'Orange is the New Black' star Samira Wiley joins Hulu's 'The Handmaid's Tale'
Samira Wiley is headed to Hulu.
The Orange is the New Black star has been tapped to play in the streaming service's upcoming series The Handmaid's Tale.
The show, based on Margaret Atwood's best-selling novel, follows people in a dystopia called Gilead — a totalitarian society, once part of the U.S., rooted in "twisted religious fundamentalism."
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Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) stars as one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred. Wiley will play Moira, Offred's best friend from college and fellow handmaid-in-training.
The 10-episode series is executive produced and written by Bruce Miller (The 100). Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears and Ilene Chaiken serve as fellow executive producers. Atwood will be a consulting producer.
It is scheduled to go into production in Toronto this fall, and will debut in 2017.
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Saba was a Los Angeles-based reporter who covers all things digital entertainment, including YouTube, streaming services and digital influencers. Prior to that, she spent two years at the Los Angeles Times covering entertainment for the Calendar and Company Town sections. Saba grew up in Santa Monica and graduated from Boston University with a B.S. in journalism and B.A. in political science. When not reporting, she is usually binge watching shows online or looking for new coffee shops to frequent.
