‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 3 To Premiere This June
By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 12, 2019 9:24 am EST
Deadline reports that Hulu has set The Handmaid’s Tale season 3 premiere date for June 5, 2019. The streaming service announced the series return at the TCA, where Hulu SVP of Originals Craig Erwich explained the decision to delay the show’s season 3 premiere.
“We wanted to give the show as much time as possible to maintain the quality,” Erwich said. He added that he has seen the first two episodes of the upcoming season, and they are “spectacular.”
The second season of The Handmaid’s Tale was a drastic downgrade from season 1, taking the series on a bleak and torturous narrative arc that mostly spun its wheels. The third season — which debuted a promising first teaser during the Super Bowl — takes the series even further beyond the events of Margaret Atwood’s novel, following June (Elisabeth Moss) as she gathers resistance against the dystopian regime of Gilead. The 13-episode season “will force all characters to take a stand, guided by one defiant prayer: ‘Blessed be the fight,’” according to Deadline. Hopefully the upcoming season will be an upgrade from the slog that was season 2.
The Handmaid’s Tale season 3 premieres on Hulu on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
