Hulu drops trailer for the 'Handmaid's Tale' sequel 'The Testaments' and June's daughter is on a mission
The world of 'The Handmaid's Tale' is deceptively intriguing, drawing the viewer in and then closing the door on their agency. It is a starkly patriarchal world under the perennial surveillance of the Gilead totalitarian regime, carried forth by the Gilead wives. The original show, adapted from author Margaret Atwood's novel of the same name, ran for five hugely popular seasons and concluded on an open-ended note last year. Ever since then, anticipation for the upcoming 'The Handmaid's Tale' sequel show 'The Testaments' was at an all-time high. Hulu recently released a new trailer for the sequel, which premieres on April 8.
While bringing the tale of Elisabeth Moss' June Osbourne full circle, the fifth and final season of the show left the door open for the continuing struggle to reunite with her first daughter, Hannah, who was forcibly taken away from her and was renamed Agnes. She continued to grow up as a young teen in Gilead. 'The Testaments', which takes place roughly four years after the events of the original show, follows Agnes, played by 'One Battle After Another' star Chase Infiniti. Drawing on a remarkable coming-of-age story template, the recently released trailer revealed that Agnes is referred to as a 'Plum' in Gilead, in line with the prevailing obsession with colours. The colour signifies her position as someone who is coming of age under a regime that her own mother and several others like her are actively trying to overthrow.
The trailer begins with Agnes remarking, "It’s easier to accept a story than believe that the people around you are monsters". The iconic track 'Dreams' by The Cranberries plays as the trailer steeply descends, revealing that Agnes's world is far grimmer than she expected. be. It's no wonder, since she witnesses people being hanged on 'the wall' and listens to the instructions that the Wives lay down for their daughters. Nevertheless, the trailer ends on a note of optimism as Agnes grabs her fellow Plums and instills hope in them, saying, "We had no idea what we were capable of. It was time for us to change things."
'The Testaments' was created by the showrunner and executive producer Bruce Miller, along with executive producer Warren Littlefield. Moss is onboard as an executive producer, along with Shana Stein, Maya Goldsmith, John Weber, Steve Stark, Sheila Hockin, Daniel Wilson, Mike Barker, and Fran Sears. In addition to Infiniti, the cast includes Ann Daud as Aunt Lydia, along with Lucy Halliday, Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya, Brad Alexander, Rowan Blanchard, Kira Guloien, and Mattea Conforti.
The official logline 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.” 'The Handmaid's Tale' is available on Hulu.
