Can a new generation free themselves from Gilead’s brutal dystopia? “The Testaments” picks up years after “The Handmaid’s Tale.” The upcoming Hulu series adapts Margaret Atwood’s book of the same name. Atwood is all too familiar with the world of Gilead. Her 1985 novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” was previously adapted by the streamer. ‘Testaments’ comes from creator, showrunner, and executive producer Bruce Miller. Mike Barker, who is also an executive producer, directs the first three episodes.
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An exciting cast helps bring this adaptation to life. Ann Dowd, Chase Infiniti, 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 co-star.
The series’ official synopsis:
“The Testaments” is based on Margaret Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name, which was published in 2019 and takes place in the dystopian theocracy of Gilead. Years after the events of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Testaments” 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 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.”
Young women fight for their future on “The Testaments.” The Hulu series premieres on 1 April 2026. Watch the new trailer below.
