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l'm not sure how things are elsewhere, but at least in her native Canada, author Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" is required high school reading for many. The acclaimed novel won the Booker Prize in 1986 along with countless other honors, and was adapted into a 1990 feature film written by Harold Pinter, and directed by Volker Schlondorff. But that's not the only adaptation — there have been radio and opera productions too, and now another medium is going to unspool the dystopian story.
"Mad Men" and "Top Of The Lake" star Elisabeth Moss has signed up to lead "The Handmaid's Tale" series for Hulu. Talent from "The 100" and "Fargo" will be among the executive producers and writers for the show, with Atwood herself as a...
