The sixth and finale season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” is nearly right here — however two main episodes are nonetheless being put collectively, The Publish can reveal.
The solid gathered for one ultimate time on the Season 6 premiere on the TCL Chinese language Theatre on Wednesday, April 2, in Hollywood, California, and Elisabeth Moss wasn’t the one one who couldn’t wait to dish about what’s in retailer for the Hulu collection.
Warren Littlefield, who’s been the chief producer of the Emmy-winning present since Season One in 2017, completely advised The Publish that the ultimate chapter of “The Handmaid’s Tale” is “pretty damn powerful” — however it’s not but accomplished.
When requested the place episodes 9 and ten had been within the Season 6 screeners that got out to the press, Littlefield shared, “We’re finishing the episodes. I mean, there’s a reason you can’t see them yet. We haven’t turned the final versions out.”
That doesn’t imply they don’t know the ending, which was directed by Moss.
“Bring you’re Kleenex,” he warned, “but I think it’s really satisfying.”
Littlefield — who oversaw classics like “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Friends,” “ER,” “Will & Grace,” “West Wing,” and — went on to elaborate concerning the ending of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
“Do we walk away with a world of Gilead gone? No, we don’t. But our characters are not without victory, not without a sense of accomplishment. And so I think we’ve rewarded the patience of our loyal fans and been very true to our show,” he shared, including they “can’t wait to get it out there” and are “thrilled to present” the ultimate product.
He additionally shared the one factor he’ll miss most after they shut this ultimate chapter of “The Handmaid’s Tale” — is the solid, together with Moss (June), Yvonne Strahovski (Serena), Bradley Whitford (Commander Joseph Lawrence), Samira Wiley (Moira), O-T Fagbenle (Luke), and extra.
“I love this cast, and I suspect they will be a part of my life for a long time to come,” Littlefield advised The Publish. “It’s been a journey unlike any other I’ve had, and I’m fortunate to have had a lot of wonderful journeys in the world of making television. But we are really proud of our work.”
Whereas the chapter is closing on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Hulu introduced a by-product referred to as “The Testaments” is coming, which Littlefield shall be government producing alongside a number of of his colleagues, together with Moss.
The story will comply with Ann Dowd’s character, Aunt Lydia, and embrace June’s daughter Hannah (performed by Jordana Blake), generally known as Agnes within the patriarchal territory of Gilead.
“It’s based on Margaret Atwood’s sequel, her book, ‘The Testaments,’ and it’s a very different point of view,” Littlefield stated.
“It’s young women coming of age in Gilead, four years after the killing of the harvest,” he defined. “It’s a different world, it is a different palette, it is a different population, so much is different, and yet… we’ll pull the veil back and reveal that, yes, we’re still in Gilead.”
Littlefield stopped wanting sharing if extra acquainted faces from “The Handmaid’s Tale” will make an look within the spinoff.
“Aunt Lydia, Ann Dowd, is central to ‘The Testaments,’ and anything else would be a spoiler, so I’m not telling you,” he teased.
Moss, who’s led “The Handmaid’s Tale” solid as June for the previous eight years, addressed the ultimate season of the present and revealed her preliminary ideas when studying the scripts for the ultimate few episodes.
“Holy s–t. And tears, lots of tears on the last one,” she teased on the premiere.
“The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 6 airs April 8 on Hulu with three-episodes.
