David Farnor | On 01, Jun 2023

14 days. That’s how long you have until Black Mirror returns to our screens with five new stories – and a new trailer gives us a first proper glimpse of what promises to be the anthology’s most unpredictable chapter yet.

The dystopian tech series, created by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, loves nothing more than to explore the nature of human existence in our modern, digital age in brutal, disturbing detail. Now delving into its sixth series, the cast only gets more impressive, with stars including Aaron Paul, Anjana Vasan, Annie Murphy, Auden Thornton, Ben Barnes, Clara Rugaard, Daniel Portman, Danny Ramirez, David Shields, Himesh Patel, John Hannah, Josh Hartnett, Kate Mara, Michael Cera, Monica Dolan, Myha’la Herrold, Paapa Essiedu, Rob Delaney, Rory Culkin, Salma Hayek Pinault, Samuel Blenkin and Zazie Beetz.

Here’s the trailer – and read on below for details for each episode, which launch together on 15th June:

JOAN IS AWFUL

An average woman is stunned to discover a global streaming platform has launched a prestige TV drama adaptation of her life — in which she is portrayed by Hollywood A-lister Salma Hayek.

Cast: Annie Murphy, Ben Barnes, Himesh Patel, Michael Cera, Rob Delaney, Salma Hayek Pinault
Director: Ally Pankiw
Written by: Charlie Brooker

Filmed in: UK

LOCH HENRY

A young couple travel to a sleepy Scottish town to start work on a genteel nature documentary – but find themselves drawn to a juicy local story involving shocking events of the past.

Cast: Daniel Portman, John Hannah, Monica Dolan, Myha’la Herrold, Samuel Blenkin
Director: Sam Miller
Written by: Charlie Brooker
Filmed in: UK (Scotland)

BEYOND THE SEA

In an alternative 1969, two men on a perilous high-tech mission wrestle with the consequences of an unimaginable tragedy.

Cast: Aaron Paul, Auden Thornton, Josh Hartnett, Kate Mara, Rory Culkin
Director: John Crowley
Written by: Charlie Brooker
Filmed in: UK and Spain

MAZEY DAY

A troubled starlet is dogged by invasive paparazzi while dealing with the consequences of a hit-and-run incident.

Cast: Clara Rugaard, Danny Ramirez, Zazie Beetz
Director: Uta Briesewitz
Written by: Charlie Brooker
Filmed in: Spain

DEMON 79

Northern England, 1979. A meek sales assistant is told she must commit terrible acts to prevent disaster.

Cast: Anjana Vasan, Paapa Essiedu
Director: Toby Haynes
Written by: Charlie Brooker & Bisha K Ali
Filmed in: UK

 

Black Mirror returns for Season 6 this June

26th April 2023

Black Mirror will return for Season 6 this June, and Netflix is promising it will be the “most unpredictable” yet.

The dystopian tech anthology, created by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, loves nothing more than to explore the nature of human existence in our modern, digital age in brutal, disturbing detail. It began on Channel 4 before jumping to Netflix and becoming a global sensation and running for five seasons, with the most recent airing back in 2019.

“I’ve always felt that Black Mirror should feature stories that are entirely distinct from one another, and keep surprising people — and myself — or else what’s the point? It should be a series that can’t be easily defined, and can keep reinventing itself,” said Brooker in a statement.

“Partly as a challenge, and partly to keep things fresh for both me and the viewer, I began this season by deliberately upending some of my own core assumptions about what to expect,” he added. “Consequently, this time, alongside some of the more familiar Black Mirror tropes we’ve also got a few new elements, including some I’ve previously sworn blind the show would never do, to stretch the parameters of what ‘a Black Mirror episode’ even is. The stories are all still tonally Black Mirror through-and-through — but with some crazy swings and more variety than ever before.”

The cast will include Aaron Paul, Anjana Vasan, Annie Murphy, Auden Thornton, Ben Barnes, Clara Rugaard, Daniel Portman, Danny Ramirez, David Shields, Himesh Patel, John Hannah, Josh Hartnett, Kate Mara, Michael Cera, Monica Dolan, Myha’la Herrold, Paapa Essiedu, Rob Delaney, Rory Culkin, Salma Hayek Pinault, Samuel Blenkin and Zazie Beetz.

Season 6 will premiere on June, with a precise date yet to be confirmed.

 

 

Season 6 of Black Mirror in the works at Netflix

16th May 2022

Season 6 of Black Mirror is in the works at Netflix.

The dystopian tech anthology, created by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, loves nothing more than to explore the nature of human existence in our modern, digital age in brutal, disturbing detail. It began on Channel 4 before jumping to Netflix and becoming a global sensation and running for five seasons, with the most recent airing back in 2019.

Since then, Brooker and Jones have set up their own production company, Broke and Bones, and produced programming for Netflix, including Death to 2020, Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! and Death to 2021. The rights to Black Mirror, however, have remained with Endemol Shine, which backed the duo’s previous production company, House of Tomorrow.

Now, Variety reports that a sixth season of Black Mirror is coming together at Netflix, with casting reportedly underway. Details are being kept under wraps, but it’s reportedly set to be bigger than Season 5, which comprised three episodes, with each episode treated like a film with high production values.

Nothing officially has been announced yet, but with Season 5 topping Netflix’s most popular charts when it debuted, it comes as no surprise that the series is making its way back to our screens, especially as the anthology format means that – unlike a returning serial drama – new viewers can be easily attracted to the franchise.

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