The Handmaid’s Story sequel present, The Testaments, has added a brand new co-lead to the solid.
Based mostly on the novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Story premiered on Hulu in 2017. The sequence has now run for 5 seasons, whereas the sixth and remaining season is about to premiere on April 8, 2025.
A sequel sequence, The Testaments, is within the works. The present can be primarily based on a novel by Atwood, which was revealed in 2019.
Who has been solid in The Handmaid’s Story sequel present?
Lucy Halliday has been solid within the function of Daisy in The Testaments, per Selection. She’ll be part of Ann Dowd, who’s reprising her function as Aunt Lydia, and Chase Infiniti, who’s taking part in Agnes.
Halliday beforehand starred in a 2022 indie film known as Blue Jean, which earned her a Greatest Actress BAFTA Scotland Award and a Greatest Supporting Efficiency nomination on the British Unbiased Movie Awards. She’ll quickly be seen in a brand new film directed by James McAvoy, California Schemin, which McAvoy additionally stars in.
The Testaments comes from creator and showrunner Bruce Miller. Miller serves as an govt producer on the sequence, which comes from MGM Tv, alongside Warren Littlefield of The Littlefield Firm.
An outline of Atwood’s novel reads, “Greater than fifteen years after the occasions of The Handmaid’s Story, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on energy, however there are indicators it’s starting to rot from inside. At this significant second, the lives of three radically completely different girls converge, with doubtlessly explosive outcomes. Two have grown up as a part of the primary era to return of age within the new order. The testimonies of those two younger girls are joined by a 3rd: Aunt Lydia. Her advanced previous and unsure future unfold in stunning and pivotal methods.”
A premiere date for The Testaments has not but been introduced.
