Elisabeth Moss appears in first-look teaser for Hulu's 'The Handmaid's Tale'

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Hulu has released a first-look teaser for its small-screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale.

The 30-second clip has been viewed nearly 500,000 times since it was posted Saturday on YouTube.

Set in the dystopia of Gilead, "a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States," the series is scheduled to debut on April 26.

"Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized 'return to traditional values.' As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred [played by Elisabeth Moss] is a Handmaid in the Commander's household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world," reads a synopsis accompanying the video. "In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids -- where anyone could be a spy for Gilead -- all with one goal: to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her."

The streaming series will co-star Alexis Bledel and Joseph Fiennes.