The Testaments Debuts at Series Mania in France
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- Chase Infiniti attended the world premiere of Hulu’s The Testaments at Series Mania in France on Saturday.
- Ann Dowd joined Infiniti at the premiere, with Lucy Halliday, series creator Bruce Miller and producer Warren Littlefield also present.
- The Testaments will launch globally on Disney+ starting next month.
- Agnes (played by Chase Infiniti) is a commander’s daughter enrolled in an elite preparatory school run by Aunt Lydia, while Daisy (Lucy Halliday) is an outsider who joins the school.
- Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel serves as the source material for The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, which starred Elisabeth Moss, now an executive producer on the new series.
- MGM Television is handling production duties for The Testaments.
- Series Mania continues its tradition of premiering U.S. dramas, having showcased Netflix’s Three Body Problem and HBO’s Succession, and this year also screening AMC’s The Audacity, with a Forum keynote by Disney’s EMEA originals boss Angela Jain.
Why it matters: The premiere adds a new series to Disney+, underscores Series Mania’s role as a launchpad for major U.S. productions, and sees MGM Television expanding its production portfolio while showing ongoing interest in adapting Margaret Atwood’s dystopian works and highlights the continued relevance of the source material.
