Will ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ get a seventh season? 

The final episode of season six of The Handmaid’s Tale has now aired in the UK, but can fans expect a seventh season? Read on to find out.

The dystopian drama series, based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel of the same name, has been running on Hulu since 2017, with Channel 4 and Amazon Prime Video carrying the show in the UK.

The episodes went out in the US several weeks in advance of the UK, with the 10th and final instalment of the sixth run arriving on July 5.

The Handmaid’s Tale tells the story of an alternative future in which a theocratic, totalitarian regime named Gilead has taken control in the US after a second civil war. Men hold all power in the new regime, with fertile women – or handmaids – forced to bear children for the ruling elite.

Elisabeth Moss played June Osborne, a woman who was captured as she attempted to escape to Canada with her husband and daughter. Joseph Fiennes, Ann Dowd and Bradley Whitford co-star.

In episode nine of this season, Taylor Swift’s ‘Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version)’ soundtracked a scene in which June led a rebellion against the commanders of Gilead, with some Swifties believing they had spotted Swift herself in a cameo in the scene.

Will The Handmaid’s Tale get a seventh season?

When the sixth season of The Handmaid’s Tale was commissioned in 2022, the series creators confirmed that it would be the final season of the show.

Showrunner Bruce Miller, previously known for his work on Eureka and The 100, had always intended for the show to have a six season arc, with June’s story designed to end with the final episodes of the sixth run.

However, Hulu and FX have greenlit a sequel series, to be based on Atwood’s follow-up novel The Testaments. Ann Dowd, Chase Infiniti and Lucy Halliday will return in the new show, with Moss to stay on as an executive producer.

Miller will serve as showrunner once again, with filming already under way. The Testaments will be set four to five years after the conclusion of The Handmaid’s Tale and while no official release date has been confirmed, it is expected to land in 2026.

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