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Author Margaret Atwood is bringing another tale of Gilead to readers next year, in a sequel to her "The Handmaid's Tale" called "The Testaments". Author Margaret AtwoodPhoto by Markus Wissmann / Shutterstock.com Of the announcement, Atwood said in a statement released along with the news from Doubleday Books: "Dear Readers, everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its[...]

Based on author Joe Hill's bestselling novel of the same name, the series will have Emmy-nominated Kari Skogland (The Handmaid's Tale) directing the first two episodes of the 10-episode season Production on the project is currently underway in Rhode Island, with the series expected to premiere in 2019. "'NOS4A2' continues in AMC's rich tradition of immersive dramas[...]

Even though Hulu's award-winning series The Handmaid's Tale isn't your typical convention fare, the red cloak and white bonnets were everywhere at Dragon Con this year. We're thinking the collective noun of handmaids is a habit, but we're still work shopping that. This collection of photos comes to us from Kristen Schlicht, who very kindly is letting us[...]

Emmy-winning actress Ann Dowd has been nominated for her role of Aunt Lydia in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale for a second time Aunt Lydia, of course, is the dominating teacher of the Handmaids of Gilead who also has a soft spot for new babies and their mothers, even though her overbearing presence points to the contrary. Emmy[...]

There are some no-brainer shows and performers listed, and some sad surprises. The ceremony will take place on Saturday August 4th, with Robin Thede hosting. *** PROGRAM OF THE YEAR: The Americans, FX Atlanta, FX The Good Place, NBC The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu Killing Eve, BBC America This Is Us, NBC OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA: The Americans, FX The Crown, Netflix The Good Fight, CBS All Access The Handmaid's[...]

Hulu has announced today that their critically acclaimed series The Handmaid's Tale has been renewed for a third season The series returned last week for season two to record-breaking numbers for the streaming service, doubling the audience over season one It is now the most-viewed series debut on Hulu ever in its first week. The series,[...]

During the 2018 White House Correspondents Dinner, host Michelle Wolf compared White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to a notable character from Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale. Reception for Wolf's speech has been decidedly mixed, several high ranking outlets (like CNN) saying her direct insults of Sanders were bullying, and uncalled for.  It's almost like they forgot for a[...]

The Weekly Static is our look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, and streaming -- this week we catch you up on what's new with Brock Lesnar, Netflix, John Cusack, Margaret Atwood, and Broad City.

Margaret Atwood as earned the right to some strong opinions in her rather successful career as an author.  Perhaps you're familiar with one of her works in particular, "The Handmaid's Tale", which Hulu adapted into an award-winning tv drama series. Editorial credit: Markus Wissmann / Shutterstock.com In a recent interview Variety did with the 78 year old[...]

With the streaming service's award-winning series set for a second season return in less than a month, Hulu has released their first full-length trailer for their series adaptation of Margaret Atwood's  The Handmaid's Tale season 2 The Emmy-winning drama's second season is expected to focus on Offred's (Elisabeth Moss) pregnancy and her continued fight to free her future[...]

It's International Women's Day, and streaming service Hulu decided that meant it was the perfect time to release a teaser for season 2 of The Handmaid's Tale. It's short, as a teaser usually is, but not without all kinds of imagery that'll make viewers concerned for Offred: https://youtu.be/Sg_Gmb0ntfwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Handmaid's Tale[...]

Editorial credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com The Emmy-winning Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale is adding an Emmy-winning actor to the cast for season 2 The West Wing's Bradley Whitford has been added to the series about a dystopian world in a recurring role The veteran actor will be playing Commander Joseph Lawrence: a gruff, intimidating man with[...]

These stories are perfectly suited for portrayal on television and we are thrilled to once again bring a literary masterpiece to life with our partners at Anonymous Content, Angus Wall and Rock Paper Scissors Entertainment." – Amy Powell, President, Paramount TV Aside from this announcement, Atwood's work has also found huge success on Hulu with their series adaptation[...]

Editorial credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com The Handmaid's Tale director Reed Morano could become the first woman to direct a Star Wars movie According to a tease in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Morano had a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy about an unnamed project, sparked by Kennedy's appreciation for Morano's work on the[...]

Hulu is making a big splash at the Television Critics Associations winter press tour as they announced that season 2 of The Handmaid's Tale would be premiering on April 25th and that Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei would be appearing in the new season Along with the announcement, a new trailer teasing what we might[...]

Expect this one sometime in May of 2018. Black Mirror technically came back in December of 2017, but after the holidays is sometimes the better for watching stuff like this. Sense8 gets to finish it's story with a 'season 3' 2 hour film, and is due to hit sometime in 2018. The OA got picked up for a second[...]

Brown, This Is Us Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones David Harbour, Stranger Things Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things Claire Foy, The Crown Laura Linney, Ozark Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale Robin Wright, House of Cards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Anthony Anderson, Black-ish Aziz Ansari, Master of[...]

Still riding high off their much-deserved Emmy wins earlier this year for their adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu announced on Tuesday that the series will return for its second season in April 2018 The streaming service is also set to premiere the third season of The Path on January 17th, 2018 and[...]

This script will be written by Chaiken, and Cornue will be a consulting producer. Chaiken also co-created the Showtime series The L Word and is an executive producer on Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale. Ilene Chaiken, executive producer and showrunner on the Fox series Empire, is developing two one-hour dramas for the network One has a put[...]

If I'm checking out a new mom-n-pop pizza place, I'm going to look for some opinions on it first because my time and brain cells are too important to waste on being a television guinea pig. The Handmaid's Tale's Elisabeth Moss Picks Up Emmy, Drops Off F-Bombs So Moss gets a ton of mixed press coverage for[...]

After three shows and seven nominations, it's easy to understand The Handmaid's Tale star Elisabeth Moss's adrenaline rush of excitement over having finally won her first Emmy — and it showed. Or, more precisely, it was heard. Though they were censored before making it to air, apparently (more like clearly) Moss launched the first of her two[...]

From rolling Spicers and backup-dancing handmaids to Dolly Parton dropping vibrator jokes and Elizabeth Moss dropping f-bombs, the 69th Annual Primetime Emmys happened Sunday night. In between the tsunami of Donald Trump jokes (which, if you had it as a rule in your Emmys drinking game, you would've passed out about 10 minutes deep into the show) and[...]

With The Handmaid's Tale being a huge success story for Hulu (with a second season expected sometime in 2018), famed author Margaret Atwood continues her slow dominance over all streaming services with Netflix's six-part miniseries adaptation of her novel Alias Grace. Directed by Mary Herron (American Psycho) and written/produced by Sarah Polley (Dawn of the Dead),[...]

Each member of the panel picks an element of queer representation in the last year to discuss and show how things have improved or have got worse or stayed the same. We start off with Anderson-Minshall talking about what she considers a pivotal moment in pop culture, especially for the LGBTQ+ and women's perspective: The Handmaid's Tale[...]