There’s good news for aficionados of existential dread: if surviving in our current dystopian hellscape for the previous few years hasn’t been enough, Netflix has you covered! The popular sci-fi anthology “Black Mirror” will return for a sixth season, complete with all the Charlie Brooker-created show’s trademark grim themes, lavish production values, and all-star ensemble. Once more, a variety of episodes (each with a fresh theme and ensemble of characters) will explore the worst aspects of humanity as seen through the lens of technology. What horrors will human inventions produce next, after memory databases and virtual sex with polar bears?
The fate of “Black Mirror” has been up in the air since since the fifth season premiered on Netflix in 2019. Charlie Brooker, the show’s creator, and Annabel Jones, the executive producer, worked together on the project for years through their production firm, House of Tomorrow, until they parted ways in January 2020 to create a new business (Broke and Bones). The rights to “Black Mirror” remained with parent firm Endemol Shine Group, despite the fact that they also worked out a long-term arrangement with Netflix. In the summer of that year, Banijay Group eventually bought out Endemol Shine Group. All of this is to suggest that without working out a contract with Banijay, Brooker and Jones were unable to create any additional seasons for Netflix. Fans started to believe that “Black Mirror” was no longer a thing after two years of silence on that front. Nevertheless, it seems clear that a deal was reached between the two businesses because “Black Mirror” season 6 is already confirmed.
When and where to watch Black Mirror Season 6
It’s not surprising that a release date hasn’t been announced given that information about the impending sixth season just recently surfaced. Although a return of “Black Mirror” in 2022 would be wishful thinking, our best estimate is that it will return some time in 2023. However, we do know where viewers will be able to stream the new episodes. Netflix purchased “Black Mirror” after the first two seasons and has remained the show’s home ever since, despite the fact that it first debuted on the British network Channel 4. The streamer is also attributed with boosting the show’s popularity by making it available to a large audience and enabling a large number of fans to personally experience each episode’s terrible reality.
What we think Black Mirror season 6 will be about
Variety’s article broke the news of “Black Mirror” season 6’s renewal, but the season’s specifics were scant. We may anticipate the forthcoming season to be more “cinematic” in scale, with each instalment being treated as a separate film, even though the episode plots are yet unknown. This is very much how the anthology series has always worked, especially since it moved to Netflix, where episodes frequently ran longer than 60 minutes and boasted great production values. The season is anticipated to be lengthier than the fifth in terms of duration (which only included three episodes).
We can only guess at the plot. Charlie Brookers said what we’ve all been thinking after the fifth season of “Black Mirror,” “Who could stomach a fresh season of “Black Mirror” when we’re essentially living through an episode ourselves?” He stated to Radio Times in the UK:
“At the moment, I don’t know what stomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart, so I’m not working away on one of those. I’m sort of keen to revisit my comic skill set, so I’ve been writing scripts aimed at making myself laugh.”
So, did he succeed in channelling his recent anguish into more scripts after working it through? Or should we prepare for a season completely different from the ones that came before? It’s also possible that someone other than Brooker may write the future season. Time will tell, but for now, it seems like the prolonged break could lead to some really positive outcomes. The programme has had plenty of time to break its pattern and venture into uncharted terrain since both the viewer and the creative team took a break from “Black Mirror.”
What we know about the cast and crew of Black Mirror Season 6
The popularity of “Black Mirror” has always been greatly attributed to the cast. The anthology has a knack for snagging performers just as they’re about to soar to enormous fame or for drawing other huge stars and providing them with material that is incredibly deserving of their abilities. As of now, the sixth season appears to be continuing the pattern with an intriguing lineup of performers.
Zazie Beetz (“Bullet Train,” “Atlanta”), Paapa Essiedu (“Men”), Josh Hartnett (“Oppenheimer”), Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad,” “Dual”), Kate Mara (“Call Jane,” “A Teacher”), Danny Ramirez (“Top Gun Maverick”), Clara Rugaard (“Press Play”), Auden Thornton (“This Is Us,” and Anjana Vasan are among the cast members who will appear in three episodes (“Killing Eve”). Later cast announcements include Rory Culkin, Myha’la Herrold, and Rob Delaney from “Industry,” “Catastrophe,” and “Deadpool 2.” (of “Signs” fame). Salma Hayek from “Eternals” and Annie Murphy from “Schitt’s Creek” are reportedly “in talks” to join the cast of the upcoming season, according to Variety.
No specifics regarding the production side of things have been disclosed. Charlie Brooker wrote 23 of “Black Mirror’s” 24 episodes in addition to creating the show, thus it seems likely that he will continue to collaborate with Netflix on the project. However, as of right now, neither writers nor directors for season 6 were mentioned in the Variety story.
