A New Chapter for Gilead: Hulu Reveals Premiere Date for "The Testaments"

The world of The Handmaid's Tale will officially continue this April with the release of the new spin-off, The Testaments.

What's Happening:

• Hulu has announced that their Handmaid's Tale spin-off, The Testaments, will premiere on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
• Three episodes will debut on April 8, with weekly episodes following thereafter on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
• 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.
• As with The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments is based on a novel by Margaret Atwood, and is also created by Bruce Miller. 
• Ann Dowd will reprise her role as Aunt Lydia from the hit original series, with Elisabeth Moss as an executive producer of the series. 
• Additional cast members joining Dowd in the series include 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.
• Hulu previously shared a number of first-look images from the series.

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