Hulu has renewed The Testaments for a second season. The drama, a spinoff of The Handmaid’s Tale, has streamed over 45 million hours globally on Hulu and Disney+ to date, with viewership up 76% from its premiere to Episode 8, per the streamer.
What is ‘The Testaments’ about?
Per the official description, the series 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.”
Who stars in ‘The Testaments’?
The series stars Ann Dowd, Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday, Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya and Kira Guloien. Elisabeth Moss also returned in a surprise guest appearance, reprising her role as June Osborn.
Based on Margaret Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning novel, the series is created by showrunner and executive producer Bruce Miller and executive produced by Warren Littlefield, Moss, Steve Stark, Shana Stein, Maya Goldsmith, John Weber, Sheila Hockin, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears and Mike Barker. It is produced by MGM Television and 20th Television for Hulu.
Season 1 is currently streaming on Hulu, with the finale arriving May 27.
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