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The Handmaid ’s Tale director Mike Barker is pose to direct the first three episodes and executive - produce the approaching spinoff series , The Testaments .

Though Hulu and series creatorBruce Miller’sElisabeth MossandYvonne Strahovski - starringThe Handmaid ’s Taleis edge nearer to its final run , the show ’s universe will last on in Hulu ’s serial adaptation of bestselling authorMargaret Atwood ’s continuation novel , The Testaments . After a series of casting announcements , we ’re sustain our first announcement on who will be helming the series – and they ’re no stranger to the dealership . Deadline Hollywoodis reporting exclusively thatMike Barker(The Handmaid ’s Tale , Fargo ) will send the give three episodes and serve as an executive manufacturer ( with other directors still to be nominate ) .

The Testaments

Set several years afterThe Handmaid ’s Tale , the novel spotlights three women connected to Gilead : Aunt Lydia ( " Handmaid ’s Tale " starAnn Dowd ) , Agnes ( Chase Infiniti ) , and Daisy ( Lucy Halliday ) , a young Canadian teen whose life is turned upside down when she discovers her joining to the Republic of Gilead . " What I have given them , in the locked writers ' room that nobody ’s allowed into — including me — is a whole fresh whiteboard and a bunch of unexampled characters . The narrative of the characters in the show at the moment is get out open , so it ’s up to Bruce and the extremely competent writing squad as to how they get those people into position , " Atwood shared about the project when it was first announced .

During the terminal season of Hulu’sThe Handmaid ’s Tale , June ’s unyielding spirit and finding draw out her back into the fight to take down Gilead . Luke ( O - T Fagbenle ) and Moira ( Samira Wiley ) bring together the immunity . Serena ( Strahovski ) tries to reform Gilead while Commander Lawrence ( Bradley Whitford ) and Aunt Lydia ( Ann Dowd ) reckon with what they have wrought , and Nick ( Max Minghella ) face challenging tests of character . This final chapter of June ’s journeying highlights the importance of hope , braveness , solidarity , and resiliency in the pursuit of justice and exemption . The series also starsMadeline Brewer , Amanda Brugel , Sam Jaeger , Ever Carradine , andJosh Charles .

Based onMargaret Atwood ’s book , Hulu’sThe Handmaid ’s Taleis produced by MGM Television and executive produced byBruce Miller , Warren Littlefield , Eric Tuchman , Yahlin Chang , Elisabeth Moss , Sheila Hockin , John Weber , Frank Siracusa , Steve Stark , Kim Todd , Daniel Wilson , andFran Sears . The serial publication is distributed internationally by Amazon MGM Studios Distribution .

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