Charlie Brooker

January 9th 2026

‘Black Mirror’ Will Bring More Dystopia to Our Dystopia With Season 8

Charlie Brooker's series will return to Netflix for another round of (inevitably) eerily timely episodes.

Television Isaiah Colbert Jan 9

September 22nd 2024

Charlie Brooker’s Been Dying to Give Black Mirror’s Best Episode a Sequel

Black Mirror's seventh season will bring back the crew of the USS Callister, and in Brooker's eyes, it's about damn time.

Television Justin Carter Sep 22

October 20th 2023

Netflix Didn’t Change Black Mirror, Its Creators Did

Writer Charlie Brooker said that he didn't want Black Mirror t o be nonstop "bleak-a-thons."

io9 Linda Codega Oct 20

September 7th 2023

Time’s 100 Most Important People in AI Focuses on the Big CEOs… Plus Grimes

While big tech companies and startups make up a big part of the list, there are also several important critics in the great big AI debate.

Artificial Intelligence Kyle Barr Sep 7

June 19th 2023

Black Mirror‘s True Crime Tale Takes the Trendy Genre to Task

"Loch Henry" is the second episode of the Netflix series' just-released sixth season.

Television Cheryl Eddy Jun 19

June 16th 2023

8 Things We Liked (and 2 We Didn’t) About Black Mirror Season 6

Five new episodes give creator and writer Charlie Brooker and his stellar cast a chance to explore more of the show's trademark techno-horrors.

Television Cheryl Eddy Jun 16

June 9th 2023

10 Practical Yet Urgent Lessons Black Mirror Has Taught Us (So Far)

The dystopian sci-fi series returns to Netflix for its sixth season next week, but here are some salient takeaways from previous episodes.

Television Cheryl Eddy Jun 9

June 7th 2023

Black Mirror Creator Says He Used ChatGPT to Write an Episode. It Was Terrible.

On the bright side, Brooker says the AI did point out some of the show's worst clichés to him.

Artificial Intelligence Kevin Hurler Jun 7

May 31st 2023

Black Mirror Season 6 Has a Trailer and a Date for Your Dystopian Binge: June 15

The much-anticipated new season stars Aaron Paul, Ben Barnes, Zazie Beetz, Rory Culkin, Michael Cera, Salma Hayek Pinault, and many more.

Television Cheryl Eddy May 31

April 26th 2023

Black Mirror Returns to Netflix in June to Remind Us Our Dystopia Can Get Darker

The sixth season of the Emmy-winning anthology series has an all-star cast, including Salma Hayek, Aaron Paul, Ben Barnes, Zazie Beetz, and many more.

Television Cheryl Eddy Apr 26

May 16th 2022

Black Mirror Will Return for Another Season

After some rights reshuffling, Netflix has reached a deal to acquire another season of the hit sci-fi anthology show.

Television Linda Codega May 16

December 1st 2020

Willow’s Disney+ Series May Feature Yet Another Star Wars Favorite

A Game of Thrones star is set to board the remake of cult classic The Toxic Avenger. The Mandalorian may have more in store for its recent guest star. Hawkeye’s Disney+ series may finally be underway. Plus updates from Batwoman, The Flash, Star Trek: Discovery, and more. Spoilers away! The Toxic Avenger Game of Thrones’…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Dec 1

May 26th 2020

Now’s the Time to Rewatch Black Mirror‘s ‘Striking Vipers’

Charlie Brooker was quite right when he said that now really isn’t the time for new episodes of Black Mirror. But the fact that so many of us are self-isolating at home in the midst of a pandemic that’s made it so we can’t physically touch one another makes now a particularly excellent time to…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore May 26

May 5th 2020

Charlie Brooker Basically Just Told Us We’re All Too Depressed for Black Mirror

In a recent interview, Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker expressed an undeniable fact: Now is truly not the time for Black Mirror’s dystopian shenanigans. Keep it. Put a little fence around it. The people don’t want it. More specifically though, when speaking to Radio Times, Brooker was quite elegant in his accurate read on our…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore May 5

June 7th 2019

The Original Plot of Black Mirror’s ‘Striking Vipers’ Featured a Musical Team-Building Exercise About Grease

That’s what we call plot development. Black Mirror’s showrunners have revealed that the season five premiere, “Striking Vipers,” didn’t start out as the story of two friends who discover new things about themselves after trying a new virtual reality game. It was originally envisioned as the story of a group of office workers forced to…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jun 7

May 15th 2019

The Black Mirror Season 5 Trailer Teases ‘The Future We Should’ve Seen Coming’

The nightmare continues. The first trailer is here for the latest season of Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’ sci-fi anthology Black Mirror—which has reduced the number of episodes down to three, but promises another terrifying glimpse into the technological void. This latest season features Anthony Mackie, Miley Cyrus, Topher Grace, Damson Idris, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II,…

io9 Beth Elderkin May 15

February 20th 2019

Nebula Awards Introduces Game Writing Category, and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Is a Nominee

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has released its list of nominees for the 2018 Nebula Awards, and things are looking good this year. Not only is this year’s Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Performance category a powerhouse of great nominees, but there’s also a brand-new category that, surprisingly, includes Black…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin Feb 20

January 3rd 2019

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Featurettes Give You the Option to Learn More About Netflix’s Experiment

Bringing Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’ Black Mirror: Bandersnatch to life was a complex task that required much more than a simple dialogue tree. To show how the flowchart was made, Netflix has released not one, but two featurettes taking fans behind the scenes of crafting the streaming network’s first-ever interactive film for adults. And…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jan 3

January 1st 2019

We May Never See All of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is a 90-minute interactive film that boasts many twists, alternate endings, and reinterpreted versions of already-viewed scenes. And it turns out, there are even pieces we may never get to see. According to a piece from the Hollywood Reporter, Bandersnatch director David Slade shared how, in addition to the several endings and…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jan 1

December 31st 2018

The Hidden Beauty of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’s Best Ending

Netflix’s latest television experiment, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, has several possible endings to the story. Some quick, others more detailed. But one of them stands out, giving us a poetic story that—unlike all the others in the film—was only made possible through its interactivity. It may not be the only way the story ends, but it…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 31

Charlie Brooker

‘Black Mirror’ Will Bring More Dystopia to Our Dystopia With Season 8

Charlie Brooker’s Been Dying to Give Black Mirror’s Best Episode a Sequel

Netflix Didn’t Change Black Mirror, Its Creators Did

Time’s 100 Most Important People in AI Focuses on the Big CEOs… Plus Grimes

Black Mirror‘s True Crime Tale Takes the Trendy Genre to Task

8 Things We Liked (and 2 We Didn’t) About Black Mirror Season 6

10 Practical Yet Urgent Lessons Black Mirror Has Taught Us (So Far)

Black Mirror Creator Says He Used ChatGPT to Write an Episode. It Was Terrible.

Black Mirror Season 6 Has a Trailer and a Date for Your Dystopian Binge: June 15

Black Mirror Returns to Netflix in June to Remind Us Our Dystopia Can Get Darker

Black Mirror Will Return for Another Season

Willow’s Disney+ Series May Feature Yet Another Star Wars Favorite

Now’s the Time to Rewatch Black Mirror‘s ‘Striking Vipers’

Charlie Brooker Basically Just Told Us We’re All Too Depressed for Black Mirror

The Original Plot of Black Mirror’s ‘Striking Vipers’ Featured a Musical Team-Building Exercise About Grease

The Black Mirror Season 5 Trailer Teases ‘The Future We Should’ve Seen Coming’

Nebula Awards Introduces Game Writing Category, and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Is a Nominee

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Featurettes Give You the Option to Learn More About Netflix’s Experiment

We May Never See All of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

The Hidden Beauty of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’s Best Ending

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