Black Mirror Season 7: Confirmation, Episode Count, & Everything We Know (2024)

With plenty of Netflix subscribers having binged season 6, there's already a demand to know what the future holds for the anthology franchise with any Black Mirror season 7 news. Created by Charlie Brooker, the series takes a look at the potential dark sides of modern technology and the disturbing places these advancements could be taking humanity. With new directors and actors used in each episode, the show tells a wide variety of exciting and thought-provoking stories. Black Mirror began in 2011 as a British series before continuing on as a Netflix original series.

Black Mirror season 6 offered a new collection of episodes from directors like Toby Haynes and John Crowley, and featuring actors like Annie Murphy, Josh Hartnett, and Zazie Beetz. However, season 6 also strayed from the expected Black Mirror format, with less of a focus on technology at the center of the stories and episodes that take place, not just in the near future, but also in the past. The change in approach was met with mixed reactions from viewers and there are many wondering what these changes mean for Black Mirror season 7.

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Black Mirror Season 7 Latest News

A Season 7 Production Update

With details being scant concerning the upcoming episodes, the latest news comes in the form of a production update for Black Mirror season 7. Six months after the season was officially green-lit, show creator Charlie Brooker spoke candidly about the filming process and revealed that season 7 is halfway completed. This update also includes the news that filming is wrapped on the highly-anticipated sequel to season 4's "USS Callister" episode. No release date is known, but the show is still gunning for a 2025 premiere.

Read Brooker's full comments below:

I think I can say that we just wrapped on 'Callister,' and we’ve just started on another one. I’m really excited. I’m always excited about all of them, but I think we have a really good mix. I’m about to start writing the last one, which actually is terrifying because I probably should have written it several weeks ago! We have a real mix of things, really exciting castings that have happened. I don’t want to jinx it by saying too much. We’re in the bit that I really like, where you’ve locked an episode, so that’s such a good feeling. We’re doing the final polishing of the score and the mix on one of them. And we are doing something really cool right now that we’ve never done before — but I can’t say what it is.

Black Mirror Season 7 Is Confirmed

More Black Mirror Is Coming Soon

Unlike in previous years when it took a long time to hear news about the future of the show, Black Mirror season 7 has officially been confirmed mere months after the conclusion of season 6. The sci-fi anthology series deviated from the norm a bit in season 6 but is obviously still a big hit for Netflix.

Black Mirror Season 7 Production Status

The Seventh Season Arrives In 2025

Though an exact date is still elusive, the 6-episode season is scheduled to arrive on Netflix in 2025. The series is notorious for its long waits between seasons, with a near half-decade gap between seasons 5 and 6. Fortunately, the wait for season 7 will likely be much shorter, and it will probably arrive in the early half of 2025. Creator Charlie Brooker revealed in early June 2024 that filming was halfway completed, suggesting an early 2025 release is even more plausible.

Black Mirror Season 7 Cast

Who Will Appear In Season 7?

The Black Mirror season 7 cast is unknown as the anthology series brings in new actors each season for each episode. The Black Mirror season 6 cast was one of the most star-studded of the entire series with Emmy winners like Annie Murphy and Aaron Paul, up-and-coming stars like Zazie Beetz and Danny Ramirez, and Hollywood legends like Salma Hayek. With the show's growing popularity, there will surely be plenty of recognizable actors in Black Mirror season 7.

Black Mirror Season 7 Story Details

A Sequel To "USS Callister" Has Been Announced

The Black Mirror season 7 episode stories won't be revealed for some time, and the only thing known about the upcoming season is that a follow-up to season 4, episode 1, "USS Callister" will be one of the six episodes. It also seems there is some intention to change things with the "Red Mirror" episodes introduced in the latest season. There has been considerable backlash against the episodes that deviate from what is expected, with some feeling that the "Red Mirror" episodes fail to match the quality of standard Black Mirror stories and existing supernatural horror anthologies.

Series creator Charlie Brooker spoke about why the Black Mirror season 6 episodes were so different, and Brooker explained that he was boxed in by the format. He shared, "I don’t want to sit here feeling like I’m in a box where I have to write an episode about NFTs or whatever’s on the tech pages today. That’s not what the show was ever intended to do." If Brooker continues this trend for the seventh season, all bets are off on what to expect in the next Black Mirror season.

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Black Mirror is a sci-fi anthology TV series that shows the dark side of life and technology. The series was created by Charlie Brooker, with the first season premiering on British Channel 4 in 2011.Black Mirror is notable for its dark, satirical edge that provides social commentary, particularly in continuously evolving technology. Each episode has a different cast, location, and even reality as it further explores the themes of technological advancement and its potential positives and repercussions of overreliance on it.

Cast

Bryce Dallas Howard , Hayley Atwell , Anthony Mackie

Release Date

December 4, 2011

Seasons

5

Streaming Service(s)

Netflix

Writers

Charlie Brooker , Kanak Huq , Jesse Armstrong , Rashida Jones , Michael Schur , William Bridges

Directors

Charlie Brooker

Showrunner

Charlie Brooker