[Music] the handmaid's tale season 6 news is starting to arrive the handmaid's tale season 5 is ending through massive curveballs at several of the shows ongoing storylines with twists for most major characters after a season and a half back in Canada June Osborne Elizabeth Moss is once again separated from Luke bankle OT Fang bennel and on the run with Gilead increasingly making its presence felt north of the US border this is also where the Hulu series has begun to stray from the ideas in the source novel by Margaret Atwood after June's escape from Gilead or now Canada rather the handmaid's tale season 6 has a lot of disperate plot threads to bring together the show story has become bigger and more sprawling than before not least now it looks to expand even beyond Canada and has several key characters on both sides of the border with major changes coming for June lukee Serena Joy Waterford Ivon Strahovski the handmaids tale season 6 is highly anticipated and here's everything known about the next season the latest the handmaids tale season 6 News a supporting star is promoted to a series regular Bradley witford as Joseph Lawrence smirking and Elizabeth Moss as June Osborne looking serious in the handmaid's taale Custom Image by Yin chakon months after a filming start date for the upcoming final season was announced the latest news sees a supporting star promoted to a series regular for the handmaids tale season 6 as details begin to solidify around the sixth and final season ever kerine will now become a series regular after playing a supporting role throughout the entire series kerine Naomi putam first appeared in season one as the wife of Gilead leader Commander putam but her role has since evolved it's unclear how kerine will fit into season SS storyline the handmaid's tale season 6 is confirmed the final season is coming soon Nick and June on in shock in the handmaid's tale season 5 shortly before season 5's Premiere Hulu officially confirmed the handmaids tale season 6 was renewed the show has been one of the streaming service's biggest hits since it debuted back in 2017 so a renewal isn't surprising the handmaid's tale season 5's ending makes it clear the show has more stories to tell so a cancellation would have been a major shock