The Handmaids Tale may be coming to an end, but Hulu is not saying goodbye to Gilead. Earlier this week, the streamer officially picked up sequel The Testaments to series.

The Gilead follow-up series will adapt Margaret Atwoods 2019 novel of the same name and see Ann Dowd returning as Aunt Lydia, with Handmaids Tale star Elisabeth Moss executive producing. It will follow Junes (Moss) daughter Hannah, known in Gilead as Agnes, and the team behind the series revealed some more key details at the The Handmaids Tales final season premiere on Wednesday. Creator Bruce Miller, who was also behind the original series, told The Hollywood Reporter that The Testaments takes place four years after the end of Handmaids Tale and is the story of Agnes MacKenzie living in Gilead and gradually finding out who she is. In the end of the book The Testaments they bring down Gilead, so thats the goal of the show and the goal of Agnes growing up.

He continues, We tried not to make the same show its got younger voices, its got a completely different feel and a completely different vibe but its still Gilead, so I hope that the continuing threads continue to interest people while the new stuff is exciting.

Executive producer Warren Littlefield added, These young women have never known any other world other than Gilead, so its a very, very different frame of reference and point of view. He also teased that the look of the show will be quite different, as its pastoral, its beautiful, its a different architecture, different color palette and a young wonderful cast. But make no mistake, theres still a Gilead there, so that will reveal itself as well.

Disney Entertainment Television president Craig Erwich, Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss and Bruce Miller Disney/Frank Micelotta Presumed Innocents Chase Infiniti will play Agnes along with Lucy Halliday as fellow protagonist Daisy, and the show begins production on April 7. Dowd said her last day on Handmaids Tale was wonderful, and then at the end I just cried; saying goodbye is another matter. Im so full of gratitude, so full of love for everyone, its really hard to let go, and counts herself as very fortunate to continue in the Gilead universe.

Its exciting and slightly nerve-wracking, but Ive had the pleasure of meeting the actresses and Im very much looking forward to working with them, she added.

The sixth and final season of The Handmaids Tale launches with three episodes April 8, followed by a weekly release through the May 27 finale.