your hands wait waren what the hell you think you're doing yes yes okay I the handmaid's Tail season six all Tales must come to an end and that's true even for the handmaid's tale the long running dystopian show will officially be returning for a sixth season which will also be the drama's last lead star Elizabeth Moss has assured longtime fans that the final outing will be something special and absolutely for the fans it's definitely for our audience Moss said during a chat with Business Insider it's definitely for the people that have stuck with us for Five Seasons and we're kind of making this one for them but as we reckon with the idea of saying a final goodbye to June and Co we can also look forward to the Testament spin-off which will be based on Margaret Atwood's recent sequel to The Source material so what's in store for the handmaid's tale season 6 here's everything you need to know about the final batch of episodes with season 5 spoilers from this point on after a delayed shooting schedule on account of the Hollywood strikes last year we finally have a production start date for season 6 with cameras set to roll on the show swans on later this year deadline has reported with that in mind Hulu has told fans to expect a 2025 release date while it might be some time before the shiny new episodes arrive Elizabeth Moss has confirmed the final season will be a blockbuster outing in which she will direct four of the upcoming episodes Moss told L it feels like it's going to be so long until you guys get to see anything else and I apologize personally for that but every season we do gets bigger and it takes longer to make every time because it's the final season we really want to make sure that it's exactly what we want to do we will keep you updated once we have a firmed Up release date for the show's Final Chapter next year