more…As of right now, Ann Dowd is the only star from The Handmaid’s Tale that will be returning for the new spinoff series. She will be reprising her role as Aunt Lydia.

It was previously announced that Chase Infiniti will also be starring in the series as Agnes.

The Handmaid’s Tale will come to a conclusion this year with the sixth and final season.

The next chapter in Gilead’s grim saga, The Testaments, is gaining momentum, with Blue Jean breakout Lucy Halliday snagging a key role. She’ll star opposite Chase Infiniti and the formidable Ann Dowd, who’s back as the chilling Aunt Lydia. Here’s the Lowdown: Forget a simple rehash. The Testaments, based on Margaret Atwood’s novel, leaps forward […]

Handmaid’s Tale Sequel Casts Blue Jean Star Lucy Halliday: The Testaments Takes Shape...

The sequel to The Handmaid's Tale— Hulu's popular and award-winning series based on the Margaret Atwood novel — continues to beef up its main cast. The series, titled The Testaments (like the book on which it is based), recently began shoring up its main team, bringing Chase Infiniti on board to play one of the three main roles, and confirming the return of Ann Dowd's Aunt Lydia. But now we finally know who will be the third woman to join the fold: and that honor belongs to actress Lucy Halliday.

Halliday — who co-starred in the acclaimed 2022 independent film Blue Jean — will tackle the role of Daisy, one of the three co-leads, alongside Dowd's Lydia and Infinit's Agnes. The story takes place approximately fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, where the last gasps of Gilead are currently being felt and still wreaking havoc on the populace of what once was America.

Hulu’s upcoming series The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, has cast Lucy Halliday in the role of Daisy, a Canadian teenager with unexpected connections to the oppressive regime of Gilead. The new show, based on Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel, takes place 15 years after The Handmaid’s Tale and follows three women—Aunt Lydia, Agnes, and Daisy—as Gilead’s control begins to weaken.

Halliday’s character, Daisy, discovers her links to Gilead, marking her as a central figure in the fight against the regime. Daisy joins Ann Dowd, returning as Aunt Lydia, and Chase Infiniti, who plays Agnes. Together, the three women will shape the unfolding story of Gilead’s decline.

The Testaments is created by Bruce Miller, who also serves as the showrunner. Miller continues his work from The Handmaid’s Tale, with Steve Stark and Warren Littlefield also executive producing. MGM Television produces the series.

Halliday has...

The hardships depicted in Hulu‘s The Handmaid’s Tale aren’t over yet. Soon, you’ll need to expand your threshold for emotional trauma for The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale by creator Bruce Miller. Today finds Lucy Halliday (Blue Jean) joining The Testaments cast alongside Chase Infiniti and Ann Dowd. The Testaments, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, takes place in the dystopian theocracy of Gilead more than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Here’s a synopsis for Atwood’s novel courtesy of Amazon:

More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.

Two have grown up as part of the...

Hulu’s The Testaments has found another of its lead roles.

Lucy Halliday will star in the series, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, as Daisy. The character is one of three protagonists in the Margaret Atwood novel on which the show is based, alongside Agnes (Chase Infiniti) and Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd, continuing her Handmaid’s Tale role).

The Testaments is set 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale. Daisy is a Canadian teenager whose life is turned upside down when she learns of her connection to the Republic of Gilead.

Hulu and MGM Television, which produces The Handmaid’s Tale, grabbed rights to Atwood’s novel just before it was published in 2019. Handmaid’s Tale creator Bruce Miller has been developing The Testaments for several years and stepped back from showrunner duties on the parent show’s upcoming final season to focus on The Testaments (though he’s...

The Handmaid’s Tale may be ending, but Gilead will live on.

Hulu is close to giving a series order to The Testaments, a Handmaid’s Tale sequel, our sister site Deadline reports.

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Hulu has announced the cast for its upcoming series, The Testaments, which is a follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale. Lucy Halliday has been cast as Daisy, one of the key characters in the show.

Based on Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel, The Testaments picks up 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale. It follows three women: Aunt Lydia (played by Ann Dowd), Agnes (Chase Infiniti), and Daisy, a Canadian teenager who uncovers her ties to Gilead. The series will focus on their different experiences and roles within the society of Gilead.

Bruce Miller, the creator of The Handmaid’s Tale, is back as the showrunner for The Testaments. He will also executive produce the show alongside Warren Littlefiend. MGM Television is handling the production.

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In The Handmaid’s Tale final season, June returns to the battle against Gilead, with Luke and Moira also joining the resistance.

Lucy Halliday (Blue Jean) has been tapped as a lead opposite Chase Infiniti and Ann Dowd in The Handmaid’s Tale sequel The Testaments for Hulu.

Like The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments is based on a novel by Margaret Atwood. And just like the mothership series, the sequel is created by Bruce Miller who serves as showrunner.

The Testaments takes place in the dystopian theocracy of Gilead more than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale. The story follows the lives of three women, The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Aunt Lydia (Dowd), Agnes (Infiniti) and Daisy (Halliday), whose fates become intertwined as they uncover the secrets of Gilead and the resistance against its regime.

Halliday’s Daisy is a young Canadian teen, whose life is turned upside down when she learns of her connection to the Republic of Gilead.

As Deadline reported, the hope is for The Handmaid’s Tale lead Elisabeth Moss...

Hulu’s upcoming series “The Testaments,” a sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” has cast Lucy Halliday in the role of Daisy.

“The Testaments” is based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. It follows three protagonists — Aunt Lydia (played by “Handmaid’s Tale” star Ann Dowd), Agnes (Chase Infiniti) and Daisy, a young Canadian teen whose life is turned upside down when she discovers her connection to the Republic of Gilead.

“The Testaments” takes place 15 years after the events of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which airs its sixth and finale season on Hulu in April. The novel alternates between the perspectives of the three women. Atwood published the book in 2019, 34 years after the release of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Like “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Testaments” is created by Bruce Miller, who also serves as showrunner. He executive produces alongside Warren Littlefield of The Littlefield Company and Steve Stark of Toluca Pictures.

The clock is ticking ever closer to the release of the sixth and final season of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ on April 8, and closer still to Hulu ramping up preparations for its first ever spinoff show.

Based on the 2019 book of the same name by Margaret Atwood, the show will take place in the same universe ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ takes place in. The catch? Read on to find out.

Will Elisabeth Moss Reprise Her June Character In ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Spinoff?

I guess we ask this question whenever we hear of a spinoff; are we going to be seeing any recognizable faces in it? The answer is sometimes yes, sometimes no, and most times, just to preserve the integrity of the word we call surprise, maybe.

So will our somewhat favorite handmaid be returning? Well, it’s not a done deal yet, especially since the events of this spinoff is happening...

Can I just take a moment to admire the miracle that is the teaser for the sixth and final season of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale?’ It is so captivating I’ll bet you it’ll inspire new people to start the series just to get to where we are today. And where we are is good, regardless of the long wait – that part, that part was not very good. But I’m so glad that the revolution is finally coming to town, and wow, I couldn’t keep my inner voice in when I heard the quote, “Though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil.”

Am I getting ahead of myself? Seems like I am. Okay, here’s everything we know about the sixth and final season of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Teaser Promises A Revolution Like No Other

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The cast of The Testaments is growing, as the show gets closer to landing the greenlight from Hulu. The latest to join the series is a Presumed Innocent star, who joins as one of the series leads.

The Handmaid’s Tale season 6 is officially the last of that series, but the universe is still looking at growing. Margaret Atwood released a long-awaited sequel for the series in 2019. It followed three female characters, who would all eventually find each other in Gilead. The outcome may have been surprising to many, especially for one in particular.

One of the lead characters is Aunt Lydia, who has proven to be loyal to Gilead more times than one in The Handmaid’s Tale. Ann Dowd is expected to reprise the role in The Testaments, and the events of The Handmaid’s Tale season 6 are sure to set up that storyline.

Chase Infiniti joins The Testaments

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If The Bad Place ever existed on Earth, it would look a hell of a lot like Gilead, in our estimation. So it makes sense that The Good Place star D'Arcy Carden has joined the fold for the sixth and final season of The Handmaid's Tale. Though production on the show has already wrapped, Hulu is only just now dropping these fascinating casting tidbits in preparation for the series' return to our screens on April 8, 2025.

The Hollywood Reporter revealed D'Arcy Carden's casting in The Handmaid's Tale Season 6. She's not the only new, familiar-to-us face to hop aboard the series in its final outing: late last year it was announced that Veep creep and fellow comedy stalwart Timothy Simons had also joined the cast in a guest-starring capacity. As it currently stands, we have no further details on either actors' characters, but regardless of which side of the revolution they're on,...

The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel, comes to an end this year with its sixth and final season. The show pushed past the end of the book quite a while ago, so how it'll end this story about a dystopian society where women live as child-bearing slaves is anybody's guess.

Some would argue that The Handmaid's Tale has outstayed its welcome, but the fanbase has kept tuning in. In fact, Hulu is developing a successor show to keep them happy: The Testaments, based on Atwood's 2019 sequel book.

The Testaments is set around 15 years after the end of The Handmaid's Tale, and revolves around three women who have ties to June, the main character from the original show played by Elizabeth Moss. One of those women is June's daughter Agnes, who will be played by Chase Infiniti. Another is Aunt Lydia, who indoctrinates new handmaids at...

The Handmaid’s Tale sequel series The Testaments is one step closer to becoming a reality.

First teased in 2019, The Testaments will reinterpret author Margaret Atwood‘s novel of the same name. It is set 15 years after the events that unfold in The Handmaid’s Tale.

This week, there was a major update with the announcement that Chase Infiniti had joined the cast alongside Ann Dowd.

Keep reading to find out more…

Deadline exclusively broke the news on Thursday (February 13), reporting that the casting announcement comes as Hulu prepares to greenlight the Testaments.

Chase is one of three stars from the series and will appear alongside Ann who will reprise her Handmaid’s Tale role Aunt Lydia Clements.

It is currently unclear if Elisabeth Moss will return for the series. However, the goal is reportedly to have her as a guest star.

The Handmaid’s Tale creator Bruce Miller will serve as showrunner of the new series.

Fans of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ have something to look forward to! While the final season of the hit Hulu series is set to premiere on April 8th, a sequel series called ‘The Testaments’ is already in the works. Now, there’s a big update on the show’s casting.

On Thursday, it was announced that actress Chase Infiniti has been cast as Agnes, one of the lead characters in ‘The Testaments.’ She will join Anne Dowd, who is expected to return as Aunt Lydia, a role she played in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ The series has been in development since 2022 and is expected to start filming at the end of March. However, Hulu has not officially confirmed a series order yet.

‘The Testaments’ is based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. The story takes place 15 years after ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and follows three main characters: Aunt Lydia, Agnes...

Gilead has found its next star.

The Handmaid’s Tale sequel series The Testaments has cast Chase Infiniti (Presumed Innocent) as its co-lead with returning star Ann Dowd. Infiniti shared the news on her Instagram on Thursday, writing, “Excited to join the cast of The Testaments on Hulu!”

Hulu and MGM, home to the Emmy-winning series starring Elisabeth Moss, have been actively developing the next adaptation from Margaret Atwood. The Testaments is the sequel to her best-selling 1985 dystopian novel that inspired the flagship series. When The Testaments was first announced in 2019, the streamer and studio began discussions with The Handmaid’s Tale series creator Bruce Miller about the follow-up becoming a key extension to the hit drama that put the streamer on the map for original content.

Since then, Miller has been developing The Testaments, where Atwood is a consulting producer. He also remained actively involved in the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale,...

Blessed be the fruit, for it giveth us another slice of Margaret Atwood's universe. The author's follow up to The Handmaid's Tale—The Testaments — is also slated for a television adaptation of its own, and is nearing a full series order thanks to some key casting moves. Joining the iconic Ann Dowd — who will be reprising her Aunt Lydia role — is AppleTV+'s Presumed Innocent star Chase Infiniti.

In an exclusive report from Deadline, Infiniti was announced as one of the novel-turned-streaming-series' three co-leads alongside Dowd, putting the show even closer to getting the green light from Hulu. And it's no small role, either. In fact, Infiniti's character, Agnes, has a major connection to Elisabeth Moss's character June.

Curious to know more? Read on! But know that there will be spoilers for The Testaments ahead.

How Is 'The Testaments' Connected To 'The Handmaid's Tale'?

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If you are a fan of The Handmaid’s Tale who finds themselves simply beside themselves knowing that the long-running series will soon come to an end, fear not, as a sequel is in the works. Yes, like most money-making productions, the studio isn’t quite ready to bid adieu to the story that kicked-off its first season in 2017, with Hulu moving forward on a new project set in the absolutely horrifying (yet ever increasingly realistic) world first imagined by author Margaret Atwood. Title The Testaments, Deadline reveals that the production is on the heels of a greenlight and has even found one of its leading stars in Presumed Innocent’s Chase Infiniti. We also know that a divisive character from the original story will pop up in the follow-up, with horror icon Ann Dowd set to reprise her role as Lydia — a part that nabbed her an Emmy Award in...