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Black Mirror Season 6 Unveils Cast
New cast has signed on for the next season of Black Mirror, according to a report from Variety.
Netflix’s anthology series is gearing up for its return and has lined up a star cast for Season 6. The show is now believed to be in production.
The report indicates that the new faces joining the show are Zazie Beetz, Paapa Essiedu, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Paul, Kate Mara, Danny Ramirez, Clara Rugaard, Auden Thornton and Anjana Vasan. This casting specifically spans three episodes, and it’s understood more actors will join up for further episodes of the show.
Black Mirror season six will reportedly be consisting of more installments than season five, which had three episodes, with season six being described as “more cinematic in scope.” Each episode is being developed as a standalone film. The new installment will be produced by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.
Beetz is best known for playing Van on FX’s Atlanta alongside Donald Glover and LaKeith Stanfield, while Essiedu stars in Sky’s Gangs of London and The Lazarus Project. Hartnett made a splash in the last year with Sky Atlantic’s The Fear Index and will also star in the Christopher Nolan movie Oppenheimer.
Breaking Bad star Paul appears in the latest season of HBO’s Westworld as Caleb Nichols, while Mara starred in Sundance Film Festival Call Jane.
Elsewhere, Ramirez was most recently seen in Top Gun: Maverick, Stars at Noon, and will next be in the movie Look Both Ways, while Danish actor Rugaard led the Sky series The Rising. Thornton played Lucy Damon in NBC tearjerker This Is Us and Vasan had her breakout with Channel 4 and Peacock’s punk rock comedy We Are Lady Parts.
It’s been three years since Season 5 of Black Mirror premiered on Netflix in June 2019. The forthcoming season is the first to emerge since creator Charlie Brooker and his creative partner Annabel Jones left their production company in January 2020, and set up shop under new production banner down the line. Netflix invested in the company soon after through a mega deal worth up to $100 million.
The show’s future was thrown into question for a period due to a rights issue. However, a deal was eventually hammered out.
Black Mirror began life on U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, where it aired for two seasons before moving to Netflix and gained a more global profile.
Created by Charlie Brooker, the anthology series taps into “our collective unease with the modern world, with each stand-alone episode a sharp, suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia,” reads the synopsis. “Without questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of our lives; in every home; on every desk; in every palm – a plasma screen; a monitor; a Smartphone – a Black Mirror reflection.”
The show has already featured a number of famous stars through its current five-season run. This includes Daniel Kaluuya, Hayley Atwell, Jon Hamm, Bryce Dallas Howard, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mackenzie Davis, Sarah Snook, Benedict Wong, Jesse Plemons, Andrea Riseborough, Joe Cole, Letitia Wright, Anthony Mackie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Andrew Scott, and Miley Cyrus.
Black Mirror has also been recognized by award-giving bodies. It won eight Emmy Awards, including three for Outstanding Television Movie for the “San Junipero” and “USS Callister” episodes, as well as the Bandersnatch interactive film.
