First look photos and a teaser trailer have been released for season 2 of The Handmaid's Tale, the Hulu series based on Margaret Atwood's novel that was a big winner recently at the Golden Globes. Entertainment Weekly noted that season 1 ended "with Elisabeth Moss's Offred--whom we now know by her real name, June--pregnant and being taken away in a Gilead-controlled van, heading either to dire punishment for an act of rebellion or to freedom. But season 2 (which will premiere in April on Hulu) will enter uncharted territory, albeit with input from Atwood, who serves as a consulting producer on the series."
"The biggest barrier of season 2 was season 1," said showrunner Bruce Miller. "You sort of intimidate yourself. But at a certain point, you can't spend all your time second-guessing things. Instead, you just have to remember to try and tell a good story.... Margaret and I had started to talk about the shape of season 2 halfway through the first."
Miller revealed that "this season will explore the lives of the refugees (like Samira Wiley's Moira) who've been able to escape Gilead as well as those who have been exiled to the Colonies, the polluted and contaminated areas of North America," EW wrote.
"Everything from the design of their costumes to the way they look is so chilling," he said, adding that production benefited from real snow on set in Canada. "These scenes that are so beautiful, while set in such a terrible place, provide the kind of contrast that makes me happy."
Miller also noted that Moss "is such an incredible partner on this with me. Sometimes while writing the scripts, I just really wanted to surprise her. She's even better in season 2, if you can believe it."