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Wednesday April 02, 2025
The Handmaid's Tale will get a follow-up series after it concludes its sixth and final season.
Hulu announced Tuesday that Margaret Atwood's 2019 novel, The Testaments, which is a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, is being developed into a new series.
The streaming platform announced the news in an Instagram post with a photo of the series' stars gathered during a table reading.
The post stated that production on The Testaments will begin April 7, and Handmaid's Tale star Elisabeth Moss will serve as an executive producer on the series.
Atwood's novel takes place in the dystopian theocracy of Gilead, 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale.
It is narrated by three women: Agnes, a young woman living in Gilead; Daisy, a young woman living in Canada; and Aunt Lydia, who is a previous character from The Handmaid's Tale and is portrayed by Ann Dowd in the hit Hulu series. Dowd will return to the role in the new series.
According to Hulu, The Testaments series is a "coming of age story that finds a new generation of young women in Gilead grappling with the bleak future that awaits them."
Also starring in The Testaments are Girl Meets World star Rowan Blanchard as Shunammite, Chase Infiniti as Agnes, Lucy Halliday as Daisy, and Mattea Conforti as Becka.
The sixth and final season of The Handmaid's Tale will arrive April 8 on Hulu with the first three episodes.
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First-look images from the final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty have been released.
Amazon Prime Video shared the season 3 images on Monday, featuring Lola Tung as Isabel "Belly" Conklin, Gavin Casalegno as Jeremiah Fisher and more.
The series follows Belly and the magic of her mom's best friend's beach house, where she spent every summer growing up with her brother Steven (Sean Kaufman) and childhood friends Jeremiah and Conrad (Christopher Briney).
The hit coming-of-age show follows Belly as she falls in love for the first time and finds herself caught in a love triangle with the Fisher boys.
Season 2 of the hit Prime Video show ended with Belly choosing Jeremiah over Conrad despite Conrad confessing his feelings for her. The second season also saw the trio come together to help save the summer beach house.
Monday's first-look images show Conrad, Belly and Jeremiah on the beach with Steven and Taylor (Rain Spencer).
Another image shows Conrad in a white medical coat. Belly also appears in another image with her mom Laurel (Jackie Chung) in what appears to be an empty dorm room.
The Summer I Turned Pretty is based on the book trilogy of the same name from Jenny Han, who is also known for To All the Boys I've Loved Before and the Netflix series XO, Kitty.
The final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty will arrive in July 2025.
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Jason Momoa is taking on an epic new project about the unification of the Hawaiian Islands.
On Monday, Apple TV+ announced that Momoa will portray Ka'iana in Chief of War, a warrior who "tries to unify the islands before Western colonization in the late 18th century," according to a press release.
A first-look image of Momoa as warrior Ka'iana was also released.
According to the press release for the upcoming series, Chief of War is a "passion project" for Momoa and Thomas Pa'a Sibbett, who are co-creators on the series and share Hawaiian heritage.
In a video he shared on his Instagram Story Monday, Momoa asked fans to check out the first look of Chief of War and gave "all my love to Hawaii."
"I'm really excited," he added. "It's coming out on my birthday — I didn't pick that either. Thank you Apple, I love you guys, this is the beginning. So thankful of all the hard work."
A joint post from Momoa and Apple TV+ featuring the first-look image included a message from the Aquaman actor, who said that the story is "rooted in my home, my culture and my heart."
"Hawaiian history has never been told like this," he added.
The series includes a predominantly Polynesian cast, according to the press release.
The first two episodes of Chief of War will premiere on Apple TV+ on Aug. 1, followed by new episodes every Friday through Sept. 19.
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Wizards Beyond Waverly Place has been renewed for a second season.
Disney Branded Television announced Monday that the hit series, a continuation of the Emmy Award-winning show Wizards of Waverly Place, will get another season starring David Henrie, Janice LeAnn Brown, Alkaio Thiele, Max Matenko, Taylor Cora and Mimi Gianopulos. Production on the new season begins in April, according to Disney.
The show announced the news of season 2 with a TikTok video featuring the show's stars.
Henrie, who also serves as an executive producer on the series alongside his former Wizards of Waverly Place co-star Selena Gomez, said he is "overwhelmed by all the love for the series."
In a statement shared in a press release, he added that he is "ready to keep serving this new generation of Wizards fans with more Russo magic, while continuing to deliver a big warm hug to the original fan!"
"So many surprises in store for this second season," he added. "It's going to be big, so stay tuned!"
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place follows Henrie's character, Justin Russo, who has magical abilities but "has chosen to lead a normal, mortal life with his family, Giada, Roman and Milo," according to a synopsis.
"When Justin's sister Alex (Gomez) brings Billie (Brown) to his home seeking help, Justin realizes he must dust off his magical skills to mentor the wizard-in-training while also juggling his everyday responsibilities — and safeguarding the future of the Wizard World," the synopsis states.
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place premiered in October 2024. The first episode for the series received 3.2 million views globally in the first 12 days and was Disney Channel's most-watched premiere on Disney+, according to a press release.
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