Check out Hulu's timely Super Bowl spot for 'The Handmaid’s Tale'
Super Bowl viewers are about to get a very timely glimpse at life in a dystopia.
Hulu on Friday released its Super Bowl spot for its upcoming series The Handmaid's Tale, based on Margaret Atwood's novel of the same name.
The 10-episode series, which debuts on Hulu on April 26, follows people in a dystopia called Gilead — a totalitarian society, once part of the U.S., rooted in twisted religious fundamentalism. A place where a class of women are subjugated and used only for reproduction.
Watch the chilling commercial (above).
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) stars as one of the world's few remaining fertile women, Offred.
"I had another name but it's forbidden now," Offred says in the new trailer. "My name is Offred and I intend to survive."
Orange is the New Black star Samira Wiley plays Moira, Offred's best friend from college and fellow handmaid-in-training, and Alexis Bledel plays Ofglen, an ally to Offred.
Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Max Minghella, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd and O-T Fagbenle also co-star.
MGM Television produced the series.
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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.
