Fans have been waiting on the edge of their seat for a new season ofBlack Mirrorsince 2019 when season 5 premiered. Now, the new cast for season 6 of the hit science fiction serieshas been announced.
In the three years sinceBlack Mirrorseason 5, the show’s creator Charlie Brooker and his creative partner Annabel Jones have branched off to form their own production company, Broke and Bones. A6th season of theBlack Mirrorwas announced last May, and with the recent cast reveal, things appear to be finally coming together.
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According to Variety, the list of names joining the newest season of the Netflix dystopian series include Zazie Beetz, Paapa Essiedu, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Paul, Kate Mara, Danny Ramirez, Clara Rugaard, Auden Thornton, and Anjana Vasan. Beetz previously played Van inAtlantaand Arthur Fleck’s neighbor Sophia inJoker. Essiedu is an award-winning Shakespearean actor also known for appearing in the TV seriesGangs of Londonand the upcomingLazarus Project. Hartnett is known for starring in many well-known films and series such asBlack Hawk Down, the horror seriesPenny Dreadful, andChristopher Nolan’s upcoming filmOppenheimer.
Paul is the star ofBreaking Badand more recently appeared inWestworld. Mara has appeared in major productions such asHouse of CardsandThe Martian. Ramirez recently starred as the pilot “Fanboy” inTop Gun: Maverick. Rugaard appeared in the supernatural crime dramaThe Rising. Thornton stars as Lucy Damon inThis Is Us. Finally, Vasan can be seen in the punk rock comedyWe Are Lady Partsand also appeared in a previous episode ofBlack Mirror.
Although details on the new season ofBlack Mirrorare scant, Variety reports that it will have more than three episodes, which will make it at least longer than season 5.Black Mirroris well known for critiquing aspectsof modern society, so it will be interesting to see what stories the new season tells. Since the last season of the show aired in 2019, the world has gotten much darker. In the past three years audiences have faced a devastating global pandemic, an attack on the U.S. Congress, and a large-scale war in Europe, three things most people thought could never happen.
With the real world already feeling so much like a dystopia, it’s hard to imagine how the show could put a more dystopian spin on things. Fans will have to wait and see ifBlack Mirrorseason 6 attempts to tackle these topics or just avoids them altogether.
