The First Trailer for ‘The Testaments’ Takes Us Again to ‘Handmaid’s Story’
As if to answer the question of how any work of fiction could possibly mirror the horrors of everyday life from the real world, Hulu released the first trailer for The Testaments, the sequel series to The Handmaid’s Tale, coming this April.
Based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name, The Testaments sees the return of Emmy winner Ann Dowd as the villainous Aunt Lydia. But, as the trailer prominently showcases, The Testaments also sees One Battle After Another stand out, Chase Infiniti, take center stage as our hero forced to endure Aunt Lydia’s bullshit.
Set years after The Handmaid’s Tale, two young teens, Agnes (Infinity) and Daisy (Lucy Halliday), arrive as the newest converts to a dystopian preparatory school where young women are raised to be dutiful future wives. There, Agnes and Daisy have obedience brutally instilled upon them. Peep the doll metaphor, all the hanging legs at the gallows, and the dark reprise of The Cranberries’ “Dreams” to hammer home the not-so-fun times ahead of the duo. But, as the series logline teases, Agnes and Daisy’s bond will help them trudge through and become “the catalyst that will upend their past, their present, and their future.”
Decorating the rest of The Testaments cast are Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya, and Kira Guloien. Also returning to the series (albeit behind the scenes) is The Handmaid’s Tale showrunner Bruce Miller, who’s reprising his role as the show’s executive producer alongside star and occasional director Elisabeth Moss. Translation: Fans of the show’s predecessor can breathe easy knowing that folks involved in the six-season show’s quietly revolutionary run are guiding the hands of The Testaments to become just as big.
To give The Testaments a must-watch, big-feel rollout, Hulu is dropping the first three episodes all at once on April 8. Afterwards, likely after we’re all horrified and properly at the edge of our seats, the show will roll out with weekly episode drops.
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