Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale is coming to a close, but the story of Gilead continues with a sequel series The Testaments. It comes from executive producers Bruce Miller and Warren Littlefield, and the show will take place in the same world as The Handmaid’s Tale.
Deadline reports that Rowan Blanchard will star as a series regular in the sequel series as Shunammite, who is a pampered teen from a prominent Gilead family, whose status affords her a certain level of respect and power amongst her peers. Mattea Conforti will play Becka, a girl of humble origins who goes to school with Gilead’s elite. Ann Dowd will reprise her role as Aunt Lydia, and Chase Infiniti and Lucy Halliday will star as two of the three main leads alongside Dowd.
Other cast members include Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya, and Kira Guloien.
So what is this prequel series about? The Testaments will take place 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, and is also based on a book by Margaret Atwood. The story follows the lives of three women, 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.
The Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss will executive produce the series. No word on whether or not she is going to reprise her role.
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