Hulu has unveiled the official trailer and key art for the upcoming Original drama series The Testaments, a new chapter from the showrunner and executive producers of The Handmaid’s Tale. The Testaments premieres April 8th with three episodes on Hulu and Disney+ in the UK, with new episodes weekly.
An evolution of The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments is based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name and is a dramatic coming-of-age story set in Gilead. 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.
Starring Ann Dowd (reprising her role as Aunt Lydia fromThe Handmaid’s Tale series), 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.
In this absolutely riveting trailer, audiences are introduced to Agnes. A young women who has grown up under the watchful eye of the Gilead community. In this absolutely captivating trailer, Agnes and her friends are entering a coming of age period where self identity and realization start to play a role in development—leading to increased emotional angst, questions and exploration of the world outside of their immediate circle and peer groups! Add in the fact that these young girls are also welcoming someone from outside of Gilead into the fold and you have what is sure to be a dynamic, thrilling, and entertaining new series!
The trailer shows girls and young women draped in plum and pink attire which symbolizes life and coming of age in a world where stringent rules and strict lifestyle practices come first. What happens when someone begins to stray away from these rules or starts to behave in unconventional and impious ways that may shake the establishment or the foundation from within? The extremely compelling and engaging new trailer answers that question!
Check it out below!
The Testaments is set to premiere on Hulu April 8, 2026!