While Hulu’s television adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale having come to an end earlier this year, the story will continue in sequel series The Testaments.
From executive producers Bruce Miller and Warren Littlefield, the show will take place in the same world as The Handmaid’s Tale with a time jump after the show.
For everything we know about The Testaments, read on below:
When will The Testaments come out?
Hulu unveiled April 2026 as the premiere month slot for the prequel show. This is a year after the show began production in April 2025.
Who is in the cast of The Testaments?
Girl Meets World star Rowan Blanchard will star as a series regular in the sequel series, Deadline exclusively reported. Blanchard’s character Shunammite 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 also appear in the show. She will play Becka, a girl of humble origins who goes to school with Gilead’s elite.
L-R: Shechinah Mpumlwana, Rowan Blanchard, Birva Pandya, Mattea Conforti, Chase Infiniti, and Isolde Ardies in ‘The Testaments’
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Ann Dowd will reprise her Handmaid’s Tale role as Aunt Lydia, and Chase Infiniti and Lucy Halliday will star as two of the three main leads alongside Dowd.
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Still more cast includes Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya, and Kira Guloien.
What is The Testaments about?
The show will take place 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, and it 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 TESTAMENTS – “First Look” (Disney)
CHASE INFINITI
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Who else is behind The Testaments?
The Handmai’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss will executive produce the series alongside Miller and Littlefield. When Deadline first broke the news of the sequel series, we also reported that the hope is for Moss to reprise her role of June Osbourne.
Mike Barker will direct the first three episodes of the show in addition to executive producing.