- Netflix has dropped the first proper trailer for Black Mirror season 7.
- The latest batch of episodes – two of which are “basically feature-length,” reveals creator Charlie Brooker – include continuations of USS Callister and Bandersnatch.
- Black Mirror season 7 release date: April 10th, 2025.
The dystopian series may have lost a bit of its shock value and lustre as reality steadily proves to be far more absurd than anything Charlie Brooker can conjure up, complete with manmade and political horrors beyond our comprehension; but Black Mirror season 7 is still hitting Netflix on April 10th, 2025 all the same.
“You can expect a mix of genres and styles,” Brooker said during Netflix’s annual Geeked Week festival last September.
“We’ve got six episodes this time, and two of them are basically feature-length. Some of them are deeply unpleasant, some are quite funny, and some are emotional.”
Elsewhere, creative noted how the forthcoming instalments are “a little bit OG Black Mirror,” before adding: “It’s back to basics in many ways. They’re all sci-fi stories – there’s definitely some horrifying things that occur, but maybe not in an overt horror-movie way. There’s definitely some disturbing content in it.”
The real headline, however, isn’t the fact that the satirical anthology is returning. It’s the fact that we’ll revisit one of the show’s most memorable chapters right next to season 3’s San Junipero: USS Callister.
As a quick refresher, the season 4 opener starred Jesse Plemons as Robert Daly: your typical brilliant-but-socially-maladjusted programmer who is the creator of a popular online video game.
Rob takes his real-life frustrations (i.e. the lack of recognition at his own company) out on a simulated reality within said online game, assigning himself the role of a heroic, Captain Kirk–like figure aboard a starship. He’s supported by an adoring crew… based on his actual co-workers.
Things take a dark turn when it’s revealed these digital copies of his colleagues – portrayed by an all-star cast of Cristin Milioti, Michaela Coel, Jimmi Simpson, and more – are revealed to be sentient. They eventually plot to free themselves from Rob’s suffocating control.
Based on the footage provided today, we’re also in for a follow-up to the other beloved story, the interactive choose-your-own-adventure Bandersnatch, with Will Poulter back for more. This one involved a young programmer who begins questioning reality when he adapts a mad writer’s fantasy novel into a video game.
The announced cast members for Netflix’s Black Mirror season 7 is as follows:
- Awkwafina
- Milanka Brooks
- Peter Capaldi
- Emma Corrin
- Patsy Ferran
- Paul Giamatti
- Lewis Gribben
- Osy Ikhile
- Rashida Jones
- Siena Kelly
- Billy Magnussen
- Rosy McEwen
- Cristin Milioti
- Chris O’Dowd
- Issa Rae
- Paul G. Raymond
- Tracee Ellis Ross
- Jimmi Simpson
- Harriet Walter
- Michele Austin
- Ben Bailey Smith
- Asim Chaudhry
- Josh Finan
- James Nelson-Joyce
- Will Poulter
- Jay Simpson
- Michael Workéyè
Once again, Black Mirror season 7 (featuring the USS Callister and Bandersnatch sequel) is scheduled to premiere on Netflix April 10th, 2025 – check out the first trailer above.
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