Everything we know about season 6 of 'Black Mirror'

Variety reported in May that Black Mirror was picked up again at Netflix. The series, created by Charlie Brooker, is an anthology that explores the way that technology impacts humans and society. After premiering in 2011 on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, Black Mirror was acquired by Netflix in 2015. The streamer went on to produce 15 episodes and an interactive film, Bandersnatch, with the show's fifth season hitting the platform in June 2019. Now, the critically acclaimed series (one episode, San Junipero, won the Emmy for Outstanding Television movie in 2017), is finally back with a sixth season on the way. While there isn't a public episode count yet for season six, it will include more episodes than season five, per Variety.There were only three episodes in season five of Black Mirror, and prior seasons have had between three and six episodes. Variety reported in July that the show was believed to have started production. It currently doesn't have a release date. Variety reported in July that a slew of actors had signed on for the first three episodes of the new season. That cast includes Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Josh Hartnett (The Fear Index), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Kate Mara (Call Jane), Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), Clara Rugaard (The Rising), Auden Thornton (This Is Us), and Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts). According to Variety, it's expected that the cast will expand down the line, with more actors brought on for the season's later episodes. In May, Variety reported that the new season of the show was more cinematic in scope than previous seasons, with each episode treated as if it were a film.Black Mirror is an anthology series, so there's no telling what the episodes of season six will be about. However, everything that happens on the show falls into a distinct technological dystopian theme as the series explores technology's effect on humans and society.And after over two years of a global pandemic that brought us closer to our screens than ever, there's plenty of recent fodder. Creator and co-showrunner Charles Brooker told the Radio Times in May 2020 that he wasn't sure about a sixth season of the show. 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 said. I'm sort of keen to revisit my comic skill set, so I've been writing scripts aimed at making myself laugh.The rights to Black Mirror are currently owned by Banijay Group, which acquired them after purchasing Endemol Shine Group. That put the show's future up in the air when Brooker and co-showrunner Annabel Jones left their production company House of Tomorrow, under Endemol Shien Group, and launched their own production company Broke and Bones.Netflix later inked a deal that gave the company a right to acquire Broke and Bones over the course of five years, which included exclusivity to the pair's new projects, Deadline reported.Variety reported in May that Banijay Rights had licensed Black Mirror to Netflix, meaning that a sixth season at the streamer was possible.

Everything we know about season 6 of 'Black Mirror'

"Black Mirror" season six was reported to be in the works in May.

"Black Mirror" season six has more episodes than season five.

Season six doesn't yet have a release date. Production reportedly started in July.

The show is welcoming a new cast of actors for the new season.

The sixth season is reportedly more "cinematic."

The show's creator said during the pandemic that he wasn't sure if people wanted "stories about societies falling apart."

There were previously some complications regarding the rights to "Black Mirror."