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It’s just a few short weeks until the return of Hulu’s award-winning drama The Handmaid’s Tale and it looks to be an epic sophomore season from the trailers that have been released. This latest one asks the audience, “Is this what freedom looks like?”

The film follows a mother who is struggling to cope with the loss of her daughter who died several years earlier when she becomes convinced that a stranger’s daughter is her own.

The West Wing alum will play the role of Commander Joseph Lawrence, the architect of Gilead’s economy, described as gruff and intimidating, with a disheveled mad genius vibe.

Awarded to screenwriter and original author of the source material, the USC Scripter has been given out since 1988. The film prize often is a herald for the WGA and Oscar winner in the adapted screenplay category.

The Emmy-winning actor will play a punk rocker in the new movie from the filmmaker behind Listen Up Phillip and Queen of Earth.

Season 1, Episode 10 – The first season of The Handmaid’s Tale ends on a strong note of resistance, leaving everything up in the air for next year.

Season 1, Episode 9 – In the penultimate episode of the season The Handmaid’s Tale focuses back on the women, thankfully, but only revs up to season ending level excitement in the final few minutes of the episode.

Season 1, Episode 8 – This episode shines when focusing on the relationships between the women of Gilead, but falls flat when it strays away from that.

Season 1, Episode 7 – This episode told entirely from Luke’s perspective is a compelling story, but loses a lot of what makes The Handmaid’s Tale a great and unique show.

The star of Hulu’s critically acclaimed adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale Elisabeth Moss has picked her next small-screen project: an adaptation of Mary Beth Keane’s 1999 novel Fever, which she will star in and executive produce.

Season 1, Episode 6 – It’s a different sort of episode, when The Handmaid’s Tale focuses more on the politics of Gilead. Despite powerful moments, something seems a bit off.

Season 1, Episode 5 – As we approach the halfway point of the season, Offred’s slowly become more rebellious as more harsh truths of Gilead are revealed.

With the instant critical and viewer praise for The Handmaid’s Tale, the attitude was upbeat at the Hulu presentation at Upfronts. In addition to Handmaid’s Tale, the streaming network announced the big acquisition of the SVOD rights of This is Us and Atlanta, two of the biggest hits of the last year.

Season 1, Episode 4 – In excerpts from Offred’s past, and a look at how she handles her current situation, seeds of a rebellion slowly start to grow in this week’s The Handmaid’s Tale.

Season 1, Episode 3 – In the most intense episode of The Handmaid’s Tale to date, it becomes more and more apparent that the value of these women is directed related to if they can have a child.

Season 1, Episode 2 – Tensions are high in the second episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, as customs of the world are explored and Offred’s situation becomes more interesting.

Season 1, Episode 1 – The series premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale is excellently crafted, adapted, and all too chillingly relevant.

The Handmaid’s Tale envisions a not-so-distant future in which the United States has been overthrown and refashioned as the Republic of Gilead, a theocratic dictatorship guided by “traditionalist values.”

Samira Wiley and Elisabeth Moss are going to be joined by English actor Joseph Fiennes in the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s book The Handmaid’s Tale for Hulu. The online streaming service has picked up the drama from creator-writer Bruce Miller for 10 episodes.

The Orange is the New Black actress is set to star opposite Elisabeth Moss in the upcoming Hulu drama The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the Margaret Atwood novel.

MGM Television picks up “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Bruce Miller

Andrea Berloff is directing the crime drama from her own screenplay, which is based on the DC/Vertigo comic book series of the same name.

The follow-up season to the series’ Emmy-winning debut will be shaped by Offred’s pregnancy and her ongoing fight to free her future child from the misogynistic and dystopian horrors of Gilead.

The annual awards from the Producers Guild of America (PGA) help to define the upcoming Oscars with Disney-Pixar’s Coco and Brett Morgen’s Jane continuing to win in the animated and documentary categories.

Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei is joining the sophomore season for a guest-starring role. Creator Bruce Miller confirms that Tomei will be playing a commander’s wife.

After taking home major awards at both the Emmys and Golden Globes, The Handmaid’s Tale continues to keep the buzz going today as it releases the first look video at season two along with some gorgeous photos.

Handmaid’s Tale is going up against The Americans, Better Call Saul, Game of Thrones and Stranger Things for Best Drama while Glow is vying for Best Comedy against Curb Your Enthusiasm, Master of None, Silicon Valley and Veep.

“What to say about Hulu? Seriously, I’m asking, because it’s not entirely clear that the streaming service itself knows what it wants to be,” writes Neil Turitz.

The Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, with The Handmaid’s Tale, Veep and Big Little Lies coming out on top. Here is a full list of winners.

“It’s so hard sometimes to do scenes by yourself,” the newly minted Emmy nominee, in the Best Supporting Actress in a Drama category, told Tracking Board