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The Handmaid's Tale: Elisabeth Moss, Hulu Share Final Season Looks
Returning for a final season in Spring 2025, Hulu and The Handmaid's Tale star, director, and EP Elisabeth Moss previewed what's to come.
A little more than two months after the word came down that filming was underway on the sixth and final season of Hulu and series creator Bruce Miller's Elisabeth Moss & Yvonne Strahovski-starring The Handmaid's Tale, we're getting a look at what the final run has in store for both viewers and the characters they've grown to love and loathe. In the Disney+/Hulu "Coming in 2025" trailer above, we get a look at some scenes – but it series star, director, and executive producer Moss who went above and beyond on social media. "Here's a sneak peek at what we've been up to…We are hard at work on the final season and I'm so excited to share with you guys these first look images!!! These are from episodes 1 and 2, directed by yours truly, and episode 3, directed by David Lester, all shot by Nicola Daley. " Moss shared in a Threads post – here's a look at those images:
Speaking with TVLine back in May of this year, Moss confirmed that she will be directing four of the final episodes – the first two episodes and the final two episodes. "It's pretty wild, the final season, honestly. It definitely has final-season energy," Moss shared. "It's big and wild, and goes to many different places, and it is very, very surprising all the way through." With Miller moving on to begin work on a series adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 2019 "Handmaid's Tale" spinoff novel The Testaments, EPs Yahlin Chang and Eric Tuchman will serve as co-showrunners for the final season.
"I think for us, the most exciting and rewarding thing is that we feel we're making this for the fans," she says. "I get it: Five years of having to put up with some pretty dark stuff, and everyone has been very, very brave," Moss shared about the series and the faithful viewers who've taken the journey down some very dark and despairing roads. "I feel like this season, we're giving it back to the audience," Moss adds. "We definitely really have our eye on that, making sure that it does feel rewarding and satisfying for the fans and like what we would want to watch, you know, as fans of the show." But with this being the show's final run, Moss is making it clear that they're not thinking small. "It's big, I'm not gonna lie," she teased, laughing. "It's definitely not a smaller season."
The fifth season of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale stars Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Bradley Whitford, Max Minghella, O-T Fagbenle, Samira Wiley, Ann Dowd, Madeline Brewer, Amanda Brugel, and Sam Jaeger (with Alexis Bledel not returning). Timothy Simons (Veep, Station Eleven) and Josh Charles (The Good Wife) have joined the cast for the final season. Moss, Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Moss, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Eric Tuchman, Yahlin Chang, Rachel Skukert, Sheila Hockin, John Weber, Frank Siracusa, Steve Stark, and Kim Todd executive produce.