The acclaimed drama will continue in 2022.
December 10, 2020
Hulu announced today that The Handmaid's Tale has been picked up for a fifth season. The good news comes early, as the already-ordered Season 4 is not slated to premiere until next year. It has been quite some time between seasons of the book-based drama, which aired its third season in the Summer of 2019.
Based on the classic Margaret Atwood novel of the same name, The Handmaid's Tale takes place in a totalitarian society that was previously part of the United States. Elisabeth Moss plays Offred, one of the few remaining fertile women in the dystopia of Gilead. A handmaid in the commander's household, she is one of the caste of women who are forced into servitude in a desperate attempt to repopulate the world.
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Season 4 returns in 2021 …oh and praise be, we’ve also been renewed for Season 5! #HandmaidsTale pic.twitter.com/B8GauXz5yf