Season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale is starting up soon. As a result, the marketing is starting up for the purpose of priming the viewers to tune in, as shown by the recent release of a short trailer. Said trailer revealed little about what interested individuals can expect from the upcoming season of the series, but what was seen nonetheless served its primary purpose of tantalizing those who might be convinced to watch.
What Did We Learn From the Trailer For Season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale?
The trailer provided some looks at some of the characters who will be showing up in Season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale. For example, there is a rather striking scene of Offred standing before a noose while wearing a blood-stained dress, which seems to be a reference to what happened to Ofglen’s lover in Season 1. Meanwhile, other characters who showed up in the trailer ranged from Moira, who has managed to flee to Canada, to Ofglen, who is looking rather upset in what seems to have been pre-Gilead times. Over the whole trailer is Offred stating that rules that have been forced upon her, which finishes with her expressing her honest opinion about the whole thing with a simple statement that nonetheless sums up what the viewers have been thinking as well. Summed up, while the trailer wasn’t particularly informative, it was rather evocative, which was the whole point.
What Else Do We Know About Season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale?
Regardless, Season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale is starting up on April 25, meaning that interested individuals don’t have much longer to wait before being able to see new episodes being released for the series. Furthermore, it should be mentioned that while Season 1 received 10 episodes, Season 2 is receiving 13 episodes, which should come as welcome news to those who want more.
Otherwise, the news has been rather sparse in nature. For example, there have been a number of shots released of various scenes from the upcoming season, which ranged from one showing the handmaids participating in what looked like a funeral to another showing the handmaids filing to a camp while being watched over by security personnel. In fact, it is interesting to note that even information about the cast for the second season has been rather scarce. For example, it has been confirmed that both Elisabeth Moss and Alexis Bledel are making a return as Offred and Ofglen, which resulted in some speculation from certain quarters that there might be a change in the perspective from whom the story is told. Otherwise, not much has been said about who else will be making regular appearances, though it seems probable that a lot of the characters from Season 1 will be making a return because of their involvement in Offred and Ofglen’s stories if nothing else. Finally, there have been announcements of some new additions to the cast as well, who range from Cherry Jones, who will be guest-starring as June Osborne’s mother, to Bradley Whitford, who will be playing a senior figure in Gilead’s government who is involved with the economic side of things.
Summed up, not a lot of exact information is known about what is coming up in the new season of The Handmaid’s Tale, but that serves to make the unknown that much more intriguing.
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