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Netflix is reportedly bringing back its hit sci-fi and dystopian series Black Mirror back for a seventh season.According to a report from Variety, the acclaimed series has been renewed for a seventh season, though Netflix has yet to confirm the news. According to Variety‘s report, the seventh season will begin production later this year.At the time of publishing, no cast members have been attached to the supposed upcoming season of Black Mirror, though it is believed that series creator Charlie Brooker will return o executive produce alongside Annabel Jones and Jessica Rhoades.

Black Mirror has been renewed for a seventh season by Netflix!

Black Mirror will return for a seventh season. Netflix has renewed the series, which wrapped its sixth season in June. Deadline has confirmed. The sixth season premiered four years after Season 5.

K.J. Yossman “Black Mirror” is coming back for a seventh season, Variety understands. The hit sci-fi show created by Charlie Brooker returned to screens earlier this year after a four-year hiatus, garnering record viewing numbers on Netflix.

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Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker says the show was “effectively cancelled” by its original home of Channel 4.Brooker’s hit show started in 2011 on Channel 4, staying on the network until 2014 before moving to Netflix two years later.Ahead of the show returning with a sixth season, the creator has discussed the move, saying that Channel 4 considered the show too expensive to produce.“Channel 4 cancelled us, effectively,” Brooker told The Sunday Times in a new interview of the breakup between the show and network.As The Independent report, Brooker has previously spoken about the situation in his book Inside Black Mirror, written alongside the show’s co-producer Annabel Jones.He goes into further detail about the Channel 4 fall-out in Inside Black Mirror, the book he wrote with executive co-producer Annabel Jones.In the book, he revealed what he called an “outrageous” decision for the network to ask to see “detailed synopses” of each episode in advance, adding: “When feedback came, we were told they weren’t very Black Mirror and they were no longer going to allocate the money for four episodes.”Jones said: “We were trying to get a meeting to discuss why these ideas weren’t Black Mirror, so we could attempt to understand what the concern was.“Given the show had won lots of awards and had been really positively received on the whole, it was strange. I think there wasn’t any clarity from the channel.

Aaron Paul, Michael Cera and Salma Hayek Pinault will appear in the sixth season of Black Mirror, Netflix has announced. The new episodes of the dystopian anthology programme will also feature EastEnders' Himesh Patel, Monica Dolan, Rob Delaney and Paapa Essiedu. Netflix announced the return of the programme, created by Charlie Brooker, with a 77-second trailer on Twitter captioned “You’re due an update”.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International “Black Mirror” is coming back — and much sooner than you think. Netflix has revealed that Charlie Brooker’s hit series returns in June for Season 6. Once again, the show boasts a laundry list of top acting talent. This season’s roster includes: Aaron Paul, Anjana Vasan, Annie Murphy, Auden Thornton, Ben Barnes, Clara Rugaard, Daniel Portman, Danny Ramirez, 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, Zazie Beetz. A teaser for the season (watch below) promises exactly the level of dysfunction, darkness and dystopia fans have come to expect and relish from Brooker for over a decade. Season 6 appears to be even more violent than past shows, and the production value is noticeably higher and more cinematic in scope.

EXCLUSIVE: Catastrophe star Rob Delaney has become the latest to board season six of Charlie Brooker Netflix anthology Black Mirror, which is hotting up. 

EXCLUSIVE: Industry star Myha’la Herrold has become the latest big name to join the cast of Black Mirror’s highly-anticipated sixth season.

EXCLUSIVE: More major casting is emerging for the upcoming sixth season of Black Mirror, with Under the Banner of Heaven and Signs star Rory Culkin the latest to sign up.

The Black Mirror cast is growing larger.

Black Mirror, the Netflix series creator Charlie Brooker once jokingly referred to as "What if phones but too much," is coming back for a new season. Variety reports that a sixth season of the anthology series is written with producers currently casting for episodes a source tells Variety are being treated as "individual films." There had been doubt over the future of Black Mirror after Brooker and creative partner Annabel Jones left production company Endemol Shine to start their own Broke & Bones company in February 2020.

Black Mirror is in development.Variety reports that a source said that the forthcoming Netflix series is more cinematic in scope and will comprise more episodes than season five, which aired in 2019.The previous three-episode season starred Andrew Scott, Anthony Mackie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topher Grace and Miley Cyrus.As Variety notes, the new season of Black Mirror will be the first since since creator Charlie Brooker and his creative partner Annabel Jones left their production company House of Tomorrow, which was backed and licensed by Endemol Shine Group, in January 2020.Brooker and Jones have since set up their own company, Broke and Bones, which Netflix invested in as part of a five-year arrangement.Part of the reason why there haven’t been any new episodes for three years is because Endemol Shine Group (acquired by Banijay Group in 2020) continued to own the rights to Black Mirror. A license deal between Banijay Rights and Netflix has since been reached.The future of Black Mirror was also in doubt a couple of years ago.

Black Mirror is returning to Netflix for a sixth season, Deadline has confirmed.

Manori Ravindran International EditorA new series of “Black Mirror” is in the works at Netflix, Variety can reveal.It’s been almost three years since Season 5 of the dystopian drama premiered on the streaming service in June 2019, but sources indicate that a new anthology series of “Black Mirror” is shaping up, and casting is now underway.While details about specific stories are being kept under lock and key, Variety understands that Season 6 will have more episodes than Season 5, which comprised of just three instalments and starred Andrew Scott, Anthony Mackie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topher Grace and Miley Cyrus.A source close to the production tells Variety that the latest season is even more cinematic in scope, with each instalment being treated as an individual film. This is, of course, in line with recent seasons of “Black Mirror,” for which episodes usually exceeded 60 minutes and had incredibly high production values.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterIrony Point is a production company that might not yet be known widely by name, but its projects, Netflix’s critically acclaimed “I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson”; Paramount Plus’ revival of “Inside Amy Schumer” and Schumer’s recently renewed Hulu dramedy “Life & Beth”; Michael Che’s Lorne Michaels-produced HBO Max show “That Damn Michael Che,” and Marvel’s new scripted “Squirrel Girl” podcast, certainly are.The banner, which is currently one year into a three-year deal at Netflix, is headed up by co-presidents Alex Bach and Daniel Powell. And their rapidly ramping up company is one that studios and talent are going to regret not having gotten into business with earlier five years from now.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticKnowing that Netflix’s “Cat Burglar” was created by Charlie Brooker of “Black Mirror,” and that the “Black Mirror” take on a choose-your-own-adventure episode (2018’s “Bandersnatch“) represents one of that show’s biggest horrors, I kept waiting for “Cat Burglar” (out today on Netflix) to take some terrible turn of existential dread. But after playing through several “Cat Burglar” scenarios, the opposite proved true.