The long-awaited return of the Charlie Brooker anthology series is happening this week. The sixth season of Black glassaccording to the official synopsis, it is “more unpredictable, unclassifiable, and unpredictable” So far, and as is customary in franchises, it’s featured a lavish cast: Aaron Paul, Josh Hartnett, Michael Cera, Rory Culkin, Salma Hayek Pinault, and Zazie Beetz.
The new season will launch five new unpublished stories about issues that concern residents and that are not so much from the future as more from the present. The official synopsis anticipates it: “Imagine the unimaginable. Anything could happen with the long-awaited return of Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker’s dark anthology series that reinvents itself with each new episode.”
Below are the posters and descriptions of each episode that premiered on June 16.
joan is terrible
The episode’s official description reads: “A woman discovers that a global streaming platform has turned her life into a drama series starring hit Hollywood star Salma Hayek.” Annie Murphy, Ben Barnes, Himesh Patel, Michael Cera and Rob Delaney were the ones to complete the cast for the episode which was shot in the UK and directed by Ally Pankiw.
henry lake
“A couple travels to a small Scottish town to shoot a nature documentary, but everything changes when a local news item about an event from the past catches their attention,” announces the synopsis for episode two. Daniel Portman, John Hannah, Monica Dolan, Myha’la Herrold and Samuel Blenkin will star. The director is in charge of Sam Miller, in charge of I May Destroy You and a veteran of Black Mirror.
beyond the sea
Directed by John Crowley (Brooklyn), the series is set in an alternate 1969 where “two astronauts embarking on a high-tech, risky space mission face the consequences of an unimaginable tragedy.” Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul, plus cast members Auden Thornton, Josh Hartnett, Kate Mara, and another series veteran, Rory Culkin, dive headfirst into this space drama.
Mazey Day
Filmed in Spain, Zazie Beetz stars in the new season four episode of Black Mirrir in which a tormented young actress tries to escape a paparazzi siege while dealing with the consequences of a car accident. They are joined by Deadpool 2 actresses Clara Rugaard and Danny Ramirez under the direction of Uta Briesewitz.
satan 79
Northern England in 1979. A timid sales assistant is given an ultimatum: unless he commits a terrible act, humanity will face an unprecedented disaster. In the style of Knock at the Door, this chapter directed by Toby Haynes (Andor) presents a mega-consequence story starring Anjana Vasan and Paapa Essiedu.
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