The first trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale season three, released during the Super Bowl, urged America to “wake up”.
Starting as a recreation of Ronald Reagan’s 1984 “Morning In America” campaign advertisement, the trailer soon takes a dark twist.
A message about more females in the workplace than ever before beams out, before fiery visuals fill the screen and women, dressed in their handmaid outfits, are seen gathered in a twisted version of Washington DC, indicating the show is moving from Boston to capital of the United States. Instead of the famous Washington Monument stands a giant cross.
Elisabeth Moss, who plays Gilead, then says via voice over: “Wake up, America. Morning’s over.”
While the first season of the Emmy-winning drama was based on the events of Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name, the second season took viewers past the first book.
A release date for season three has not been revealed – only that it is “coming soon”.
