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Gilead's New Generation Faces Bleak Future
12 Feb
Summary
- The Testaments, a Hulu series, will premiere at Series Mania.
- New series competition lineup signals a shift towards high-impact storytelling.
- AMC's The Audacity will screen in competition at the festival.
Series Mania is set to launch premium international content, with Hulu's The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, making its debut. The series, created by Bruce Miller, explores a dystopian Gilead over 15 years after its predecessor, focusing on a new generation of young women facing a bleak future. Showrunner Miller and his creative team are expected at the premiere.
Further adding to the festival's allure, the Peaky Blinders movie, The Immortal Man, will have a special screening during the same week it becomes available on Netflix. Series Mania, kicking off on March 20, has also unveiled its competition lineup. This year's selections indicate a move towards sharper editorial focus and impactful storytelling, a strategic response to the contracting TV drama market characterized by fewer series and shorter formats.
The international competition includes AMC's The Audacity, starring Billy Magnussen as a tech CEO embroiled in scandal. The festival's international panorama competition will feature a trio of BBC productions: Babies, Small Prophets, and Prisoner 951. The jury for the international competition is yet to be announced.
