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In the wake of the popularity of Charlie Brooker’s fantastic technology thriller anthology series, “Black Mirror,” multiple shows are popping up, continuing the dystopian idea of cautionary tales set within the world of futuristic advances. Alex Garland‘s underrated “DEVS” is an excellent example of a series taking a similar tone to “Black Mirror,” and another show might be trying to fill those shoes with a religious twist.

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is finalizing a deal to acquire a minority stake in London and LA-based management and production company 42, we can reveal.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticKnowing that Netflix’s “Cat Burglar” was created by Charlie Brooker of “Black Mirror,” and that the “Black Mirror” take on a choose-your-own-adventure episode (2018’s “Bandersnatch“) represents one of that show’s biggest horrors, I kept waiting for “Cat Burglar” (out today on Netflix) to take some terrible turn of existential dread. But after playing through several “Cat Burglar” scenarios, the opposite proved true.

Black Mirror film Bandersnatch was originally going to be more complex.The Netflix one-off originally dropped during the 2018 festive period, and follows a young video game programmer (Fionn Whitehead) as viewers guide his decisions with a series of interactive choices.Reflecting on how Bandersnatch turned out, Brooker admitted to The Guardian in a new interview: “From a technical point of view, I was satisfied.”However, the writer revealed that he initially wanted an escape room feel, which included a puzzle that viewers would solve by repeatedly failing, with each failed turn giving another digit in a phone number, before it was scrapped.“The problem was, and this is a damning indictment of humankind, people couldn’t remember a five-digit number for more than five seconds,” Brooker admitted. “So we had to take that out.

their 2020 effort, ‘Boris Johnson Is A Fucking C**t’, which reached Number Five in the charts (just below Wham! And Mariah Carey) despite being banned from radio and was supported by Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker.‘Boris Johnson Is Still A Fucking C**t’ isn’t released on streaming until December 17 (to optimise The Kunts’ chances of an Xmas Number One) but the band have shared the music video, which you can see below.The video sees the band chasing a Boris-lookalike in their

Netflix has confirmed that it will release Death To 2021, a TV special from Charlie Brooker’s production company, later in December.The follow-up to last year’s Death To 2020 will mix archival footage of real events from across the past year with commentary from fictitious characters.Returning cast members from last year’s special include Hugh Grant, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo and Diane Morgan.

Farewell, 2021… and good riddance!

Netflix special targeting movie tropes in classic films.Titled Attack Of The Hollywood Clichés!, the hour-long special will be hosted by actor Rob Lowe (Parks And Recreation, St Elmo’s Fire) as he dissects classic films from cinematic history alongside celebrity guests.A synopsis reads: “Attack Of The Hollywood Clichés! is a one-off special featuring some of the most famous films in cinematic history along with a plethora of Hollywood A-listers, screenwriters, academics and critics as they guide

“Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker and his collaborator Annabel Jones have set their next Netflix project: a comedy special about Hollywood cliches, hosted by Rob Lowe.Launching on the streaming service Sept.

Jamie Lang The BBC has appointed Jon Petrie as its new head of comedy. In the role, he will report to chief content officer Charlotte Moore and be responsible for commissioning all scripted comedy on the BBC, iPlayer and the BBC Comedy Association.Petrie moves over from Broke and Bones, the Netflix-invested indie owned by “Black Mirror” creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, where he was appointed head of comedy last August.

The BBC has hired Jon Petrie as its director of comedy after the producer spent less than a year at Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’ Netflix-backed production company Broke & Bones.

Although it sometimes feels like we live in an episode of Black Mirror, fans will be delighted to hear that the popular dystopian anthology series could be returning. But, it looks like we’ll be saying goodbye to the show as we know it.

Davina McCall's latest social media post is heart-stopping!The TV star hilariously revealed that she'd bought herself the series Dead Set on Blu-Ray for Christmas.MORE: Nigella Lawson looks so different in unearthed 90s footageAnyone who watched the Charlie Brooker mini-series at the time will recall that the show follows a zombie outbreak on the Big Brother set. WATCH: Holly Willoughby and Davina McCall dye their hair in lockdownOf course, Davina was the host of the popular reality show for

In his latest Netflix special, “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker and his collaborator Annabel Jones gather an ensemble of talented actors to comedically dissect the year that was 2020, a 12-month period often accused of being so ridiculous that no one would believe its plot twists if were they presented in an actual episode of Brooker’s award-winning show.

The year 2020 is finally getting the treatment it deserves.

We weren’t sure how to react when we learned that the creator of Black Mirror was making a show about 2020.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine From the creators that brought you Black Mirror, a special on-off episode from the dystopian series creator, Charlie Brooker, is arriving on Netflix this week. And now, the Emmy Award-winning writer has released a brand new teaser clip.

the song has already received the backing of Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker.Brooker noted on Sunday (December 20) that ‘Boris Johnson Is A Fucking Cunt’ had risen to number two on iTunes’ UK songs chart, a likely response from the music-buying public to the UK government’s last-minute decision to scrap the proposed relaxation of coronavirus rules over the Christmas period and implement a new ‘Tier 4’ across London and the South East.As of 11am this morning (December 22) the song is in

This year has already felt like an episode of “Black Mirror,” so why not get the creator of that “we’re all fucked” series to come tell the story of 2020 in a way only he can? Well, that’s what he did for Netflix in the upcoming mockumentary, “Death to 2020.” READ MORE: Hugh Grant Teaming With ‘Black Mirror’ Creator On A Mockumentary About 2020’s Awfulness As seen in the teaser for “Death to 2020,” Charlie Brooker, along with his co-creator and producing partner, Annabel Jones, has created a

The year 2020 is finally getting the treatment it deserves.

Netflix mockumentary Death to 2020, which boasts a star-studded cast including Samuel L Jackson, Hugh Grant and Lisa Kudrow.Set for release on December 27, the mockumentary will see the cast – which also includes Stranger Things‘ Joe Keery, Leslie Jones and Kumail Nanjiani – play a series of “experts, politicos, monarchs and average citizens” as they look back at 2020.Grant is made up as a “repellent” historian, Kudrow takes on the role of a conservative commentator while Tracey Ullman plays the

direct to your inboxNetflix is releasing an end of year comedy special made by the creators of Black Mirror.Samuel L Jackson, Hugh Grant and Lisa Kudrow are some of the big names set to star in Death To 2020.The streaming service describes the show as “a landmark documentary-style special” that “weaves together some of the world’s most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage spanning the past 12 months”.Black Mirror’s Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones will create and

The creator of “Black Mirror” is closing out 2020 with a big new Netflix comedy event special.

Death to 2020, a new comedy special from Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.Jackson will be starring alongside Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo, Leslie Jones, Diane Morgan, Cristin Milioti and Joe Keery.

Also Read: Charlie Brooker Isn't Working on 'Black Mirror' Season 6 Because He Doesn't Know If You Can 'Stomach' It Right NowPer Netflix, “Death to 2020” is “coming soon,” possibly “too soon.”You can watch a teaser for the special above.Back in May, Brooker said he wasn’t currently working on a sixth season of “Black Mirror” because he didn’t know if the world could “stomach” more of his dystopian anthology series at this particular point in time.“At the moment, I don’t know what stomach there

Could a surprise episode of “Black Mirror” arrive on Netflix before the end of the year? Evidence indicates it will.

Is something 2020-related coming to Black Mirror?

A pandemic. Murder hornets.