After a 12 months with out information, Netflix has determined the destiny of the beloved sci-fi anthology sequence Black Mirror. Premiering in 2011, Black Mirror has launched seven seasons and 33 episodes up to now. Black Mirror season 7 dropped on Netflix in April 2025, and followers have been ready to listen to in regards to the critically acclaimed TV present’s future ever since.
Sequence creator Charlie Brooker stated in an interview with TUDUM immediately that Black Mirror has been renewed for season 8. “Black Mirror will return, and hopefully it’ll be extra Black Mirror than ever,” stated Brooker. “So, that is thrilling. That chunk of my mind has already been activated and is whirring away.“
Black Mirror is nominated for Greatest Restricted TV Sequence, Anthology Sequence, or Tv Movement Image at this weekend’s Golden Globes ceremony, whereas Rashida Jones and Paul Giamatti are each nominated for his or her one-off performances on the present. Whereas that is Black Mirror‘s first time being nominated on the Golden Globes, it has beforehand received a complete of six Emmys.
Black Mirror has additionally featured a powerful roster of expertise throughout its seven seasons, together with however not restricted to Jon Hamm, Anthony Mackie, Daniel Kaluuya, Miley Cyrus, Aaron Paul, Jesse Plemons, Andrew Scott, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Gugu Mbatha-Uncooked. Drawing from the legacy of The Twilight Zone, Black Mirror usually explores fears about futuristic applied sciences in its standalone episodes.
Talking about creating the brand new season, Brooker stated: “I will usually consider, ‘Properly, what have not we performed but, and what tone am I on the lookout for? … The place does this observe come on the album, and what musical path are we going to enter?’ We’ll discover out. Most unlikely you may ever see a Black Mirror hoedown.” Folks would possibly count on Black Mirror season 8 to discover extra AI storylines after this 12 months’s developments.
Black Mirror has performed AI-focused episodes earlier than, having a knack throughout the board for predicting regarding future applied sciences. Black Mirror‘s most unsettling AI episode really displays know-how we now have that may recreate folks digitally. Nevertheless, per Brooker’s feedback, the present could also be entering into a unique path, desirous to do one thing new.
Different ideas Black Mirror has speculated about embody a high-tech subscription service that is ready to maintain a dying particular person alive within the episode “Widespread Folks,” starring Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, and Tracee Ellis Ross. Paul Giamatti’s episode “Eulogy” follows a lonely man who is ready to really step into pictures, with emotional outcomes.
These installments and the opposite 4 episodes all made season 7 extra widespread than season 6, which noticed extra combined opinions than ordinary. Followers are undoubtedly hoping that Black Mirror will proceed its return to type when the subsequent season releases someday within the coming few years.
- Launch Date
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December 4, 2011
- Community
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Channel 4, Netflix
- Showrunner
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Charlie Brooker
- Administrators
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Owen Harris, Toby Haynes, James Hawes, David Slade, Carl Tibbetts, Ally Pankiw, Bryn Higgins, Dan Trachtenberg, Euros Lyn, Jodie Foster, Joe Wright, John Hillcoat, Sam Miller, Tim Van Patten, Uta Briesewitz, Colm McCarthy, Jakob Verbruggen, James Watkins, John Crowley, Otto Bathurst, Anne Sewitsky, Brian Welsh
- Writers
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Jesse Armstrong