Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have won the bidding war for the next Handmaid’s Tale. Margaret Atwood’s book trilogy MaddAddam will appear on the small screen. A network is not yet attached, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The trilogy — which consists of Oryx and Crake (2003), The Year of the Flood (2009) and MaddAddam (2013) — tells the story of a global pandemic and the end of humanity. The storyline follows a group of survivors who are left to bring a new race to inherit the world. Jimmy, one of the main characters, is a disillusioned boy whose best friend will develop the drug that wipes out humanity. Meanwhile, Toby and Ren, two members of the cult “God’s Gardeners” are fighting to survive on the margins of society. Anonymous Content’s David Kanter and Bard Dorros will be the executive producers on the show, alongside Rock Paper Scissors Entertainment’s Angus Wall, Linda Carlson and Kent Kubena. This is Atwood’s third TV project. The Canadian author also wrote the books that Hulu’s Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Handmaid’s Tale and Netflix’s Alias Grace are based on. The Handmaid’s Tale has become a global phenomenon and the series has been renewed for a second season.
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