The sci-fi anthology series is returning to the screens after three long years. The British series first aired in December 2011 on Channel 4. It received widespread acclaim after it landed on Netflix. The streamer took it to dizzying heights and soon after the production budgets were bumped up. Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie, Topher Grace, Andrew Scott, and Yahya Abdul-, Mateen II appeared in season 5. There was also an interactive movie, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. However, recent reports claim Black Mirror season 6 is already in the works. 

Black Mirror season 6 is grander and more cinematic 

Unlike the last season of the sci-fi series, Black Mirror season 6 will have more episodes. Plus, the episodes will have a runtime that will equal that of a film. Well, we still don’t have much information at this stage. But we do know for a fact that casting is going on. The series has cast big names before and for its comeback, it’s surely going to add some A-listers. 

Why did the series take a three-year break?

Although several other Netflix series are returning after a long gap, that was mostly due to the pandemic. However, the sci-fi series’ fate was unknown when creators, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones left House of Tomorrow in January 2020. Endemol Shine Group was backing the production house. The creators lost the rights to the series after their separation. Soon after, Banijay Group bought Endemol Shine Group, and rights were transferred to them. 

 “At the moment, I don’t know what stomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart, so I’m not working away on one of those,” Brooker had said. 

But Netflix struck a deal with the Banijay Group that licensed the show to Netflix. Moreover, Brooker and Jones had opened their own production house, Broke and Bones after leaving their previous organization. Interestingly, Netflix has a large stake in the company. It invested approximately $100 million dollars to acquire a part of it for 5 years. So far Brooker has worked closely with Netflix and had produced Death to 2020, Death to 2021 and more recently, Cat Burglar.