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King of the Hill Revival Sets August Premiere on Hulu — First Look at Grown-Up Bobby and Much More
The Hills are officially returning to Texas this summer. Hulu has set a Monday, Aug. 4 premiere for King of the Hill's 10-episode revival, which picks up 14 years after the animated series ended its original run on Fox. 'After years working a propane job in Saudi Arabia to earn their retirement nest egg, Hank and Peggy Hill return to a changed Arlen, Texas to reconnect with old friends Dale, Boomhauer and Bill,' reads the revival's official logline. 'Meanwhile, Bobby is living his dream as a chef in Dallas and enjoying his 20s with his former classmates Connie, Joseph and Chane.' More from TVLine Yvonne Strahovski Makes Us Wonder: Did The Handmaid's Tale Finale Hint at a Pairing That Was There All Along? Dave Nemetz Reviews Adults: FX's Hilarious Gen Z Sitcom Gives TV a Much-Needed Youth Infusion The Handmaid's Tale Boss Reveals the Character He Almost Killed Off in the Series Finale (But Didn't) The show's Season 14 voice cast includes co-creator Mike Judge as Hank Hill, Kathy Najimy as Peggy Hill, Pamela Adlon as Bobby Hill, Johnny Hardwick as Dale Gribble, Stephen Root as Bill Dauterive, Lauren Tom as Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone, and Toby Huss as Kahn Souphanousinphone. Though an official trailer has yet to be released, Hulu did drop a first look at the opening credits for Season 14, which serves as a recap of what Hank's friends and family have been up to since we last saw them in 2010. So keep your finger on the pause button, because there are plenty of blink-and-you'll-miss-them shots, including glimpses of Bobby's son and sister Luanne, voiced by the late Brittany Murphy during the show's original run.) Hit PLAY on the video above for your first look at Hulu's King of the Hill revival, then drop a comment with your thoughts below. Will you be tuning in? Best of TVLine Summer TV Calendar: Your Guide to 85+ Season and Series Premieres Classic Christmas Movies Guide: Where to Watch It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, Elf, Die Hard and Others What's New on Netflix in June
Daily Mirror
a day ago
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- Daily Mirror
The Handmaid's Tale's Elisabeth Moss says June 'isn't done' despite show ending
Elisabeth Moss says June Osborne's battle continues WARNING: This article contains spoilers from The Handmaid's Tale series finale Elisabeth Moss, the leading lady of The Handmaid's Tale, has revealed that her character June Osborne is not yet ready to stop fighting Gilead's oppressive regime despite the show wrapping up, reports the Mirror US. Since 2017, Moss has portrayed the resilient June, vowing to keep up the fight against the harsh rulers in a bid to rescue her daughter Hannah Bankole (played by Jordana Blake). In a recent chat, the star of Mad Men and Top of the Lake hinted: "It just doesn't feel like she's done yet." Echoing the ambiguous ending of Margaret Atwood's 1985 book, the TV adaptation aimed to leave viewers with an "incredibly vague cliffhanger ending that was infuriating". The final episode edged June closer to reuniting with Hannah, but the teenager remains caught in the clutches of Gilead. Moss reflected on her character's determination, stating: "I don't think she has a choice, and I think that's what she comes to realize: If she wants there to be a place for her daughters to be free, this is what she has to do". Speaking to Gold Derby, she added: "It's not preferred. It's not like she thinks this is a great idea. It's very, very complicated." While June's struggle appears far from over, The Handmaid's Tale itself has concluded, passing the torch to the follow-up series The Testaments. The programme is set to follow Atwood's 2019 sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, but it will take place five years after the series finale, not 15 as in the book. The book features three main characters: Aunt Lydia (portrayed by Ann Dowd), Daisy (Lucy Halliday) and Agnes (Chase Infiniti), whose lives are interconnected. June doesn't feature in The Testaments, however, the show might deviate and include a cameo from the character. Furthermore, there are likely to be allusions to June's ongoing struggle to reclaim her daughter, echoing Moss' sentiments about the continuous fight against Gilead. In a recent chat with Variety, The Testaments showrunner Bruce Miller stated that Nick and June will "certainly" be mentioned more in the show than in the book. He commented: "But I think where we are and what we're doing with the story, with a few slight differences, they are thinking more in the front of their minds, but characters are thinking more about the particular people who made the changes in the end of the last series. So I think that June is much more present." Moss will act as an executive producer on The Testaments, but it's still unknown if she'll reprise her role as June. However, Miller hinted that characters from The Handmaid's Tale could make appearances in The Testaments. "The first set of characters matter hugely to the second set of characters. So these stories are very tied together, and it's very much a continuation of this 'Handmaid's Tale' that we've seen. You're just following the daughter instead of the mother."
Daily Mirror
a day ago
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- Daily Mirror
The Handmaid's Tale's Elisabeth Moss explains meaning behind Offred line
The Handmaid's Tale dovetailed neatly as the series ended Elisabeth Moss, the leading lady of The Handmaid's Tale, has shared her thoughts on the show's final moments and the hauntingly memorable last scene, reports the Mirror US. In a poignant full circle, the series concludes with June Osborne (portrayed by Moss) in the Waterfords' residence, echoing the very first episode's ending. June embarks on recording her narrative, a harrowing testament to Gilead's atrocities that have remained hidden from the world. The series signs off with the powerful line: "My name is Offred", a stark contrast to her declaration in the debut episode: "My name is June." Echoing the inaugural episode, June once more peers directly into the camera lens, offering a knowing smile. Moss, dissecting this pivotal moment in an interview with Gold Derby, explained: "Her mom points out she needs to tell it for her daughters. ... She has to go back to the beginning, and she has to tell the whole story, and it started as Offred." This act of reclaiming her handmaid identity was crucial for June to recount her experience truthfully. Moss, who also directed the finale, revealed a behind-the-scenes anecdote about the final line. She aimed to replicate the same tone used in the first season's voiceover. Yet, fate played its hand when Moss realised she had forgotten this detail just 10 minutes before filming the crucial scene. In a frantic rush, the star of Mad Men and Top of the Lake hastily purchased and downloaded the Hulu app on her phone to revisit the original scene. She replayed the sequence repeatedly and committed its rhythm to memory, remarking "it worked" and was "incredible" in enhancing her final scene's delivery. Reflecting on June's return to the Waterfords' abode, Elisabeth Moss shared that she "didn't have to think too much" about the setting because she intimately "felt all the things" her character experienced. "There had been so much that had happened in that room, and I was so happy to be back in a better place, and in a place where I was ready to bring this story to a close, at the same time that June is starting to tell it," Moss articulated. While The Handmaid's Tale has come to an end, the saga continues as The Testaments gears up for production with Bruce Miller, the original showrunner, at the helm of this forthcoming series. Moss remains connected to the fabric of the drama, taking on the role of executive producer, with the fate of June's appearance presently shrouded in mystery. The Testaments diverges from its predecessor, fixating on youthful characters navigating Gilead's oppressive regime even from the seemingly privileged echelons of society. Ann Dowd will revisit her role as Aunt Lydia, revealing that her character has been transformed by the Boston uprising as seen in The Handmaid's Tale. New talent leads the pack in the upcoming series, including Chase Inifinti and Lucy Halliday, who will step into the roles of Agnes/Hannah and Daisy/Nicole respectively.
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2 days ago
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‘The Handmaid's Tale' star Elisabeth Moss on directing the series finale and June's new mission: ‘She has to fight a different battle now'
WARNING: The following story contains spoilers for the series finale of , streaming now on Hulu. The Handmaid's Tale ended where it began: with Offred. Not June Osborne, Offred. Of Fred. More from GoldDerby 'Hacks' renewed for Season 5 ahead of Season 4 finale Iliza Shlesinger's comedy evolution: 'You don't want to be 42 telling the same jokes you told at 22' The mystery of Pedro Pascal's Emmy category solved as HBO's 'The Last of Us' submissions are revealed A chair, a table, a lamp, and a window with white curtains, back in the Waterfords' house — this time a little worse for the wear after the bombs went off and the Commanders were killed and the Army swarmed in. She walked by it on the city street, then pushed past the gate and went inside, climbed the stairs to her old room, took in the surroundings, and began to dictate her story. She was no longer in her handmaid's cloak, but the memories of what she experienced from her time as one in the early days of Gilead all through leading the revolution back there now were fresh. Her journey in red was over, but in some ways her story was just beginning. The Handmaid's Tale may have begun and ended with star, executive producer, and director Elisabeth Moss in the same physical place, but the eight years between the series premiere and finale of the Emmy-winning Hulu adaptation of Margaret Atwood's seminal novel saw a huge evolution for both her and her character, and all of the experiences Moss had in the role lent themselves to filming the final moments of the series. "As an actor at the end, and as a director as well because they're so intertwined, it was so meta," Moss tells Gold Derby. "I hadn't been back to the Waterford house in however many years it has been since June had been there. But I know how that felt, and I was able to then carry it into the scene. There [were] a lot of amazing memories, and there [were] also a lot of complicated memories of being very cold and it being very late at night and things like that — not quite as complicated as June's memories. SEE The Handmaid's Tale star Bradley Whitford on Lawrence's 'recklessness' and 'insufficient redemption' "I didn't have to think too much about how June would feel because I felt all of the things. There had been so much that had happened in that room, and I was so happy to be back in a better place, and in a place where I was ready to bring this story to a close, at the same time that June is starting to tell it," she continues. After the "literally explosive" events of the penultimate episode, the series finale thrived in the quiet. It allowed its characters to say goodbye to each other, and in turn allowed the audience to say goodbye to them, while also finally giving them moments to just breathe after the weight of a crushing regime had been lifted from them. Moss directed both the penultimate episode and the finale, as well as the first two episodes of this final season, and although she can count many achievements among them, one she is particularly excited to share is how the very last scene utilizes the voiceover from the series premiere — not just the same lines, but the actual audio. "I had this idea that if I said it the right way, in the right cadence, and did it the way I did it before, we could actually use the original voiceover in my mouth. But I forgot I wanted to do that until 10 minutes before we were literally setting up the shot. And so, I got Hulu on my phone, and I paid for it, and I went to the episode, and I just listened to it over and over and over again and memorized it in the cadence," Moss reveals. "And it worked, which was incredible. There was only one part that was slightly off that I had to do a little ADR to just massage it. But there was something about the quality of using the original voiceover, especially 'My name is Offred' that was so creepy. There's something subconscious, I think, that happens. I was very proud of that, and our post sound department did an incredible job of making that work." At the end of the series premiere, she did reclaim her real name of June, but the series finale's final words are "My name is Offred" as Moss looks down the barrel of the camera and smiles. There may have once been complicated feelings around that name, but she is assigning new power to it by finally getting to use her voice and tell her story, writing the book we all know and love. "Her mom points out she needs to tell it for her daughters. … She has to go back to the beginning, and she has to tell the whole story, and it started as Offred," Moss says. The six seasons of The Handmaid's Tale put June through the ringer when it came to trauma and challenged Moss to take on some of the most complex emotions a performer can be asked to showcase — usually while the camera was in an extreme close-up on her face. The final season was no different, especially in the penultimate episode when June was giving one last impassioned monologue before being hanged and watching a plane full of Commanders explode upon takeoff. These are just two in a long list of things that she endured that fed her rage and sadness, and although she saw a victory with the fall of Gilead, she couldn't fully "let go" of those feelings by the end of the series, Moss confirms. Disney/Steve Wilkie "That's one of the reasons why I love the end so much. Margaret wrote this book that, before The Testaments, had this incredibly vague cliffhanger ending that was infuriating. And so, I think in the tradition of the book, we wanted to have that as well," she explains. "It just doesn't feel like she's done yet." June is also not done with the fight in general — not as long as Hannah is still out there. Although the finale left June with some hope that Hannah would be moving closer to her in geography, she is not the type of woman to let that be enough to pause the fight, even if it means leaving her baby daughter behind again. "I don't think she has a choice, and I think that's what she comes to realize: If she wants there to be a place for her daughters to be free, this is what she has to do. It's not preferred. It's not like she thinks this is a great idea. It's very, very complicated," Moss says. June's relationship with Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) also remained complicated through the end of the series. Although June told Serena she forgave her — something Serena had been desperate for, but something June said she'd never be able to do just a few episodes earlier — Moss admits that she still questions if June really meant it. "Why I really love June and admire her is because she is brave enough to know and be able to make the move of, 'This is something that I'm going to give to you because you need this more than I need it and more than I need to not do it.' It's an incredible quality in June," she says. "I don't know if I would be big enough to be able to do that, and I think a lot of us wouldn't. The other thing is that June knows that Noah needs a mother who is not carrying that around. So it's for him in that moment." Another quality Moss has consistently admired about June all these years is her ability to "differentiate between faith and believing in something bigger than you and all of the good things about that and the strength that it gives you [with] what Gilead has done with their idea of quote-unquote faith or religion." From June's prayer prior to being hanged, to her plea to Wharton (Josh Charles) to consider Serena's God and "choose love," to her reunion with Emily (Alexis Bledel), she truly held onto her own faith, even after all these years of witnessing how the leaders of Gilead warped theirs to serve their purposes. SEE The Handmaid's Tale star Ann Dowd: Aunt Lydia's 'blinders are open' as the revolution finally begins "I don't tend to say 'Praise be' a lot because I feel like that feels [like] Gilead to me. There have been times I've taken that out because I feel like that feels wrong to me. But other stuff, it's a very conscious thing, very conscious choice" to keep as a fundamental part of the character, she says. Gilead wanted its women to believe a fundamental part of them was what they wore, but the outfits certainly helped them in their revolution because they had been so unseen and underestimated that they were able to finally rise up. Therefore, there were mixed emotions about the clothes — especially the handmaids' cloaks — because while they were once signs of oppression, they were also a disguise that let them — especially June — carry out a mission. Once that mission was complete, June set fire to her cloak. 'I think it is something that she needs to do in order to move on in a different way — she has to fight a different battle now. Even though it's only symbolic, she needs to do that in order to go, 'That's the past. Now that's done. I've said goodbye to my friends. What's the next chapter of my life?'" Moss says. After nine years, six seasons, and eight Emmy nominations (including two wins) for The Handmaid's Tale, Moss is in a similar position to where the show left June. Although this is not the only project she has worked on for the past decade, it has left such an indelible mark that she is looking ahead to new projects with a couple of very important takeaways in mind. "The thing that I want to do again, that I want to take from Handmaid's, is how involved I was in Handmaid's," Moss says. "It was a 365-day a year job with the prep, the production, the post and then marketing, PR, preparing for the next season, the scripts for the next season. It never ended for about nine years. That I loved. I don't think I could do anything different now; I have to do it that way. "The one thing I feel like I would change is I do want to make something that is even more entertaining and more hopeful," she continues. "It's very difficult to have a certain levity on The Handmaid's Tale; it's just inappropriate, it doesn't make sense, and people would be mad at us if we did it. So I do look forward to, on my next show, [for] which I am looking at something, having a little bit more time for some fun on it." 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Cosmopolitan
3 days ago
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- Cosmopolitan
Alexis Bledel made a surprise return to The Handmaid's Tale for the series finale, ICYMI
Spoilers for The Handmaid's Tale series finale ahead!! Under his eye no more. The Handmaid's Tale came to an end this week with an explosive series finale, aptly titled 'The Handmaid's Tale.' The series finale was full of last minute twists and turns, including the surprise return of fan favorite Emily or Ofglen. After two seasons away, Alexis Bledel returned for the Handmaid's Tale series finale, giving fans a much-needed update on her character and helping bring June's story to a close. "It was an immediate yes," Alexis told The Hollywood Reporter of her return to the dystopian series. "It felt right to bring closure to Emily's journey and offer the audience a sense of completion." The actor left the series after four seasons of playing Emily, a Handmaid who helps June, played by Elisabeth Moss, join the rebellion in Gilead. Her character was written off in season 5, when it was explained that Emily had decided to continue fighting in Gilead. Many, including Emily's partner, believed her to be dead. But in the series finale, Emily runs into June in a now liberated Boston and reveals she's been working as a Martha for a sympathetic Commander while continuing the resistance. She also confirms that she's been in contact with her partner and son, tying up a loose end fans have been wondering about since season 5. Alexis appears again in a dream sequence alongside co-stars Madeline Brewer, Nina Kiri, Amanda Brugel, Samira Wiley, and Bahia Watson, where June imagines the Handmaids meeting under different circumstances, if Gilead never existed, singing karaoke without a care in the world. "I hope viewers take away to keep hope alive when things seem impossible," Alexis told THR of Emily's reappearance. "Even if it seems like seeds you plant couldn't possibly grow, plant seeds of hope anyway. You never know; they might find a way." Elisabeth, who directed the episode, was especially excited to reunite with her co-star. "My first official scene day one [on set] was with Alexis," she told THR. "So it meant a lot to get to work with her again." Showrunner Bruce Miller echoed that sentiment, saying, "It was wonderful to see her and Lizzie get right back into it after all that time. It's like watching the fucking Yankees bullpen every day with these guys. They're so good." The Handmaid's Tale is available to stream on
