Just as The Handmaid’s Tale returns to us for its final series, we’ve also received some exciting news about its prequel TV series, The Testaments. The TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s prequel novel, released in 2019, has officially started production.
And some of The Handmaid’s Tale family will be along for the ride. Ann Dowd, who plays Aunt Lydia in the original series, will reprise her role in The Testaments, and Elisabeth Moss herself will be an executive producer. Handmaids Tale creator Bruce Miller will also be showrunner for the prequel series.
An Instagram post from the show’s table read was released on both US network Hulu and The Testaments‘ accounts showing the whole team ready to get going.
The timing of this exciting development is perfectly timed, seeing as the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale is set to air this month. Elisabeth Moss recently opened about the experience of becoming a mother herself while filming the final series.
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“It was incredibly meaningful to be able to end this show as a mum, I got to tell you,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “Because I’m playing this character who is this iconic mother figure. All mothers are heroines, and she’s definitely a heroine.”
Here’s everything we know so far about the upcoming TV series of The Testaments.
The Testaments plot
Taking place more than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, following the lives of three women Aunt Lydia, Agnes, and Daisy as they navigate the dystopian world of Gilead. It is more of a coming-of-age story, as certain characters in The Testaments grew up in this world with no previous memory of a world outside. They will search for new and old allies to aid them in the fight for their freedom and escape a life of marriage and servitude, in the hope that they can reach the lives they know they deserve.