'The Handmaid's Tale' Season 3 to premiere in June

"The Handmaid's Tale" star Elisabeth Moss. The drama will return to Hulu in June. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI "Handmaid's Tale" star Joseph Fiennes (R) and Maria Dolores Dieguez arrive for the the 25th annual SAG Awards on January 27. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Hulu has announced that Season 3 of The Handmaid's Tale is set to premiere on the streaming service on June 5.

Hulu made the announcement on Twitter Monday with the date appearing in a fiery video.

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The Handmaid's Tale is based on the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name. Elisabeth Moss stars as main character June/Offred. Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Stahovski, Alexis Bledel and Samira Wiley also star.

Hulu aired a teaser trailer for Season 3 during Super Bowl LIII that acted as an ad for the show's fictional country of Gilead.

The Handmaid's Tale returns June 5. pic.twitter.com/M1cFN6zF4T
— hulu (@hulu) February 11, 2019

The commercial advertised how Gilead -- formerly the United States -- has put more women to work than ever before along with increasing birthrates by the dozens. Offred soon arrives, however, asking America to wake up to Gilead's lies.

Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale titled The Testaments, is set to hit bookshelves in September.