The Handmaid’s Tale spinoff: Is ‘The Testaments’ finally happening? Here’s what we know
The Testaments in 2022, fans of The Handmaid’s Tale have eagerly awaited more details on the upcoming spinoff. Based on Margaret Atwood’s 2019 sequel to her original 1985 novel, The Testaments explores life in Gilead 15 years after the events that formed the core of The Handmaid’s Tale.
Following the narratives of three women, including Aunt Lydia and two young women named Agnes and Daisy, the book explores Gilead’s deep-rooted power dynamics and Aunt Lydia’s evolving stance within the regime.
With The Handmaid’s Tale currently in production for its final season, expected to premiere in spring 2025, The Testaments will come to the screen afterward, continuing the universe created by Atwood.
While Hulu has remained largely quiet on further developments, recent remarks by executives and cast members indicate the spinoff is very much alive, as mentioned in a report by TV Insider.
Storyline and Central Characters
In The Testaments, Atwood shifts focus from June Osborne to reveal Gilead's fate from different perspectives. The story centers on three women: Aunt Lydia, who grapples with her allegiance to Gilead; Agnes, who is later revealed to be Hannah (June's daughter, taken from her and renamed in Gilead); and Daisy, known in The Handmaid’s Tale as Nichole, June’s younger daughter smuggled to Canada. Now a teenager, Daisy returns to Gilead under the alias “Jade,” intent on gathering information that could expose and bring down the authoritarian regime.
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