A sixth and final season of the main Hulu series drops in April—but Margaret Atwood's dystopian world will continue on.

Hulu is nearing a series order for 'The Handmaid’s Tale' spinoff 'The Testaments' before the hit show's final season

Hulu’s upcoming series “The Testaments,” a sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” has cast Lucy Halliday in the role of Daisy. “The Testaments” is based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. It follows three protagonists - Aunt Lydia (played by “Handmaid’s Tale” star Ann Dowd),

The Testaments, the sequel series to The Handmaid’s Tale, has cast a major leading role. The upcoming series, based on Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel, is set 15 years after the events of its predecessor. The novel is narrated by Aunt Lydia, a character from the previous novel; Agnes, a woman living in Gilead; and Daisy, from Canada.

The Handmaid’s Tale sequel show, The Testaments, has added a new co-lead to the cast. Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale premiered on Hulu in 2017. The series has now run for five seasons,

The Testaments takes place 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale and tracks the lives of Lydia, Agnes, and Daisy through alternating POVs. All three are questioning their relationships to Gilead. The series is created and showrun by Bruce Miller.

Lucy Halliday has been tapped as a lead opposite Chase Infiniti and Ann Dowd in The Handmaid's Tale sequel The Testaments for Hulu. Like The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments is based on a novel by Margaret Atwood.

Lucy Halliday will star in the series, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, as Daisy. The character is one of three protagonists in the Margaret Atwood novel on which the show is based, alongside Agnes ( Chase Infiniti) and Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd, continuing her Handmaid’s Tale role).

Hulu’s The Testaments casts its Daisy, a Canadian teen whose world is upended when she discovers her hidden connection to Gilead’s oppressive regime.