‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6 Is Finally Ready to Film—Here’s Everything We Know

Unfortunately, fans will have to wait until 2025 for the premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale season six. In an interview with Deadline, Craig Erwich (president of Disney Television Group) revealed that production on the new installment is starting soon. “The Handmaid's Tale is going to production this summer,” he said. “[It] premieres in 2025.”

The announcement came shortly after actress Elisabeth Moss spoke at a Television Critics Association panel and confirmed that she’s returning to film the new episodes. “We’re prepping right now, and we will start this summer,” she said.

Several original cast members are expected to reprise their roles, including Moss (June Osborne, or “Offred”), Yvonne Strahovski (Serena Joy), Madeline Brewer (Ofwarren), Ann Dowd (Aunt Lydia), O-T Fagbenle (Luke Osborne), Max Minghella (Nick Blaine), Samira Wiley (Moira), Amandra Brugel (Rita), Sam Jaeger (Mark Tuello) and Bradley Whitford (Commander Joseph Lawrence).

The story is based on Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel of the same name, and it takes place in a futuristic totalitarian society called Gilead. Due to the plummeting birth rate, women are treated as property of the government and sold to wealthy couples who are trying to conceive. This includes a woman named June Osborne (or “Offred”), who’s taken away from her family and forced into sexual servitude. 

Sadly, The Handmaid’s Tale will not return for season seven. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Whitford revealed that season six will be the show’s last. “We’re gonna be going back for one more season,” he said. “And that'll be it.”

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