The Testaments is an upcoming American dystopian drama television series produced for Hulu, based on the 2019 novel The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. It serves as a narrative continuation to The Handmaid's Tale (2017âÂÂ2025) created by Bruce Miller. The series will premiere on April 8, 2026.
Years after the events of The HandmaidâÂÂs Tale, The Testaments 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.
This dramatic coming-of-age story finds a new generation of young women in Gilead grappling with the bleak future that awaits them. For these young women, growing up in Gilead is all they have ever known, having no tangible memories of the outside world prior to their indoctrination into this life. Facing the prospect of being married off and living a life of servitude, they will be forced to search for allies, both new and old, to help in their fight for freedom and the life they deserve.
In March 2023, Bruce Miller stepped down as showrunner of The Handmaid's Tale in order to focus on adapting The Testaments for television.
In February 2025, The Testaments was nearing a series greenlight. Miller would executive produce alongside fellow Handmaid's Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield of The Littlefield Company, with MGM Television as the studio.
In March 2025, it was announced that Mike Barker would direct the first three episodes and also executive produce the series.
In April 2025, Hulu officially ordered The Testaments to series. The Handmaid's Tale lead Elisabeth Moss would executive produce the project alongside Miller, Littlefield, Barker, Steve Stark, Shana Stein, Maya Goldsmith, John Weber, Sheila Hockin, Daniel Wilson, and Fran Sears. Priscilla Poriand would serve as co-executive producer.
In February 2025, Chase Infiniti was cast as the lead character Agnes, joining The Handmaid's Tale<nowiki/>'s Ann Dowd, who was expected to reprise her role as Lydia.
In March 2025, it was announced that Lucy Halliday joined the series as co-lead Daisy. The same month, it was announced that Rowan Blanchard and Mattea Conforti joined the cast as Shunammite and Becka, respectively.
In April 2025, it was announced that Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya, and Kira Guloien joined the cast as Aunt Vidala, Paula, Garth, Aunt Gabban, Aunt Estee, Hulda, Jehosheba, Miriam, and Rosa, respectively.
Production of the series began on April 7, 2025. Principal photography wrapped on August 15.
The Testaments will premiere with the first three episodes on April 8, 2026.