I don't know a single person who doesn't love Black Mirror. If I were to meet such a person I'd swiftly tell the what a thick bastard they are and to go back to watching Coronation Street with the other plebs. The dystopian series created by Charlie Brooker has captivated audiences since it's very first episode and it's utterly incredible.
Season 3 of Black Mirror left us wanting more and luckily for us, it looks like we don’t have to wait long for the follow up, as season 4 is already in production. Brooker, who shared that he and his team are in the midst of shooting season 4 right now, and that one of the challenges they face is in trying to “predict” what will be happening in the world by the time the episodes air.
We're working on the new season at the moment - we're about to start filming the third episode in Iceland - so if we were trying to predict the real world, we'd have to think about where the real world's going to be in another six months or so.
Brooker has also revealed several details on the new series, including that there will be six episodes and each one will tackle a different genre. Here’s what he had to say:
When we did previous seasons, we realised after we’d done the first two that basically each one was a slightly different genre, and we actively approached the first Netflix season like that.
We’ve got one that’s overtly comic, much more overtly comic than anything we’ve done. It’s got fairly mainstream comic elements, but also some really unpleasant stuff that happens. I haven’t even seen the rough cut of it yet.
Then, Jodie Foster’s done one, that’s more got the tone of an indie movie, an indie drama. There’s a mother and daughter relationship in it.
There is no release date as of yet but I'll keep you all posted.