Series Mania in France to Host World Premiere of "The Handmaid's Tale" Spin-Off Series "The Testaments"

The Testaments, the upcoming spinoff to The Handmaid’s Tale, will have its world premiere at the Series Mania festival in France.

What's Happening:

• The world of The Handmaid's Tale will officially continue this April on Hulu with the release of the new spin-off, The Testaments.
• But before that, the new spin-off series will host its world premiere at Series Mania, Europe’s leading event dedicated exclusively to series taking place in Lille, France.
• Showrunner Bruce Miller, who also worked on The Handmaid's Tale, and members of the creative team, will attend the premiere, reinforcing Series Mania’s role as a strategic launch platform for premium international content.
• Series Mania takes place March 20–27, 2026 in Lille, France.

More on The Testaments:

• 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.
• The Testaments will premiere on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 with three episodes, with weekly episodes following thereafter on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

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