Hulu has released the first trailer for The Testaments, the highly anticipated sequel series to The Handmaid’s Tale, offering a look at a new generation growing up inside the dystopian world of Gilead. The series premieres April 8 with its first three episodes, shifting the story’s focus to the young women raised under the regime’s strict control.
Set years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the story centers on two teenage girls navigating life inside Gilead: Agnes, played by Chase Infiniti, and Daisy, portrayed by Lucy Halliday. While Agnes has grown up entirely within Gilead’s rigid system, Daisy arrives from outside the regime’s borders, bringing with her a different perspective on the world the other girls have only been taught to obey.
The trailer introduces the girls at an elite preparatory school overseen by Aunt Lydia, where young women are trained to become future wives within Gilead’s hierarchy. The institution reinforces obedience, faith, and duty—values instilled in students who have never experienced life beyond the regime.
For Agnes and her peers, Gilead is not just a political system but the only reality they have ever known. Raised under strict indoctrination, many of the girls face the looming expectation of marriage and a life defined by submission and service. As Agnes begins to question the world she was taught to accept, her growing friendship with Daisy becomes the spark that challenges those beliefs.
The series explores what it means to come of age in a society where freedom is restricted and dissent is dangerous. As the girls begin to uncover the truth about the system that raised them, they are forced to decide whether they will accept their roles or fight to reshape their futures.
Alongside Infiniti and Halliday, the ensemble cast includes Ann Dowd reprising her role as Aunt Lydia, along with Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya and several others portraying students and figures connected to the next chapter of Gilead’s story.
The series is based on Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel of the same name, which serves as a follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale. The adaptation was created by Bruce Miller, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer. The project is executive produced by Miller alongside Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss, Steve Stark, Shana Stein, Maya Goldsmith, John Weber, Sheila Hockin, Daniel Wilson and Fran Sears, with Mike Barker directing the first three episodes and the finale.
Produced by MGM Television and 20th Television, The Testaments continues the story of Gilead from a new point of view—one shaped by the young women who have grown up inside its system and are beginning to question the future that has been written for them.
Following its three-episode premiere on April 8, new episodes will roll out weekly on Hulu.