**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
**ANCHOR DESK – BREAKING NEWS**
**DATELINE:** Toronto, Canada – February 20, 2025
**SUBJECT:** *The Testaments* Season 2 Announcement
**HEADLINE:** Hulu and MGM Confirm Production of *The Testaments* Season Two; Margaret Atwood-Approved Series Set for Global Release
**LOCATION:** Toronto, Ontario
**EVENT:** Official Production Go-Ahead
**TIMING:** Principal photography to commence Q3 2025; premiere expected Q3 2026
**PERSONS:** Margaret Atwood (Author, Executive Producer), Bruce Miller (Showrunner, EP), Ann Dowd (Reprising role as Aunt Lydia)
**WHAT:**
Streaming platform Hulu, in collaboration with MGM Television, has formally greenlit season two of its dystopian drama *The Testaments*. The series serves as a direct sequel to *The Handmaid’s Tale*, adapting the 2019 Booker Prize-winning novel by Margaret Atwood.
**WHY:**
The decision follows the critically acclaimed first season, which concluded with season one’s cliffhanger involving the three central narrators: Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd), Agnes (Jade Lee), and Daisy (Lucy Halliday). Showrunner Bruce Miller confirmed the renewal in a joint statement, citing “overwhelming audience demand and a complete, mapped-out narrative arc for the second installment.”
**HOW:**
Production will resume at the show’s Toronto-based soundstages, with an expanded filming schedule to accommodate multiple timeline jumps and flashback sequences. Season two is expected to depict the collapse of the Republic of Gilead from within, following the characters’ diverging paths toward the regime’s downfall.
**SIGNIFICANCE:**
This announcement marks the first major scripted series renewal for Hulu’s post-*Handmaid’s