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The Handmaid’s Story has revealed its launch date and a first-look teaser for the extremely anticipated closing season, making it clear that the red-cloaked military is coming for Gilead.
“They believed that these clothes that they placed on our our bodies advised the world who we’re. To mark us, they put us in pink, the colour of blood. They forgot that it’s additionally the colour of rage. The gown turned our uniform. And we turned a military,” says Elisabeth Moss, as chief of the revolution, within the new footage.
Reward be, the red-cloaked military shall be coming for Gilead on April 8. The Emmy-winning sequence will launch into the conclusion of its Gilead saga with three episodes, adopted by a weekly drop till the Could 27 finale.
After Moss’ voiceover introduction as her insurgent chief June, the teaser trailer brings us again to Gilead after a season 5 finale that had despatched its starring survivors on a practice heading far-off.
“One thing huge is about to occur,” says Yvonne Strahovski’s Serena, whereas cradling her child. The handmaids again in Gilead are then seen entering into formation, joined by the primary solid of rebels (performed by O.T. Fagbenle, Samira Wiley, Amanda Brugel and, hopefully, Bradley Whitford, Madeline Brewer and Max Minghella) for no matter June has deliberate. Our bodies are dumped and burned, whereas Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) screams for the return of one in all her ladies.
“Although we stroll via the valley of the shadow of loss of life, we’ll concern no evil,” concludes June.
The fifth season of Hulu’s hit dystopian sequence had started with the smirk seen ’around the globe that pit June Osborne (Moss) towards Serena Pleasure Waterford (Strahovski). The season got here surprisingly full circle when it ended with the identical telling expression between the pair as they unexpectedly discovered themselves alone, but collectively, on the identical practice of Gilead refugees hoping to make it to Vancouver and, ultimately, Hawaii.
On the time of that November 2022 finale, Moss, additionally an government producer and director on the Emmy-winning story, advised The Hollywood Reporter, “It’s really a fairly constructive ending for the present and the season, which we don’t normally do. It’s a cliffhanger, … however there’s one thing constructive about it. After all, of all of the individuals that might be on the practice is that this one who is her different half, the opposite half of this expertise.”
Solely showrunner Bruce Miller and his inventive group, which incorporates Moss, knew the place June and Serena had been headed as their closing vacation spot for the hit Hulu sequence. Now the present returns greater than two years later with the primary indications of the place the present goes: again to Gilead for a closing battle.
The announcement and teaser additionally comes after a New York Style Week runway collaboration with designer Christian Siriano, indicating that the need to take again the pink cloak is the theme for the top of The Handmaid’s Story, which shall be airing newly into President Trump’s second reelection.
The present’s iconic pink cloak first made its debut again in April 2017 in season one and has since turn into a world signal of protest within the combat for ladies’s rights worldwide. The primary season was in manufacturing amid the 2016 U.S. election that put Trump in workplace for his first presidential run. The present swiftly turned a cultural touchstone, as its dystopian and misogynistic society started to really feel eerily prophetic.
Right here’s the logline for the sixth and closing season: “June’s unyielding spirit and dedication pull her again into the combat to take down Gilead. Luke and Moira be part of the resistance. Serena tries to reform Gilean whereas Commander Lawrence and Aunt Lydia reckon with what they wrought, and Nick faces difficult exams of character. This closing chapter of June’s journey highlights the significance of hope, braveness, solidarity and resilience within the pursuit of justice and freedom.”
The season six solid additionally consists of Sam Jaeger, Ever Carradine and Josh Charles.
The Handmaid’s Story is produced by MGM Tv. Season six is government produced by Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Eric Tuchman, Yahlin Chang, Moss, Sheila Hockin, John Weber, Frank Siracua, Steve Stark, Kim Todd, Daniel Wilson and Fran Sears.
The sequence is internationally distributed by Amazon and MGM Studios Distribution and primarily based on Margaret Atwood’s best-selling 1985 novel. Sequel sequence The Testaments is the subsequent Atwood adaptation set at Hulu and inside the Gilead universe.