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EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is extending its return to Gilead pinch a Season 2 renewal of The Testaments, starring Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday and Ann Dowd. The pickup of The Handmaid’s Tale sequel, from creator Bruce Miller, MGM Television and 20th Television, comes 8 episodes into its 10-episode freshman tally amid a week-to-week ratings growth.
The Testaments debuted pinch 3 episodes connected April 8, conscionable a mates of weeks aft nan extremity of nan movie awards play that saw Infiniti toggle shape from a virtual chartless to an award-winning movie prima for her domiciled in One Battle After Another.
The Testaments‘ 4th episode, which became disposable connected April 15, saw a 20% viewership summation compared to nan premiere aft 1 time of streaming, pinch nan bid garnering complete 11M hours streamed globally complete its first 8 days crossed Hulu and Disney+, according to nan company.
By Episode 8, that episode’s views successful its first time of merchandise were up 76% from nan premiere, and The Testaments‘ disposable episodes person amassed complete 45M hours streamed globally to date.
Episode 9 of The Testaments, whose first play averages 88% connected Rotten Tomatoes, is being released today, May 20, connected Hulu and Hulu connected Disney+ successful nan US for bundle subscribers and connected Disney+ internationally, pinch nan play finale slated for May 27.
A sequel to nan Emmy-winning The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments is simply a coming-of-age communicative group successful Gilead. It follows young teens Agnes (Infiniti), dutiful and pious, and Daisy (Halliday), a caller presence and person from beyond Gilead’s borders. As they navigate nan gilded halls of Aunt Lydia’s (Dowd) elite preparatory schoolhouse for early wives, a spot wherever obedience is instilled brutally and ever pinch divine justification, their enslaved becomes nan catalyst that will upend their past, their present, and their future.
Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya and Kira Guloien besides star. The Handmaid’s Tale prima Elisabeth Moss returned for a impermanent appearance, reprising her domiciled arsenic June Osborn.
The Testaments was created by The Handmaid’s Tale creator Miller based connected Margaret Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning novel. He serves arsenic showrunner and executive produces alongside Warren Littlefield, Moss, Steve Stark, Shana Stein, Maya Goldsmith, John Weber, Sheila Hockin, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears and Mike Barker, who directed nan first 3 episodes and finale. Priscilla Porianda is simply a co-executive producer. The Testaments is produced by MGM Television and 20th Television.
