Black Mirror is returning for its seventh season on Thursday (April 10), with six new star-studded episodes which can be positive to soften audiences’ minds and entertain them .
Among the many new choices are “U.S.S. Callister: Into Infinity” (the sequence’ first sequel), “Plaything” (which brings again Will Poulter‘s Colin Ritman), “Widespread Individuals,” “Bete Noire,” “Lodge Reverie,” and “Eulogy.”
Will Season 7 mark Black Mirror‘s final run, or will the present proceed on to Season 8? Right here’s what we all know thus far.
Has Black Mirror been renewed for Season 8?
Not but! Netflix has not but given the sequence an official Season 8 order. Given the recognition of the sequence, although, it’s in all probability as much as the producers, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, whether or not to proceed.
Are the producers inquisitive about doing extra Black Mirror?
Whereas they haven’t confirmede as a lot, Brooker has talked about a number of episode concepts which have but to come back to fruition.
One instance is a sequel to “White Bear.” In 2017, he instructed The Impartial that he had an thought for the right way to proceed the sequence’ all-timer, explaining that it stemmed from his authentic script for the section. “I wrote that script actually shortly, and it was completely completely different; properly, the story they inform her earlier than they disclose to her what’s actually happening was completely completely different. It was extra a zombie apocalypse sort factor a couple of journalist and this sign bouncing concerning the globe.”
They ended up altering the story based mostly on the price range and places accessible for the shoot, however Brooker thinks it’s nonetheless price exploring. “There was an additional step in ‘White Bear’ that we didn’t get an opportunity to do as a result of it was too sophisticated — it had her discovering messages that she’d left herself on earlier run-throughs as a result of the wiping factor was beginning to not operate. So I generally suppose we might try this. It’d in all probability be a heck of a job to return and recreate the complete f***ing park as a result of it’s gone now. It would work higher as a graphic novel or one thing like that.” He additionally envisioned a follow-up to “Be Proper Again” by which “we’d see different individuals who’d been introduced again from their social media profiles.”
Brooker introduced the idea of a return to “White Bear” again in a current interview with Selection, explaining, “We did an episode in season two known as ‘White Bear,’ and on the time I assumed I had an thought for a sequel for this the place it goes very Memento-like. So it’s one thing I’ve considered. And positively, we’ve at all times hinted at issues. We’ve introduced again Easter eggs. However actually, there’s different episodes and worlds like I’d completely be up for revisiting. It at all times must be the correct story, and never only a pointless waste of the world’s f***ing time.” (For what it’s price, director Carl Tibbetts can be inquisitive about revisiting that world, he instructed Radio Instances.)
Brooker additionally instructed The Impartial that he has kernels of concepts for different time intervals and even some holiday-themed episodes.
“I’ve been interested by how we might do medieval instances and issues like that,” he instructed the publiciation. Brooker went on so as to add, “I wouldn’t thoughts doing a Halloween one. I’ve been interested by that. One of many causes we shot ‘Playtest’ up within the operating order [it’s number two] is as a result of we knew Halloween was coming, and we thought it was good for that. And the PlayStation VR was being launched. However yeah, I need to do a ‘Treehouse of Horror’ [episode]; the Christmas particular is sort of that. So I’m toying with the concept of doing one other one with a number of interweaving tales.”
Black Mirror, Season 7 premiere, April 10, Netflix