--- description: Hulu has released a first look at its eerily timely new drama The Handmaid’s Tale title: Watch Hulu's First Trailer for 'The Handmaid's Tale' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt072875aebb2b1c9e/6988b4b8524fc0e96cdfaa63/handmaids-tale.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Hulu's First Trailer for _The Handmaid's Tale_ by [Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 7, 2017 8:01 PM CUT by [Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 7, 2017 8:01 PM CUT Hulu has released a first look at its [eerily timely](http://ew.com/article/2016/12/02/elisabeth-moss-handmaids-tale-hulu-first-look/ "undefined") new drama _The_ _Handmaid’s Tale_. Set in the dystopian Republic of Gilead — a totalitarian theocracy in what was once the United States, where women have been stripped of their personal rights — the series stars Elisabeth Moss as Offred, who ends up in a class called handmaids, females whose sole role in society is to reproduce. _Handmaid’s Tale_, which is based on the 1985 Margaret Atwood novel of the same name, also stars Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, and [Alexis Bledel](http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/05/alexis-bledel-handmaids-tale-hulu/ "undefined"). [_The Handmaid’s Tale_](http://ew.com/gallery/handmaids-tale-first-look/ "undefined") will debut April 26 on Hulu. Stay tuned for more scoop on the new series out of Hulu’s TCA day. [_This article_](http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/07/handmaids-tale-hulu-trailer/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://EW.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4627354/handmaids-tale-hulu-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4627354/handmaids-tale-hulu-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch Hulu's First Trailer for The Handmaid's Tale","datePublished":"2017-01-07T20:01:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:57:08.072Z","description":"The series stars Elisabeth Moss as Offred","url":"https://time.com/4627354/handmaids-tale-hulu-trailer/","keywords":["Television","Hulu","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt072875aebb2b1c9e/6988b4b8524fc0e96cdfaa63/handmaids-tale.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt072875aebb2b1c9e/6988b4b8524fc0e96cdfaa63/handmaids-tale.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"handmaids-tale","caption":"The Handmaid's Tale","creditText":"Hulu","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4627354/handmaids-tale-hulu-trailer/","name":"Watch Hulu's First Trailer for The Handmaid's Tale"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"The series stars Elisabeth Moss as Offred","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4627354/handmaids-tale-hulu-trailer/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4627354/handmaids-tale-hulu-trailer/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```