The Handmaid’s Tale Season Four will not be arriving any time quickly because of COVID-19 delays, however Hulu has been variety sufficient to provide us a couple of nice peeks on the upcoming season whereas we wait. From casting to spoilers to a possible premiere date, TV Information has been compiling clues in regards to the new season ever since that massive Season Three finale.
Within the finale’s final moments, June (Elisabeth Moss) was in dire straights, bleeding out from a gunshot wound after staging a revolt of Marthas and Handmaids. The price was excessive, however miraculously, she did handle to smuggle over 100 kids out of Gilead and into Canada, safely into the arms of Moira (Samira Wiley) and Luke (O-T Fagbenle) of all individuals! As for the Waterfords, their troubles appear to have solely simply gotten began as they await trial for his or her conflict crimes because of Serena’s (Yvonne Strahovski) shady deal to be in child Nicole’s life.
The Handmaid’s Story spoilers are significantly exhausting to come back by (particularly for the reason that hole between Seasons Three and Four will probably be so lengthy), however here is every little thing we find out about what’s coming our manner subsequent season and when solutions to all our burning questions may arrive…
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Story
Its launch has formally been pushed to 2021. Although Warren Littlefield told TV Guide that Season Four was imagined to drop within the Fall of 2020, the unfold of COVID-19 threw that plan out the window. Manufacturing on Season Four was suspended because of the unfold of coronavirus in March, and Hulu subsequently introduced of their NewFronts presentation that the brand new seasons has formally pushed the discharge date to 2021. No particular date has been set but.
“We have been two weeks into taking pictures after we shut down, so we did not get lots within the can,” Elisabeth Moss beforehand advised Deadline. “Our writers are nonetheless writing, and so they’re persevering with to jot down the season clearly remotely from their very own properties individually, and that practice continues to be chugging alongside.”
Manufacturing on Season Four resumed in early September in response to Deadline.
The teaser reveals Gilead in turmoil. Hulu launched a teaser for Season 4, and although there may be a number of recycled footage from earlier seasons, we did get a couple of peeks at new footage filmed earlier than manufacturing needed to shut down. We noticed Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) raging about June and her rebellion and “who is aware of what sort of atrocities” she’s acquired up her crimson sleeve subsequent, and Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) saying that the escaped kids are June’s legacy.
It is going to be 10 episodes. IndieWire confirmed that Season Four will dial again from the 13-episode format of the previous two seasons, clocking in at solely 10 episodes. In response to government producer Bruce Miller, the choice was “100 p.c inventive.”
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June is most likely alive. Although Miller would not verify whether or not June will survive her gunshot wound, he did say, “We’re following June, and June lives in Gilead, and Gilead is just not a pleasant place, and it’ll proceed to be not a pleasant place. And we attempt to be very practical about what would most likely occur and the way would issues work, so over the break we have talked to the U.N. and we have talked about what occurs to rebels in international locations like this, so we’re parsing by the chances.” In the event that they’re parsing by repercussions for June’s actions, we will solely assume she’ll be alive to endure these penalties.
A brand new spouse will be a part of the forged. Deadline stories that Mckenna Grace has joined the forged of The Handmaid’s Story Season 4. She is going to play Mrs. Keyes, a sharply clever teenage spouse of a a lot older Commander. Her character description says she has “a rebellious, subversive streak, and is calm and pious on the surface with turmoil, even madness, on the within.”
We’ll see an unstable Gilead. Although Gilead’s regime has by no means been significantly secure, we’ll proceed to see these in energy wobble and waver within the aftermath of this mass exodus of youngsters. “It is positively type of hitting them,” Miller told TV Guide. “It is their purpose for his or her existence — replica. So whenever you begin taking away these kids, I feel it is going to make Gilead very offended.”
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid’s Story
We have not seen the final of Commander Lawrence. In a stunning twist, Commander Lawrence determined to remain behind in Gilead to attempt to clear up the mess he’d brought about reasonably than escaping to Canada as he deliberate. Although nothing is ready in stone but, Miller assured TV Information that he has every desire to bring Commander Lawrence back for more in Season 4.
We’ll study extra about Nick’s (Max Minghella) previous. Although Nick’s previous and his position in founding Gilead have been within the plans for Season 3, timing simply did not enable the writers the chance to discover that storyline. No want to fret although, that backstory is definitely on tap for Season 4.
The Waterfords are in scorching water. Fred (Joseph Fiennes) and Serena have been each going through felony trials for conflict crimes (regardless of Serena believing she’d gained immunity by handing Fred over), and until Gilead pulls off a miraculous extradition, we’ll most likely be heading straight for his or her trials in Season 4. Don’t be concerned when you’re conflicted about Serena’s destiny, although, as Miller warns you must positively count on to remain on the fence the place she’s involved.
“She does typically do issues that we expect are very comprehensible and noble and even likable,” Miller stated. “After which she does so many horrible issues. She has a lot to reply for, and now she’s ready to reply for the horrible issues.”
It most likely will not be the ultimate season. Government producer Warren Littlefield told reporters at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that they aren’t writing Season Four as if its the ultimate season. In truth, there’s loads of story left to inform. “We have now not deliberate Season Four to be the tip, however we additionally look to Margaret [Atwood]’s e book The Testaments and know that that story takes us 15 years into the longer term,” Littlefield stated. “We do not see ending it in [Season 4], and I can truthfully say to you, we do not have a definitive out. However I feel we need to hold the bar excessive, and it could not be a nasty factor to depart the viewers wanting extra, after which we might ideally shift into The Testaments.”
Elisabeth Moss will direct. Season Four will see sequence star Elisabeth Moss step behind the camera for an episode. Episode Three of the brand new season will mark her directorial debut, and Moss hilariously joked that her solely hurdle for this job will probably be working with the “extremely demanding” lead actress.
Seasons 1-Three of The Handmaid’s Story are at the moment streaming on Hulu.
Max Minghella and Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Story