The Handmaid’s Tale

87%

Hulu | Drama | 2017

RT Critics’ Score: 83%
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Series Info

Based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, this series is set in Gilead, a totalitarian society in what used to be part of the United States. Gilead is ruled by a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state, and is faced with environmental disasters and a plummeting birth rate. In a desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world, the few remaining fertile women are forced into sexual servitude. One of these women, Offred, is determined to survive the terrifying world she lives in, and find the daughter that was taken from her.
Creator: Bruce Miller
Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, Alexis Bledel

Production Company(ies)
Ensemble, Hulu

Year of Release
2017

Technical Specs
Color: Color
Sound mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby
Aspect ratio: 2.00 : 1
Language(s): English
Country of origin: United States
Original premiere:
Newest season premiere:

Genre(s)
Drama, Dystopia/Apocalypse, Ensemble, Epic, Literary Adaptation, Music, Science Fiction, Survival, War

Keyword(s)
Dystopia / Apocalypse Digital Drama, Ensemble Digital Drama, Epic Digital Drama, Literary Adaptation Digital Drama, Science Fiction Digital Drama, Serialized Drama Digital Drama, Survival, MGM Television, The Littlefield Company, White Oak Pictures, Movies from United States, English Language, NAACP Image Awards Nominees, TV Shows from 2022, Golden Globes Nominees, Emmy Awards Nominees, Critics’ Choice Awards Nominees, WGA Awards Nominees, Dystopia/Apocalypse Digital Drama, GLAAD Media Awards Nominees, Female Producer, Female Writer, Latin/Hispanic Producer, Latin/Hispanic Writer, Asian Producer, Asian Writer, Female Director, 2+ Ethnicity Director, Latin/Hispanic Lead Cast, 2+ Ethnicity Lead Cast, LGBTQ+ Lead Cast, Black Lead Cast, Latin/Hispanic Producer, LGBTQ Producer, LGBTQ Writer, Latin/Hispanic Lead Cast, LGBTQ Lead Cast

Budget and Earnings Details

Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA

Cast & Crew
Elisabeth Moss
Moss
Offred
Joseph Fiennes Fiennes
Commander Waterford
Yvonne Strahovski Strahovski
Serena Joy
Samira Wiley Wiley
Moira
Alexis Bledel Bledel
Ofglen
Ann Dowd Dowd
Aunt Lydia

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Writer(s)

Executive(s)
NA

Awards & Nominations
NA

Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)