“Although I could not continue with the story of Offred, I could continue with three other people concerned in these events and tell the story of the beginning of the end, because we know from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ that Gilead vanishes. It is instead narrated by three different women, including Aunt Lydia (played by Ann Dowd in The Handmaid’s Tale). The follow up is not narrated by Offred (played by Elizabeth Moss), who led readers and viewers alike through the written and televised versions Gilead. The Handmaid’s Tale has already been renewed for a fourth season.Īlthough “The Testaments” takes place in the same world as its widely known predecessor, there are obvious distinctions between the two works.
The networks have reportedly brought showrunner Bruce Miller into the discussion in an attempt to determine whether or not the recently published novel can be incorporated into The Handmaid’s Tale series. Variety has reported MGM and Hulu may have a television adaptation of “The Testaments” in the works as well. “The Testaments” takes place 15 years after “The Handmaid’s Tale.” This means that it far surpasses the events of the hugely popular television adaption, which is in its third season. For a society that claims to value individual freedom, I would say to them, evidently you don’t think this individual freedom extends to women,” Atwood said. These measures are reminiscent of Gilead, a world in which women have no autonomy over their bodies or selves.
“The new administration has been accompanied by an onslaught of bills aimed at restricting female reproductive rights.
She notified her publishers of its development soon after Donald Trump entered the White House in early 2017. “Instead of moving away from Gilead, we started moving towards it, especially in the United States,” said the prolific writer, who’s responsible for works such as “The Edible Woman,” “Life Before Man,” and “The Penelopiad.” When she made her first public comments since its release, she explained that her novel “The Testaments” was over two years in the making.
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