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The Handmaid’s Tale season 5
Hulu announced “The Handmaid’s Tale” will return for season 5 on September 14, unfortunately without Emily (Alexis Bledel).
Hulu renews The Handmaid’s Tale for a fourth season
Variety (among others) is reporting that there will be a season four.
It is no surprise they’d want to keep it around– Hulu says THT “is the most watched show, original or acquired, on the streaming service.”
TV rights to The Edible Woman acquired by eOne
Variety is reporting that the rights to Margaret Atwood’s first novel, 1969’s The Edible Woman, have been acquired by Entertainment One. Variety reports that eOne (On the Basis of Sex, Designated Survivor) will hold worldwide rights to the series in addition to producing it. Francine Zuckerman of Z Films and Karen Shaw of Quarterlife Crisis Productions will serve as executive producers.
Northwestern University has chosen The Handmaid’s Tale as its One Book selection for 2018-2019
Every entering freshman to Northwestern University this fall will receive their own copy of The Handmaid’s Tale and will be exposed to a year full of events related to the book. (For context, in the 2017-2018 school year, there were 91 different events on campus related to the One Book selection– this year promises to be as robust, if not more so!)
Atwood will be at Northwestern to give keynote talks on October 30, 2018, a talk each on both the Chicago and the Evanston campuses, where One Book Faculty Chair Helen Thompson also plans to ask Atwood questions about “The Handmaid’s Tale, its recent television adaptation, and its centrality to the current cultural moment.”
For more information on Northwestern’s One Book program, see its webpage here.
Hulu has ordered a third season of The Handmaid’s Tale
Hulu announced May 2 that the show will be returning for a third season, only two weeks into the second. Oh, June, will we ever get to see you make it to Canada?
Hulu Adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale Wins 4 Emmys!
At the recent 2017 Emmys, Hulu’s adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale won the night, with four awards:
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Bruce Miller)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Elizabeth Moss)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Ann Dowd)
Outstanding Drama Series!
Trailer for Netflix adaptation of Alias Grace dropped
The buzz is growing over Alias Grace, and we can’t wait. The miniseries adapts Atwood’s book about Grace Marks, a Canadian maid who is accused and convicted of murdering her employers in 1843. See the official trailer on Entertainment Weekly.
Ballet Adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is featuring an adaptation of Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale from October 16 through October 20. On October 21, the ballet travels to Brandon to perform at the Western Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall.
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