The Handmaid's Tale: Last News

The Testaments,” and they’re wasting no time to begin production.The Post caught up with several stars and crew members of “The Handmaid’s Tale” at the show’s sixth and final season premiere in Hollywood, California, on Wednesday, April 2, where executive producer Warren Littlefield shared details about the recently announced sequel.“The Testaments” will center around Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) and Elisabeth Moss’ on-screen daughter Hannah (Jordana Blake), who goes by Agnes in Gilead.Moss is set to produce the series alongside Littlefield as an executive.“It’s based on Margaret Atwood’s sequel, her book, ‘The Testaments,’ and it’s a very different point of view,” he told The Post at the famed TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. “It’s young women coming of age in Gilead, four years after the killing of the harvest,” Littlefield continued.

Season 6 premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Wednesday, April 2, in Hollywood, California, on Wednesday, April 2, and Elisabeth Moss wasn’t the only person who couldn’t wait to dish about what’s in store for the Hulu series. Warren Littlefield, who’s been the executive producer of the Emmy-winning show since Season One in 2017, exclusively told The Post that the final chapter of “The Handmaid’s Tale” is “pretty damn powerful” — but it’s not yet completed.When asked where episodes nine and ten were in the Season 6 screeners that were given out to the press, Littlefield shared, “We’re finishing the episodes.

final season of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” revealing her gut reaction when she first read the finale script.Speaking to the press at the Hulu show’s sixth and last season premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Wednesday, April 2, in Hollywood, California, the actress said she had mixed emotions when she got her hands on the scripts for Episodes 9 and 10.“Can I swear?” she responded when asked for her first thoughts. “Holy s–t.

the final season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” finished filming last month – only to learn that an unknown crew member had already requested the custom undergarments.Moss, who plays June Osborne on the hit Hulu series, told the surprising story on the Tuesday, March 25, episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”The Emmy-winning actress said that she made the request in a production-wide email – which was when she learned a mystery crew member had already beaten her to it.“Wait a minute. This is your custom underwear that you wore, and some creep on the staff requested it — in writing requested it?” Kimmel, 57, responded.

Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir, which the pop superstar released in 2017. As she tells it, Lauper was especially distraught hearing stories in which her grandmother, her mother, and her aunt were each dissuaded or denied chances to pursue their individual dreams or opportunities — and all solely because of their gender.

Bradley Whitford made his second appearance on. This time, however, star was playing a very different character: Pence Humphreys, a neurologist with early onset dementia who confesses to a murder in a rare departure for the series, with the episode directed by star Mariska Hargitay showing flashbacks of his life and how his memories have been muddled in the years since.Familiar with his work, Olivia Benson (Hargitay) is immediately suspicious of his confession and lends a hand in the investigation only to learn that, in the end, the professor was not responsible for the rape and murder of his wife, Winnie (Nancy Travis).

She added to Variety: “I feel like, when actors reveal too much of their lives, I’m sometimes watching something and I’m going, ‘Oh, I know that she just broke up with that person,’ or, ‘I know that she loves to do hot yoga,’ or whatever it is.”It comes not long after the celebrated actress turned 40 in July.Despite playing a sex slave in The Handmaid’s Tale, where she is forced to produce children for ruling class men, she explained she isn’t put off by starting her own family.The actress revealed that she was getting broody.“I definitely want to have kids because I’ve been very inspired by the kind of mother my mum is,” she tells You magazine.“She did a beautiful thing with me.”The US star, who remains coy about her relationship status, jokingly added: “And then I’ll give the child to my mum and she can raise it because she’d do it very well!”“I definitely want to have kids because I’ve been very inspired by the kind of mother my mum is,” she tells the publication.For now, the on-screen star's family are her two cats, Ethel and Lucy, who travel with her on filming assignments.“I’m away for seven or eight months of the year – having them with me makes a place feel more like home,” she said.Her relationship with her musician mother, Linda, grew even closer during the pandemic when she was largely confined to New York by lockdown restrictions.She described lockdown as a “special time”.After finding fame in the West Wing playing the daughter of the US President, the actress starred as Peggy Olson in the hit drama series Mad Men.The show is set in a 1960s New York advertising agency.But it is her performance as June, the subversive slave in the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel, that has cemented her place as a

has seen a lot changes for Yvonne Strahovski’s character, Serena Joy, who started the season as the figurehead of Gilead following the assassination of her husband, Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes), who was mourned with an elaborate televised funeral. Since then, her plans to open a Gilead cultural center in Canada were met with extreme pushback before she eventually took up residence with Sons of Jacobs supporters, The Wheelers, where she was forced to live life as a handmaid. Now, in episode 7, «No Man’s Land,» Serena finds herself turning to June (Elisabeth Moss) for help as she gives birth to her son, Noah, as the series flashes back to their early days in Gilead, when June was still a handmaiden named Offred and the two were learning the Republic’s bizarre birthing ritual. «Serena doesn’t seem like she is redeemable, but it is quite unexpected, I think, how the season evolves,» Strahovski tells ET as she and Moss break down Serena’s birth scene.

sees several of the main characters taking action, particularly Luke, played by O-T Fagbenle. Often relegated to the sidelines with the series largely focused on the struggles of his wife,  June (Elisabeth Moss), the latest episodes show how he’s no longer a passive participant in the fight against Gilead as they both figure out a way to free their daughter, Hannah, from the oppressive nation. With episode 5, “Fairytale,” now streaming on Hulu, Fagbenle talks to ET about Luke’s confrontation with Serena (Yvonne Strahovski), his reconnection with June and their mission to bring Hannah home. “Luke realizes he can’t do the same things,” the actor says of the character’s previous attempts to fight from the sidelines, adding that now his “focus is on June and Hannah.”[: Spoilers for the first five episodes of season 5.]Following Serena’s use of their daughter in the funeral for Commander Waterford (Joseph Fiennes), things really start to change for Luke.

unfolds, life in Gilead continues to drive Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) and Janine (Madeline Brewer) back together. Especially in season 5, after Janine was unable to escape across the Canadian border and is once again a handmaid under the watchful eye of Lydia. While the two characters have always had a fraught mother-daughter dynamic, they find themselves needing each other now more than ever as Janine recovers from Esther’s (Mckenna Grace) attempted poisoning and Lydia’s concern over the way the handmaids are being treated by their commanders. Reflecting on what’s happened, Brewer tells ET that it “sets up something very important.” And now that episode four (“Dear Offred”) is streaming, she and Dowd open up about the two coming together.

 officially has an end date. Ahead of the season 5 premiere of the Hulu series, the streaming service announced on Thursday that it has renewed the Margaret Atwood adaptation for a sixth and final season.«It has been a true honor to tell the story of Margaret Atwood’s groundbreaking novel and chillingly relevant world, and we are thrilled to bring viewers a sixth and final season of ,» Bruce Miller, creator, showrunner and executive producer, said in a press release.

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. On Thursday, the Elisabeth Moss-led Hulu series released the first trailer for season 5, which shows June's story pick up after she and other handmaids killed Commander Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) in the most recent finale.«I want her to know that it was me,» June says in the trailer of Serena (Yvonne Strahovski), the late commander's widow.

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events of season 4 as June (Elisabeth Moss) faces consequences for killing Commander Waterford (Joseph Fiennes). Serena Waterford (Yvonne Strahovski), meanwhile, is attempting to raise her profile as the widowed Commander’s wife in Toronto as Gilead’s influence starts to creep into Canada. And she’s not the only one trying to seize power, as Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) is working with Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) to reform Gilead and make his own rise through the ranks.Elsewhere, June, as well as Luke (O-T Fagbenle) and Moira (Samira Wiley), continue their uprising against Gilead as they continue their mission to save and reunite with Hannah. Sadly, one major character missing from season 5 is Emily, played by Alexis Bledel.

Alexis Bledel will not be returning to for season. In a statement to , the 40-year-old actress revealed her exit from the Hulu series. ET has reached out to Bledel and Hulu for comment.«After much thought, I felt I had to step away from at this time,» Bledel's statement read.

Elisabeth Moss has made rare comments about her background in Scientology, with The Handmaid’s Tale saying she doesn’t want her viewers to be ‘distracted’ by her faith.The actor, whose previous roles include starring in The West Wing, Mad Men and The Invisible Man, was raised as a Scientologist.Invented by American author L Ron Hubbard, Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices that expanded from a movement into a global church.The organisation has been shrouded in controversy for years, with some detractors dubbing it a ‘cult’ and a few of its high-profile members including Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Kirstie Alley.Elisabeth has previously spoken out against the claim that the oppressive society of Gilead in The Handmaid’s Tale and Scientology are both ‘outside sources are evil’, when a viewer made the remark.In a new interview, she was asked about her Scientologist beliefs, saying that she didn’t ‘want to come off as cagey’.‘If you and I met, just hanging out as friends, I’m, like, an open book about it,’ she told The New Yorker.‘I don’t want people to be distracted by something when they’re watching me. I want them to be seeing the character.

Samira Wiley got a night out at the 2021 Emmy Awards! star and her wife, Lauren Morelli, were thrilled to speak with ET's Kevin Frazier on the red carpet as they enjoyed a rare date night at Sunday's awards show. The pair welcomed their first child, daughter George, back in April, and they said life has been a whirlwind ever since.«It's been real crazy,» Wiley admitted with a laugh. «I didn't know the kinds of things that came with [having] a baby.

has been a brutal one, with the doe-eyed character the victim of one atrocity after the next. But none of that has diminished a genuine and heartfelt performance delivered by Madeline Brewer, who opens up to ET about how things change dramatically for both in season 4.

President Donald Trump‘s “Space Force” can’t catch a break when it comes to getting called out for ripping off creative entities. First the official symbol was dragged as being nearly identical to that of Starfleet Command from the 1960s sci-fi classic tv show Star Trek. Now the name of members of the Space Force is getting blasted for a much more sinister reason. “Guardians”  — which employees will be known as — is the name of the fascist religious militia in Margaret Atwood‘s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale and the subsequent Hulu TV series, about fertile women enslaved and forced bear children for barren rich women amid a brutal police theocracy.

The Handmaid's Tale star Ann Dowd has offered a hint at what's next for her character Aunt Lydia, following the events of season 3.In the third season finale, June (Elisabeth Moss) helped the children to safety in Canada while managing to evade Lydia.Speaking to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning today (June 29), Dowd suggested that Lydia may have to face the consequences in season 4."The Commanders cannot wait to place blame on anyone but themselves, and Lydia of course is front and centre to receive that blame," she said."And I'm sure she blames herself. How could she have missed this? She had all the signs, 'The girls were acting strangely, I knew that June was up to something, and yet I did not act'.